HERMAN W. PIPP, 73, retired architect, died at his home. 1547 Kensington Drive, Ann Arbor, June 3. He was born in Brigh- ton, Mich., Jan. 1, 1872 and went to Ann Arbor 50 years ago. Among the Ann Arbor buildings he planned were the Nickels Arcade. Barton Hills Country Club, Whit- ker building and many homes, including several in Barton Hills. He was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Marie Schneider-Yost and Mrs. Catherine Collins, one grandson, Frank Collins, Jr., all of Ann Arbor; and one brother, William Pipp, of Howell. WEEKLY ^BULLETIN M ICHIGAN S OCIETY OF A RCHITECTS O F F I C E II S ^'-'-f" "'tl'IM JOSEPH W lElNWEIt«. 3'4 V-Prwldfnl »D«1*N N LANSIUS. Irt V.-P-evdeM I POBE»I llAlCESltE. Sccrn.r. tA«l W nutllN Jnd V.-Pma,M UAICOIM «. SHHTOM . Ir,«,^ TALUAGEC HUGHES 0 I It E C I O R S «Q5E«t I FSANTZ GeO«GE u McCONXET WllLIAM E KAPP iOMN C IhCINTON HA88Y I MEAD tiro SAAIINEN Published Weelly. Subscription Price SOe per year (Non.m-mbers $1.00) 10 cents per copy Volume 19 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, JULY 3, 1945 Number 27 Sustained Construction Activity ONE STEP TOWARD HIGH LEVEL EMPLOYMENT By JAMES H. McGRAW. Jr.. In Business Week. May 12. 1945 In the 34th editorial of this series, it was pointed out that sustained prosperity, based on high level employment, was a major postwar goal accepted by govern- ment, management and labor. That editorial developed the theme that, if the goal were to be approached without undue sacrifice of our essential liberties, we must forego the search for magic pan- aceas, and follow the harder but more promising course of analyzing step by step, and industry by industry, the measures that might contribute toward the end sought. This is the first of a number of editorials following such a particularized approach. It will examine the role of the construction industry in forwarding sustained prosper- ity. • • • The influence of construction upon the general level of economic activity is im- portant but not decisive. The claim is fre- quently advanced that major fluctuations of the business cycle might be ironed out by a properly devised and timed public works program; but any examination of the relatively modest contribution of con- struction activities to total national output will demonstrate its extravagance. In the twenty years from 1920 through 1939, the value of new construction aver- aged just over Sl^'/r of the gross national product. If we add repair and mainten- ance expenditures, the total is increased to a little over 12% of the gross product. But approximately two thirds of the con- struction of this period was privately initiated, and only one third was repre- sented by government construction, fed- eral, state and local combined. To expect that we can level out the peaks and valleys of our whole economy through manipulat- ing the 4Ve portion that is represented by government construction is to expect a very small tail to wag a very large dog. In fact, the recrri of consti-uction activ- ity in the past has been on the side of dis- equilibrium rather than stabilization. In boom times construction activity has climbed to relatively higher peaks than those reached by the economy as a whole; in depression periods it has fallen to deeper troughs. Aside from the special work re- lief program of the depression thirties, the performance of public construction in this respect is little better than that of private. New government construction mounted with the peneral trend of the boom from '921 to 1929, thereby adding its weight to the inflationary trend. Instead, then, of expecting the construc- tion industry to stabilize our whole econ- omy—a task clearly beyond its power—it would seem appropriate to ask that it look to the more attainable goal of leveling out its own violent fluctuations. If this can be done, many of the most vexing problems of the construction field and of its sphere of influence will be mitigated, employ- ment will be regularized in one important segment of industry where the past record has been particularly uneven, and one ag- gravating contribution to general business instability will be removed. The achievement of these highly im- portant, if limited aims, will require the thoughtful, vigorous, and concerted co- operation of management and labor in the construction industry, of a variety of gov- ernmental agencies, and of those who di- rect the soiu-ces of construction credit. Of the many measures that must be woven into an ordered program, it is practicable here to present only the broad outline of those which seem to offer the greatest po- tential usefulness. « * * 1. Stabilization implies the holding of a balance rather than a freezing at a given level. No rigid formula for a most desir- able level of construction activity is pos- sible or desirable. However, it may be accepted as a reasonable initial premise, that we could sustain in the future with- out major distortion something like the 12'/f ratio of total construction to gross national product that has been approxi- mated in the past. If