. The modern home; a book of British domestic architectvre for moderate incomes; a companion volvme to "The British home of to-day"; . 11 t*?*-/! t*-^ii im*- ,-, u {! iii, ,.i|ii:| ;E •** ■■ m. a-ao if 21 The Home from Outside result of the action of trades unions is often to level down thegood workman to the status of the bad. The direct result of the decay of the building crafts,owing to the inferior education of the workmen engaged in them,is to throw a greater burden of responsibihty on the architect. Atone time the architect simply furnished the design and then con-sulted with the various
. The modern home; a book of British domestic architectvre for moderate incomes; a companion volvme to "The British home of to-day"; . 11 t*?*-/! t*-^ii im*- ,-, u {! iii, ,.i|ii:| ;E •** ■■ m. a-ao if 21 The Home from Outside result of the action of trades unions is often to level down thegood workman to the status of the bad. The direct result of the decay of the building crafts,owing to the inferior education of the workmen engaged in them,is to throw a greater burden of responsibihty on the architect. Atone time the architect simply furnished the design and then con-sulted with the various artificers, craftsmen and artists to be en-gaged upon carr57ing it out, correlating their labours, and directingall towards the realization of his idea. The full-size details ofmoTilding and decoration were designed by the master masonsthemselves within the limits of the general drawing. To-day,on the other hand, the architect must work out and furnish full-size drawings of every minute detail, while the workman is equippedwith a knowledge so hmited that it does not enable him even toform an opinion about them, and he is restricted also by conditionsthat neither grant him any initiativ
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