Architect and engineer . woodwork. Where the modern treatment was adopt-ed, a greater opportunity was afforded as to originality and freedom in design and of the most successful rooms in thisrespect is the auditorium in the San Lean-dro building. Here, the walls have beenpainted a light clear canary yellow, whilethe woodwork has been stained a rich darkgreen brown. The sloping and stepped sur-faces of the ceiling panels were especiallyprepared to take a covering of aluminumleaf. Portions of this ceiling were slightlyglazed to soften the extreme brilliance ofthe metal. Finally, to acc
Architect and engineer . woodwork. Where the modern treatment was adopt-ed, a greater opportunity was afforded as to originality and freedom in design and of the most successful rooms in thisrespect is the auditorium in the San Lean-dro building. Here, the walls have beenpainted a light clear canary yellow, whilethe woodwork has been stained a rich darkgreen brown. The sloping and stepped sur-faces of the ceiling panels were especiallyprepared to take a covering of aluminumleaf. Portions of this ceiling were slightlyglazed to soften the extreme brilliance ofthe metal. Finally, to accentuate the direc-tion of the ceiling and to eliminate themonotony that a great expanse of aluminummight create, a rich stencil pattern was in-troduced. This metal ceiling forms a livelynote in the room and is particularly inter-esting in the manner in which it picks upcolors of adjacent surfaces and color reflection is again noticeable in THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 21 ^ AUGUST. NINETEEN THIRT^-FIVF. ^ 4. VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING, EMERYVILLE. CALIFORNIA Henry H. Meyers. Architect Geo. R. Klinkhardt and Mildred S. Meyers. Associate Architects the lobby of this same building. Here how-ever, ribbed ceiling panels of aluminum leafreflect the red-brown of the tile floor. Decorative tile was used quite exten-sively in the various Memorials. In mostcases the tiles were designed in the archi-tects office for the particular building. Thiswas found necessary in order to harmonizepattern and color with other materials inthe building. Interesting features of all the Memorials,and one so often neglected, are the light-ing fixtures manufactured from designs anddetails by the architects. Again old Span-ish designs were the inspiration for the fix-tures in the buildings of early California-Spanish character. In the modern buildings,where more opportunity for imaginationand originality was offered, an effort was made at all times to keep the fixtures simpleand in harmony with
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