it is to serve as an useful reference point, such a generalized premise must be subjected to constant testing both nationally and locally. There must De careful and continuous scrutiny for signs of demand saturation, cost infla- tion, and labor shortages, all danger sig- nals of far greater reliability than any percentage formula. The first requisite then is the general availability of information along such lines, far more complete and current than has hitherto been at hand. The second is a general will to hold building activity at a level as high as but not higher than we probably can sustain. Once this principle is accepted, the problem becomes one of marshalling all available instrumentalities to forward it. 2. Public construction, although too small to exert a decisive influence upon economic activity as a whole, can condi- tion construction trends to a major de- gree. If, in the decade following the war, government construction approximates its 1920 to 1940 average of one third of all con- struction, its properly timed impact could do much to level out the construction cycle. To do this most effectively, public con- struction should be deferred where and when private building is going forward at a satisfactory pace, and should be started when and where private activity shows undue slack. All government construction does not lend itself to such adjustment. But a large portion of it could be held up for the three to five years which, upon past experience, would provide the neces- sary leeway to counteract the more violent fluctuations in private building. Such a program presents numerous dif- ficulties both political and administrative. None should be insui-mountable, and the results promise to be of sufficient moment to justify the extraordinary effort that would be required to coordinate federal state and local government programs. Here is an excellent forum for testing whether or not government economic ac- tivity can be made to supplement rather than supplant private effort to serve ends upon which all are agreed. 3. Since private building, postwar as in the past, must supply the preponderant share of construction activity and em- ployment, costs will continue to play a dominant role in determining levels of op- eration. Wartime restrictions have created formidable backlogs of deferred demand for most types of private, and for many of public, construction. Such demand is so great that it almost certainly will pro- vide the imp)etus for a postwar building boom of several years duration. There is considerable doubt that in the begin- ning our building trades, dislocated by war and at low ebb, can organize rapidly enough to carry their share of the antici- pated general advance. However, if former patterns hold, build- ing activity, after a lagging start, will soar, costs will mount, and eventually will sat- urate effective demand with resultant col- lapse. That, of course, is precisely the sort of a situation we are seeking to avoid. Crucial to this end is the prevention of rising costs or, better still, the reduction of building costs from present swollen levels. A recent study by technicians of the War Production Board on the outlook for pri- vate housing construction illustrates the point. From 1900 to 1940 the number of housing units built in this country closely matched the statistics of new family for- mation. The former ran considerably ahead of the latter from 1920 to 1929, and fell behind by the same margin in the follow- ing decade. If the market for new houses were to be similarly limited for the period from 1940 through 1949, the effective demand for new housing during the last five vears (1945-1949) is estimated at 3,000,000 units. That is after allowing for houses built from 1940 through 1944, and for vacancies, de- molitions, and other factors. If, however, prices could be reduced to 1939 levels, the (See Sustained Construction—Page 3)
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H E R M A N W. P I P P , 73, retired architect, died at his home. 1547 Kensington Drive , A n n Arbor, June 3. He was born in B r i g h ton, Mich., Jan . 1, 1872 and went to A n n Arbor 50 years ago. Among the A n n Arbor buildings he planned were the Nickels Arcade. Barton Hil ls Country Club , W h i t -ker building and many homes, including several in Barton Hil ls .
He was a member of St . Thomas Catholic C h u r c h . Surviv ing are his wife, t w o daughters, Mrs. Marie Schne ider -Yos t and Mrs. Catherine Col l ins , o n e grandson, F r a n k Coll ins, J r . , all of A n n A r b o r ; and one brother, Wil l iam Pipp, of Howel l .
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Volume 19 D E T R O I T , M I C H I G A N , J U L Y 3, 1945 N u m b e r 27
Sustained Construction Act iv i ty O N E STEP T O W A R D H I G H LEVEL E M P L O Y M E N T
By JAMES H. M c G R A W . Jr.. In Business Week. May 12. 1945
In the 34th editorial of this series, it was pointed out that sustained prosperity, based on high level employment, was a major postwar goal accepted by government, management and labor.
