The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . 70 Tllli ARCHITECT ASD ESGINEEK CRATER OF VOLCANO KILAUEA, HAWAII After daylight has expended its spell over the scenethrongh illuminating everything from without, includingthe great territory beyond, it fades magically into mysticaltwilight:—then Pele, the goddess of fire, indiscerniblyilluminates this remnant of the worlds original nebula,transforming the daylight blacks, grays, yellows, greensand whites into iridescent burnished gold masses edgedwitli shores of incandescent fire. All things within thecrater which were invisible
The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . 70 Tllli ARCHITECT ASD ESGINEEK CRATER OF VOLCANO KILAUEA, HAWAII After daylight has expended its spell over the scenethrongh illuminating everything from without, includingthe great territory beyond, it fades magically into mysticaltwilight:—then Pele, the goddess of fire, indiscerniblyilluminates this remnant of the worlds original nebula,transforming the daylight blacks, grays, yellows, greensand whites into iridescent burnished gold masses edgedwitli shores of incandescent fire. All things within thecrater which were invisible by daylight are now clearlyvisible, and that which was clearly visible by daylight isnow invisible. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 71. Tllli ARCHITECT .WD JLMIXILE COl RT AND I)I:TI:XT1( )X IIOMK, SAXFRANCISCO. THIi l)asic architectural idea in this building is the sej)-aration of (lci)artiiients by floors and the substitutionof vertical for horizontal circulation. It is the sameidea which was used in the City Hall at Oakland, Califor-nia, and it has i)roved successful under the test of use inboth instances. ( It may not now be generally reniemberedthat in the conii)etition for the latter building Mr. Mull-gardts solution was the only design in addition to the win-ning one which introd\iced this principle.) By utilizingthe advantages of modern elevator service it becomes easierand more rapid to traverse vertical distances in the car thanhorizontal ones on foot. ICach floor consists of a horizontal corridor from end toend with rooms on either side. The administrative officesand the Juvenile Court are located on the ground floors are devoted severally to the various classesof children to be
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