Architect and engineer . MARBLE CAMEL, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, SEATTLE, WASHINGTONBebb and Gould. Architects that great avenue approaching the Mingtombs near Peking. Now in a far distantplace the rams gaze westerly to the ruggedskyline of the Olympic mountains: now thecamels rest in a land which the Mingprinces knew not. Their presence before the beautifulbuilding given to Seattle bv Mrs. EugeneFuller and her son, Dr. Richard E. Fuller, forcibly than many a labored paragraph,the dignity and fine, pure simplicity thatcharacterizes this new museum, the work ofMessrs. Bebb and Gould. The beauty ofsha
Architect and engineer . MARBLE CAMEL, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, SEATTLE, WASHINGTONBebb and Gould. Architects that great avenue approaching the Mingtombs near Peking. Now in a far distantplace the rams gaze westerly to the ruggedskyline of the Olympic mountains: now thecamels rest in a land which the Mingprinces knew not. Their presence before the beautifulbuilding given to Seattle bv Mrs. EugeneFuller and her son, Dr. Richard E. Fuller, forcibly than many a labored paragraph,the dignity and fine, pure simplicity thatcharacterizes this new museum, the work ofMessrs. Bebb and Gould. The beauty ofsharp-edged, flat, plane surfaces, of keenclean lines, of silvery aluminum tracery orlacery, all find expression here. It is abuilding worthy of being the home of finearts. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 15 ? NOVEMBER, NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE. MARBLE WARRIOR. SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, SEATTLE. WASHINGTONBebb and Gould. Architects Its location in Volunteer Park on thecrest of the great ridge of Capitol Hill, be-tween Lake Union and Lake an unusually favored one. To the westis a sweeping view across city and thebroad reaches of Puget Sound, to distantwooded shores, beyond which rise up the tumbled masses of the Olympics. To thenorth is a great sweep over city and watersand the outlying flat open country. To theeast is city and the blue waters of LakeWashington, while along the eastern sky-line is the great wall of the Cascades,snow-capped for much of the year. Imme- THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 16 ? NOVEMBER, NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE
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