That editorial developed the theme that, if the goal were to be approached without undue sacrifice of our essential liberties, we must forego the search for magic p a n aceas, and follow the harder but more promising course of analyzing step by step, and industry by industry , the measures that might contribute toward the end sought.
This is the first of a number of editorials following such a part icularized approach. It will examine the role of the construction industry in forwarding sustained prosperity.
• • • T h e influence of construction upon the
general level of economic activity is i m portant but not decisive. T h e claim is f re quently advanced that m a j o r fluctuations of the business cycle might be ironed out by a properly devised and timed public works program; but any examination of the relatively modest contribution of construction activities to total national output wil l demonstrate its extravagance.
In the twenty years from 1920 through 1939, the value of new construction a v e r aged just over Sl^' /r of the gross national product. If we add repair and maintenance expenditures, the total is increased to a little over 12% of the gross product. But approximately two thirds of the construction of this period was privately initiated, and only one third was represented by government construction, f ederal , state and local combined. T o expect that we can level out the peaks and val leys of our whole economy through manipulat ing the 4Ve portion that is represented by government construction is to expect a very small tail to wag a very large dog.
In fact, the r e c r r i of consti-uction ac t iv ity in the past has been on the side of d i s equil ibrium rather than stabilization. In boom times construction activity has climbed to relatively higher peaks than those reached by the economy as a whole; in depression periods it has fallen to deeper troughs. Aside from the special w o r k r e lief program of the depression thirties, the performance of public construction in this respect is little better than that of private. N e w government construction mounted with the peneral trend of the boom from '921 to 1929, thereby adding its weight to the inflationary trend.
Instead, then, of expecting the construction industry to stabilize our whole econ
omy—a task clearly beyond its power—it would seem appropriate to ask that it look to the more attainable goal of leveling out its own violent fluctuations. I f this can be done, many of the most vexing problems of the construction f ield and of its sphere of influence wil l be mitigated, employment will be regularized in one important segment of industry where the past record has been particularly uneven, and one a g gravating contribution to general business instability wi l l be removed.
The achievement of these highly i m portant, if limited aims, wi l l require the thoughtful, vigorous, and concerted cooperation of management and labor in the construction industry, of a variety of governmental agencies, and of those who d i rect the soiu-ces of construction credit. Of the many measures that must be woven into an ordered program, it is practicable here to present only the broad outline of those which seem to offer the greatest potential usefulness.
« * * 1. Stabilization implies the holding of a
balance rather than a freezing at a given level. No rigid formula for a most des irable level of construction activity is possible or desirable. However , it may be accepted as a reasonable init ial premise, that we could sustain in the future w i t h out major distortion something like the 12'/f ratio of total construction to gross national product that has been approxi mated in the past. If it is to serve as an useful reference point, such a generalized premise must be subjected to constant testing both nationally and locally. There must De careful and continuous scrutiny for signs of demand saturation, cost in f la tion, and labor shortages, all danger s ig nals of far greater rel iabil i ty than any percentage formula.
The first requisite then is the general availability of information along such lines, far more complete and current than has hitherto been at hand. T h e second is a general wi l l to hold building activity at a level as high as but not higher than we probably can sustain. Once this principle is accepted, the problem becomes one of marshalling all available instrumentalit ies to forward it.
2. Publ ic construction, although too small to exert a decisive influence upon economic activity as a whole, can condition construction trends to a major degree. If, in the decade following the war, government construction approximates its 1920 to 1940 average of one third of al l construction, its properly timed impact could do much to level out the construction cycle.
T o do this most ef fect ive ly , publ ic c o n struction should be deferred w h e r e a n d when private building is going f o r w a r d at a satisfactory pace, and should be s tarted when and where pr ivate act iv i ty shows undue slack. A l l government cons truct ion does not lend itself to s u c h adjus tment . B u t a large portion of it could be he ld up for the three to five y e a r s w h i c h , upon past experience, would provide the neces sary leeway to counteract the more violent fluctuations in private bui ld ing.
S u c h a program presents n u m e r o u s d i f ficulties both political a n d admin i s t ra t ive . None should be insui-mountable, a n d the results promise to be of suf f ic ient m o m e n t to just i fy the ex traord inary effort that would be required to coordinate federal state and local government programs. Here is an excellent f o r u m for testing whether or not government economic a c tivity can be made to s u p p l e m e n t ra ther than supplant private effort to s e r v e ends upon which a l l are agreed.
