. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . Dopiilar f a^or nental prototypes, but a lesson, which forsome reason seems to have borne only oc-casional results. The time has come whenthe peculiarly valuable properties of con-crete in home construction are no longerunappreciateil, and the building world ingeneral is keen to take advantage. Engineers have not been slow. ob-served a suburban architect, to appreciatehow- virtually invaluable concrete is in theerection of bridge piers and dock bulwarks,and other substructures expos
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . Dopiilar f a^or nental prototypes, but a lesson, which forsome reason seems to have borne only oc-casional results. The time has come whenthe peculiarly valuable properties of con-crete in home construction are no longerunappreciateil, and the building world ingeneral is keen to take advantage. Engineers have not been slow. ob-served a suburban architect, to appreciatehow- virtually invaluable concrete is in theerection of bridge piers and dock bulwarks,and other substructures exposed to hydrau-lic influences. They have seen, too, in allits fullness, its practical utility in founda-tion works of the largest buildings, and asan adjunct to steel frame construction forcommercial purposes. It is quite natural,therefore, that the same qualities of utilityand durabilitv should commend it to build- €f)c Suburbanite. ^pjnist) Renaissance yilla of 0[^- a. Qiirjnt ^ncbtn, at 9oon, i?. 3-Scsigntb bp itlr. ^ncbcn ers of residences. Such qualities, whenweis^died in conjunction with the artistic po-tentialities of concrete, leave little ]3retextfor cavil. Perhaps one reason why thegeneral adoption of concrete as a honie-buildiny; material has been somewhat belatedis its cnmi)aratively recent development from the artistic standpoint. Its advantages fromthe purely utilitarian aspect have been allalong conceded; it needed demonstrationthat it could be adapted to practically anyarchitectural lines, that it was susceptible ofvarious contrasts and blendings in coloreffects to complete the bill of requirements.
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