Architect and engineer . ENTRANCE GATE. HOUSE OF MR. GEORGE WASHINGTON .SMrfH, SANTA BARBARA. CALIF. George Washington Smith. Aichitect no motifs, no elements, not even a main axis! Only freedom,warmth, ease, content, repose. Remy de Gourmont, in a penetratingessay on The Dissociation of Ideas, drops the suggestive remark thatthe beautiful is what is in its place. A criterion apparently so simple,yet how exacting! Mr. Smiths architecture will stand the test. Everypart and detail is inevitably, unerringly in its place. \\ith serenity anda delicate human charm to boot, who can remain insensitive


Architect and engineer . ENTRANCE GATE. HOUSE OF MR. GEORGE WASHINGTON .SMrfH, SANTA BARBARA. CALIF. George Washington Smith. Aichitect no motifs, no elements, not even a main axis! Only freedom,warmth, ease, content, repose. Remy de Gourmont, in a penetratingessay on The Dissociation of Ideas, drops the suggestive remark thatthe beautiful is what is in its place. A criterion apparently so simple,yet how exacting! Mr. Smiths architecture will stand the test. Everypart and detail is inevitably, unerringly in its place. \\ith serenity anda delicate human charm to boot, who can remain insensitive to beautyso mellow? 56 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. ow a: oa KO THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 57


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