3. Since private bui lding, pos twar as in the past, must supply the p r e p o n d e r a n t share of construction act iv i ty a n d e m ployment, costs w i l l cont inue to p lay a dominant role in de termin ing l eve l s of o p eration. Wartime restr ict ions h a v e c r e a t e d formidable backlogs of d e f e r r e d d e m a n d for most types of pr ivate , a n d for m a n y of public, construction. S u c h d e m a n d is so great that it almost c e r t a i n l y w i l l p r o vide the imp)etus for a pos twar b u i l d i n g boom of several years d u r a t i o n . T h e r e is considerable doubt that in the b e g i n ning our building trades , d i s located b y war and at low ebb, c a n organize r a p i d l y enough to carry their s h a r e of the a n t i c i pated general advance.
However, if former pat terns h o l d , b u i l d ing activity, after a lagging s tart , w i l l soar , costs wi l l mount, and e v e n t u a l l y w i l l s a t urate effective demand w i t h resu l tant c o l lapse. That , of course, is p r e c i s e l y the sort of a situation we are seek ing to avo id . C r u c i a l to this end is the p r e v e n t i o n of rising costs or, better s t i l l , t h e reduc t ion of bui lding costs f rom present s w o l l e n levels.
A recent study by technic ians of the W a r Production Board on the o u t l o o k for p r i vate housing construction i l lus tra tes the point. F r o m 1900 to 1940 the n u m b e r of housing units built in th i s c o u n t r y c lose ly matched the statistics of n e w f a m i l y f o r mation. T h e former ran c o n s i d e r a b l y a h e a d of the latter from 1920 to 1929, a n d fe l l behind by the same m a r g i n i n the f o l l o w ing decade.
I f the market for n e w houses w e r e to be s imi lar ly limited for the p e r i o d f r o m 1940 through 1949, the e f fec t ive d e m a n d for new housing during the las t f i ve v e a r s (1945-1949) is estimated a t 3,000,000 u n i t s . That is after allowing for h o u s e s bu i l t f r o m 1940 through 1944, and for v a c a n c i e s , d e molitions, and other factors . I f , h o w e v e r , prices could be reduced to 1939 l eve l s , the
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3,000,000 unit demand is estimated as i n creasing to more than 7,000,000 units . S ince the latter figure is substantial ly beyond our production capacity for the period, a backlog would be created that would support an effective sustained demand for the subsequent decade (1950-1959) of 1,000.000 units per year, as against half that amount if rents and sales prices mount with i n creasing incomes.
T h e precise accuracy of such an estimate may well be questioned. There can be no question as to the general val idity of the point illustrated. T h e progressive lowering of construction costs wi l l s t imulate demand in this field as it has in others. Bui lding management, labor, and their suppliers and customers stand to gain from such a result. Unnecessary restr ictions against the adoption of improved technologies and increased productivity should, therefore, be removed, whether imposed by codes of government, regulations of unions, collusion of managements, or inertia of workers. Unless there are compelling social justif ications such r e strictions must be judged harmful to the whole economy.
4. Numerous other measures could con
tribute substantially to increased and i n creasingly stable construction activities. Space remains only to stress the importance of careful consideration for the use of credit facilities as a means of s tabi l i zation. In recent years the establishment of the Federal Housing Administrat ion p r o vided a needed stimulus to mortgage l e n d ing in the field of housing. T h e modern pattern of long-term mortgages, providing for regular amortization as well as in t er est, should be a steadying factor in periods of liquidation. However, there appear to be further possibilities for using credit f a cilities as a brake when construction a c tivity threatens to cl imb beyond a level that can be sustained. If public and p r i vate lending agencies could devise sound means for raising mortgage rates, increasing down-payment requirements, short ening amortization periods and b a s i n g value appraisals upon normal rather than inflated costs, they might exert a healthy influence against the tendency of the construction bubble to inflate unti l it bursts.
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There is no royal road to sustained high level employment. T h e r e is not even a single path to assured construction stabi l ity—there are many paths, all straight and narrow and a l l paved wi th bruising cobbles. This is true for al l other major segments of industry.
It is easier to .seize upon a magic formula such as monetary control, or deficit spending, or any one of a score of others, than to undertake an intricate task of piece-meal exploration. B u t only the la t ter course wi l l lead to prosperity.
