The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . i;ners. The exotic ajjpearanceof sawed beams has become a cult. leoi)le enjoy ijergolas of this sort because,apart from picturesqueness, they have the obvious qualities of structure thatour more clai)orate buildings lack; this jileasure is that of a child in a house ofblocks. I!nt our jjergolas are too often walks too short to lead anywhere—arbors without shelter, and piles of beams and cohuiins which merely lookforlorn in winter snow and wind. It was not without reason that the (iothicpergola, the cloister, had a stone vault. The
The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . i;ners. The exotic ajjpearanceof sawed beams has become a cult. leoi)le enjoy ijergolas of this sort because,apart from picturesqueness, they have the obvious qualities of structure thatour more clai)orate buildings lack; this jileasure is that of a child in a house ofblocks. I!nt our jjergolas are too often walks too short to lead anywhere—arbors without shelter, and piles of beams and cohuiins which merely lookforlorn in winter snow and wind. It was not without reason that the (iothicpergola, the cloister, had a stone vault. The logic of that age met conditionsof northern climate with a solid and irrefutable answer.— \rchitectural r- MU. 1. .\L i///;.l«. /t//.A/M 1ir. /(. Kalclill, Jr., .?trchiteel 102 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER
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