Architect and engineer . Photo by L. C. Beringer MAIN ELEVATOR LOBBY, SHELL BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCOGEO. W. KELHAM, ARCHITECT 46 ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER, July, 1930. ENTRANCE DETAIL, SHELL BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCOOeo. W. Kclham, Architect spaciousness to thelobby beyond actualdimension. Travertine,Bottreville and VerdeAntique marbles forman interesting patternwith bronze in thefloor. Two booths withbronze screens flankthe lobby and arrestattention to its propor-tion and harmony. The same treatmentof walls, ceiling andfloor extends into thehall beyond where, toceiling height in stud-ied proportion
Architect and engineer . Photo by L. C. Beringer MAIN ELEVATOR LOBBY, SHELL BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCOGEO. W. KELHAM, ARCHITECT 46 ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER, July, 1930. ENTRANCE DETAIL, SHELL BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCOOeo. W. Kclham, Architect spaciousness to thelobby beyond actualdimension. Travertine,Bottreville and VerdeAntique marbles forman interesting patternwith bronze in thefloor. Two booths withbronze screens flankthe lobby and arrestattention to its propor-tion and harmony. The same treatmentof walls, ceiling andfloor extends into thehall beyond where, toceiling height in stud-ied proportion of sizeand tapered reveal,stand the elevatorfronts of cast bronze,boldly modeled, withlotus motif on the re-V e a 1 and doors. Oneach screen appears arepresentation of asunset on the ocean,significant of the own-ers faith in this em-pire of the West. Theindirect lights, whichform an integral partof this decoration,function not only tostrengthen the detail ofthe modeling, but alsoto illuminate the a passage andsteps at the rear of thishall, the 17S-car ga-rage may be conveni-ently reached. With the opening ofthe heavy cast elevatord(^ors appear
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