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National Council Registration Explained By Wi l l iam L. Perkins, Sec.-Treas., National Council of Archi tectura l Registration Boards, 736 Lucas Ave. , Char i t on , Iowa
IN R E V I E W I N G T H E W O R K of t h e C o u n c i l o f f i c e for t h e p a s t y e a r , w e f i n d t h a t p r o g r e s s h a s b e e n m a d e b y t h e S t a t e B o a r d s i n t h e m a t t e r of i n t e r - s t a t e r e l a t i o n s . A s t i m e g o e s o n t h e a p p r o v e d m e t h o d o f t r a n s
f e r r i n g r e g i s t r a t i o n c r e d i t f r o m o n e s ta t e to a n o t h e r is f o u n d to be c l e a r a n d w e l l d e f i n e d . A s t u d y o f C o u n c i l d o c u m e n t s w i l l p r o v e t h a t t h e p r o c e d u r e , a l t h o u g h t h o r o u g h , i s s i m p l e a n d e a s y to f o l l o w .
N e a r l y a l l S t a l e B o a r d s n o w r e q u i r e o u t - o f - S t a t e a r c h i t e c t s , s e e k i n g r e g i s t r a t i o n to p r a c t i c e w i t h i n t h e i r states, to file application through the
Certa in definite standard.s mus t be met before an applicant is el igible for a d m i s sion to either the junior or senior e x a m i n a tions, as explained in detail in C o u n c i l C i r c u l a r of Advice No. 3 — " T h e S t a n d a r d N . C . A . R . B . Examinat ions ." Not u n t i l the Counc i l Record is complete ly a s s e m h l e d can an aoplicant's el igibil ity to be admit ted to the Examinat ions be de termined .
A s soon as an applicant's el igibi l i ty is established, he is reauested to pay the Counci l fee of $15.00 for invest igat ion and verification and a copy of his C o u n c i l R e c ord is mailed to the state e x a m i n i n g hoard , in the state in which he is to take his e x aminations, w i t h a formal request to the examinipfr board to conduct the S t a n d a r d N . C . A . R . B . Examinat ions a c c o r d i n g to the rules a r d reculations of the s tate board , plus such supplemental e x a m i n a t i o n s as may be necessary to meet the r e q u i r e m e n t s for the Standard N . C . A . R . B . e x a m i n a t i o n s .
No N . C . A . R . B . examinat ions m a y he given by a state examin ing board u n t i l the candidate's Counc i l R e c o r d , f o r m a l l y approved bv the C o u n c i l , h a s been r e ceived, together wi th the request f r o m the Counc i l office to conduct the e x a m i n a tions.
Af ter the N . C . A . R . B . e x a m i n a t i o n s h a v e been completed, the state e x a m i n i n g b o a r d must file wi th the C o u n c i l off ice a r e p o r t on the results of the e x a m i n a t i o n s . T h i s report should be wri t ten up a c c o r d i n g to a s tandard form set up b y the C o u n c i l , as it w i l l be included as a part of the a p plicant's Counci l Record w h e n e v e r t r a n s fer is made to other states.
A l l architects who can meet t h e r e quirements should take advantage of s u c h an opportunity to qual i fy for a r e g i s t r a tion rat ing on the highest s t a n d a r d o b tainable. When an architect ho lds a C o u n cil Certif icate, many delays a n d m i s u n d e r -s'pndings in reciprocal reg i s tra t ion a r e avoided.
National Counci l , a.s they have found this to be the most convenient and economical method of tratisferring registration credit . Application through the National Counc i l is made by means of a Counc i l Record. Application f»)r a Counci l Record:
T h e applicant, upon request to the Counci l office for necessary information and instructions, is furnished with the proper blanks to make application for a Counci l Record; also copy of C i r c u l a r of Advice No. 4,—"Interstate Pract ice"— which explains in detail the preparation of a Counci l Record.
T w o forms of blanks are used in making a p plication for C o u n c i l Records: One for senior applicants, or a r c h i -tects who have been e n gaged in p r a c t i c e as principals for t e n or more years; and the other for junior a p plicants, or those who have been in practice a shorter time.
