Architect and engineer . labs from one wall to anotheruntil they met at an apex) all em-bossed with barbaric symbols of an-cient America worked out in alumi-num relieved with red contrastingwith the dark marble of the wain-scot, black in effect, russet in reality,and all flecked with white, makes upan entrance ensemble of overwhelm-ing richness and originality. No onecan resist its appeal. But only theprofessional architect can realize theresourcefulness, the toil, the inven- tion, and the patience to work out success-fully so much for which there is neitherprecedent nor model. We say nothing
Architect and engineer . labs from one wall to anotheruntil they met at an apex) all em-bossed with barbaric symbols of an-cient America worked out in alumi-num relieved with red contrastingwith the dark marble of the wain-scot, black in effect, russet in reality,and all flecked with white, makes upan entrance ensemble of overwhelm-ing richness and originality. No onecan resist its appeal. But only theprofessional architect can realize theresourcefulness, the toil, the inven- tion, and the patience to work out success-fully so much for which there is neitherprecedent nor model. We say nothing of the practical prob-lems involved in so large and so technicallyequipped a structure as this. The whole en-terprise which has taken three or four yearsto develop and as many millons to buildopens up a new epoch. It is undoubtedlydestined to influence the development ofarchitecture not only on the Pacific Coast,but throughout the v^hole country, and per-haps the whole world when, if ever, thewhole world builds as we ENTRANCE DETAIL, FOUR FIFTY SUTTERJ. R. Miller and T. L. Pflueger, Architects AflCHITtCT AND ENCINELR T T »;*? «? # i T I- - 1 April, 1«)30 ?-! -I -r-^ iii HI isi en
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