. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [Jan. 13, OBSERVATIONS ON ARCHITECTS AND ARCHITECTURE, By Henry Fulton, No. FEMALE TnAINING SCHOOL, TALBOT STREET, DLRLIN. Scale20ft. to theinch. The introduction of the Italian stj'le is a novelty in llie architecture of Ireland. It might be called the Farnese style, which as far as a bold unbroken cornice goes, is excellent. The edifice, ot' which a view is given, is newly finished; it is the design of Mr. Owen, the arc
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [Jan. 13, OBSERVATIONS ON ARCHITECTS AND ARCHITECTURE, By Henry Fulton, No. FEMALE TnAINING SCHOOL, TALBOT STREET, DLRLIN. Scale20ft. to theinch. The introduction of the Italian stj'le is a novelty in llie architecture of Ireland. It might be called the Farnese style, which as far as a bold unbroken cornice goes, is excellent. The edifice, ot' which a view is given, is newly finished; it is the design of Mr. Owen, the architect of the Board of Works, (the Woods and Forests of Ireland,) and does him considerable credit, and is intended for a model school. The unbroken cornice is very bold, perliaps a little too much so, as seen from immediately beneath; this is not the fault of the cornice, but of the site, as the building requires a larger space and wider street in front. I presume tiie architect was obliged to group the windows, and hence the necessity for the unmeaning tatooed pilasters which in- tervene. There is a kind of overlapping scale ornament, such as may be seen on the lately finished front of the London and Dublin Bank, ir Dame Street, which would have had a better effect; and the ta- tooed quoins might also have been dispensed with. Botli on account of appearance and utility, it is desirable not to ))!ace chimneys at the ends of an edifice; any heat which is obtained from them might be serviceable in the centre, but here it is lost. The windows of the ground-lloor might have had circular heads to make them correspond with the arches of the porch; still on the whole, we congratulate Mr. Owen on the production; and admire the omission of pediments and shoulders to the mouldings of the windows, an example uf good taste which we hope to see followed. IF. In the last monthly immber of this Journal, page 445, there is a very alile article on the state of architecture; it goes at once to
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