Af ter the proper blank is filled in by the a p plicant, it is forwarded to the Counci l office, together with the $25 f e e to defray expense of preparing and transmitting a certified copy of the Record to the registration board in the state in which application for registration is being made.
A s soon as the application form is r e ceived by the Counci l office, inquiries are mailed to all references given on the application, and the Counc i l Record is a s sembled as rapidly as possible. It usually takes about three or four weeks to complete a Counci l Record, which is made up of statements received from the appl i cant's references, copied in negative form for blueprinting. This thorough and disinterested investigation, together wi th the
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applicant's photograph (bound in booklet form) comprise what is referred to as the "Council Record."
Upon completion of the Counc i l Record a certified copy is forwarded to the state board in the state where the applicant is applying for registration. T h i s furnishes the state board with a certified transcript, in booklet form, of all replies to inquiries which have been addressed by the National Counci l to the applicant's references. T h e state board then has unbiased, authentic evidence concerning an architect's t ra ining, practice and professional standing. Such evidence is generally considered sufficient to determine whether or not an a p plicant is eligible for registration in that state.
Some states accept the Counc i l Record as a complete application; others require the filing of a state application form, in addition to the Record. T h e applicant is notified by the Council office as to w h e t h er or not a state form is required; also the amount of state fee to be paid.
In order to establish a basis of a r c h i tectural qualifications which can be a c cepted without question by all states as equal to their own requirements, the N a tional Counci l of Archi tectural Registration Boards has devised voluntary examinations known as the Standard N. C . A . R . B . Examinations, which are as near to national examinations as is possible in the United States.
The passing of the Standard N . C . A . R . B . Examinations gives an architect a high professional rating and carries the rec ommendation of the Counci l that he be granted registration in any state without further examination.
The first step in the examination procedure, in either the junior or senior c las sification, is the preprration of a Counc i l Record, as outlined above. However, not every architect who has a Counc i l R e c ord is eligible to take the Standard N.C. A. R. B . Examinations.
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W A N T E D — Architects, Arch i tec tura l jDesigners , Draftsmen, Engineers . I n pract -l i ca l ly every area of the United States, men l a n d women of architectural and engineer-l i n g training and experience are needed | i n architects' offices. Requirements range
i l l the way from college students to "the right man" as a future junior partner in Ihe mid-western office of a distinguished, established f irm. As one architect put it. 'No restrictions on height, weight, age. iex, color or morals. Only ask them to bring along a little ability."
If those interested will write the Bul let in , AC will try and put them in touch with the •ight people.
JULY 10 1946
W A S H I N G T O N , D . C . — Government controls over home building are to be r e laxed in the near future, according to The United iStates News, of June 29.
Shortages of materials, rather than G o v ernment restrictions, wi l l then be the bottle neck, the article states. T h e f irst important step will come soon when the Government makes a big increase in the amount of construction that an individual , as well as an industrial or private enterprise, can undertake without special per mission, says The U. S. News, adding Uiat,
"For individuals, this wi l l v i r tua l ly amount to, raising the lid on home bu i ld ing, except for the more expensive types. W P B is now working on plans for re laxation of controls, which wi l l be put into effect in a few weeks, probably by A u gust. After that, a person wil l not have to get authorization to build a home costing less than a certain amount—possiblv $25.-000."
The next phase in home building will come when the Government abolishes al l ceilings on the value of construction that can be undertaken without authorization, the article continues, concluding that " W P B officials think this may be by the end of this year. Then the building field will be wide open. Materials are expected to be more plentiful, though with some .scarcity still existing."
Architect Number 500 William L . Perkins, Secretary of the
N C A R Boards. Chariton, Iowa, reports that over 500 architects now hold the National Counci l of Registration.
Certificate Number 500 was issued to Mr. B e n jamin Shapiro, architect of 6926 Kingsbury Boulevard. St. Louis , Mis souri. Mr. Shapiro qua l ified by the Standard N C A R B Senior E x a m inations.
Between f o r t y and f i f t y applications are now in the office of the N a t i o n a l Counci l in preparation f o r t h e Standard Examinations and obtaining the N a tional Counci l Certif i cate. Many architectural firms as well as indivi- „ . dual architects are qual - ^'^ Shapiro ifying for the National Counc i l Certif icate so that a transfer of registration credits may be made to other states without u n necessary delay to obtain a license to p r a c tice.
