. Radford's brick houses and how to build them : a standard collection of new, original, and artistic designs for brick houses, apartments, stores and flats, garages, etc. ; together with complete instruction in the manufacture of brick and its practical uses as a building material selected and compiled by William A. Radford ... Every plan designed and executed by a corps of licensed architects of the highest professional standing, assisted by a staff of expert draftsmen. Over 300 designs and details. . p the mud into a kind of hearthto raise their fires from the storm-soaked soil, the action
. Radford's brick houses and how to build them : a standard collection of new, original, and artistic designs for brick houses, apartments, stores and flats, garages, etc. ; together with complete instruction in the manufacture of brick and its practical uses as a building material selected and compiled by William A. Radford ... Every plan designed and executed by a corps of licensed architects of the highest professional standing, assisted by a staff of expert draftsmen. Over 300 designs and details. . p the mud into a kind of hearthto raise their fires from the storm-soaked soil, the action of the fire on theclay beneath it was noted, and theburned lumps of clay were used in theirinitial attempts at home-building. Reg-ularity of form was next seen desirable, AND HOW TO BUILD THEM and secured. The brick shape became a synonym for tilingsdurable and substantial. Even to-day, the teaching of ages is incorporated inthe compliment we pay a man whenwe say He is a brick. BRICK THE BEST MEDIUMFOR GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION Architecture is the structural unisonof Service, Symmetry, and all materials provided by Nature,true architects have accomplished thisunison. With some materials, it ismuch more difficult than with others, More so than any other building ma-terial, brick is serviceable because of itsage-long endurance. The earliest rec-ords of human history have been pre-served to us on bricks of clay, the onlysurvivors of and testifiers to the activi-.
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