The Counci l Office is looking forward to issuing Certificate Number 1000.
W A N T E D : One architectural Designer, Public Buildings; One Architectural Designer, Churches ; Two Architectural Draftsmen; One Structura l and Mechanical Engineer.
N . W. Overstreet, A . I .A . , Archi tect & E n gineer, 201 North L a m a r St., Jackson 14, Miss.
Architectural draftsmen for Hollywood Motion Picture Studio. Should be in early thirties, having university training, and five years or more experience. Good designers to receive good salaries at start, with art director possibilities. Apply to The Weekly Bul let in, giving details.
A N e w M e t h o d — A New Dev ice
Something entirely new and different has been invented to facilitate and s i m plify the making of perspective drawings.
T h e Pomeroy Stereograph Perspect ive D r a w i n g Machine produces a perspective view as stereoscopic pairs showing length, width and depth, or if desired, as a single perspective drawing, and reduces subs tantially the time and cost in making per spectives—-in addition they can be made to scale.
W i t h the Pomeroy Stereograph it is not necessary to use gadgets or the ord inary equipment of the drawing board to f ind vanishing points. T h i s unusual device is also extremely valuable for solving problems in geometry and equally ideal in descriptive geometry.
T h e Pomeroy Drawing Machine can produce th ird dimensional graphs, create space curves , and through its three d i m e n sional effects, also show the internal c o n struction of highly complex mechanisms.
T h e instrument, a super -draf t ing m a chine, is constructed of d u r a l u m i n u m with high carbon steel for the guides and r o tating members. It is 32 inches long, inches wide, and mounted between two drawing boards. A t the top is a h a i r - l i n e point f inder 20 inches long and at the bot tom is the drawing straight-edge 20 inches long, by means of which the operator can make the perspective drawing .
T h e two drawing boards are both 23x31 inches, mounted on square metal tubing. Dowel pins provide a s imple means for positioning these boards so that they can be removed with the drawing for addititmal work and replaced in the machine in exact register. T h e mechanism which moves the ha ir - l ine in a predetermined arc over the plan and elevation drawings from which the points are to be transferred, and also the accompanying drawing straight-edge is extremely simple, but is constructed with such precision that it can be operated with an accuracy far greater than, the human hand in drawing a pencil line.
T h e machine is so made that points obtained from orthographic projections of the object to be drawn can be instantly transferred to the lower d r a w i n g board where the draftsman can produce perfect perspective drawing. A f t e r the f i rs t p e r spective drawing has been made, its stereo-component drawing can be produced quite simply by shift ing the viewpoint the c o r rect interpupil lary distance. T h i s change is accomplished by means of a s imple a d justment.
T h e component requires the transfer of points from the plan v iew only in that the elevation is of course common to both eyes, and for this reason elevation points can be transferred at once from the p r e viously made drawing.
T h e stereo-pairs which are thus produced are called " S T E R E O G R A P H S " and can be viewed in any suitable stereoscopic v iewer where they are seen in three d i mensions. T h e y can also be copied photographically, enlarged or reduced, and then be projected for a large group of spectators in stereoscopic relief by means of Polaroid or s imilar means for stereoscopic projection.
Complete descriptive l i terature may be had upon request to the Pomeroy Stereograph C o . Inc., 1783 E . 11th St . , C leve land , Ohio.
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The AssociatLon Publication FIRST STEP IN O R G A N I Z A T I O N IS A N I N F O R M E D MEMBERSHIP
By Talmage C. Hughes, A . I. A.
Mr. !!ii<rh«'^
I t seems obvious to nie that the f i i s t step in the furtherance of any crjranization is a v igdious and vi tal publicatinn. Most of the problems of architectural bodies have to do w i t h public inlormation. Reports to Institute conventions again and again work around to the conclusion that ills of the profession could l)e greatly alleviated by an informed membershii) and an informed public. Cer ta in lv , we cannot expect to properly inform the public unti l we have f irst properly informed our selves. H o w else, then, can it be better done than through the organization's own publ i ca t ion?
I recall that in 1925. when tht Michigan S o ciety of Architects was eleven years old. and its membership around a hundred, officers began t o seriously consider what might be done toward a more active interest on the part of a larger number of r e gistered architects. It had been formed for the purpose of promoting the passage of a registration act. T h i s having been accomplished, there followed a period of inactivity . It was known as the Architects' Bus iness Association, and perhaps the name had something to do with its restr icted field. Then someone got the idea of letting the members in on the secret of what went on at board meetings, wtiat committees were doing, what other a r c h itects were ih inking, etc. F u n d s were so l imited that only penny post cards could be afforded and so they got to be pretty crowded, but results were almost i m m e d iate—better attendance at meetings, more applications for membership and therefore, more funds with which to work.
T h i s was of sufficient encouragement for the B o a r d to authorize the secretary to go into a news letter, w h i c h produced even greater results. T h e Society's membership doubled, and v o l u n t a r y contributions amounted to an average of two dollars for every architect in Michigan. T h i s sheet, cal led the Weekly Bul let in , continued for one y e a r in mimeographed form, then became a printed Bul le t in wi th advertising and has so continued since.
W h e n membership in the Institute was 8 0 ' o f the comb)ned membership of all archi tectural organizations in the state, the Society's divisions were disbanded and their functions taken over by Institute chapters . Society membership is now made up of Institute members onJy, except for non-res ident architects. Institute meml>er-ship in Michigan is now 90'/ of resident registrants . T h u s , unification is effected.
A l l this is by way of expressing the conv ic t ion that, while the publication is by no means the whole program, without it such accomplishments would be wellnigh impossible. I cannot conceive of an organizat ion doing an outstanding job w i t h out such a voice. So much fine woik is being done by executive committees and
From The Ohio Architect
those who are willing and interested enough to '"labor in the vine. ard," and yet too often little is done to inform m e m bers of this. It cannot be denied that we are al l selfish in the sense that one is i n clined to ask what is the organization doing for him and what is he getting for the dues he pays, as small as they might be ? If he is not informed of this it cannot be expected that he wil l react very favorably. There is a selling job to be done by the organization. Memt)ers must be sold and kept sold. It is not sufficient to build up membership and rest on your oars, feeling that the job has been done once and for ai l .
There are younger men cominji into the profession all the time and it is not only desirable from the organization's s tandpoint to get them in but the organization definitely has an obligation to take them in hand, guide them and see that they do not get started in the wrong way. Most of this is done innocently enough, but how easily it can happen. The young man is out of a job, so he has an opportunity to go with a lumber company, a builder or others in competition with architects. That is not to say that all such concerns do that but we have it brought home to us that some do. There have been many cases where such men, duly rejristered a r chitects, have actually become members of the opposition to the architectural profession. I cannot conceive of this happening if the way were made easier for them to sit around the table with their fellow members of the profession and hear what is c o n s i d e r e d proper and what is improper practice. I have a f irm belief that anyone who has graduated in a r -chitecturt; and determined on it as his career loves the profession and wants to do the right thing by it, and that it is only when he is not given the proper opportunity that he falls by the wayside.
There is a prodigious amount of good materia l for publication constantly coming from the profession of architecture. Many of its memt)ers are excellent writers. T h e y have something worthwhile to say. I can even envision much of this material that is new being reprinted by such publications as "Readers' Digest," and this has happened; or the Sunday real estate section of a large metropolitan daily making use of such material in a lengthy article with eight-column heading — this has happened too. How often have we heard officers or committee chairmen present reports that are masterful, indicating most thorough preparation, and which can be classed as truly great only to be filed and forgotten.
This is certainly not encouraging to the authors or helpful to others. If given wider circulation in printed form one could rerd it and read it again and out of this should come replies from others, leading to definite action.
T h e publication of this better class of material focusses attention on the better element in the profession, which is most desirable. Those outside the profession are inclined to judge it by what they see and read and so if we do not put our best foot forward we are doing ourselves a great injustice.
I n its publication the organization can provide its memoership with a vetiicle for ormging out new talent. T h i s encourages architects to become more articulate, an important asset to a program ot public in -foimation. T h u s new ideas and new talent are uncovered which would otherwise not have been discovered. This is true of the younger men in the profession as well as many who have arrived, as is often the case in an architectural competition.
B y articles, personal notes, pictures, etc., we get to know each other better, just as fronj the publication ot an architect's work you form an opinion of his ability as an architect. T h i s removes the cloaK of mystery and opens the way for closer personal contact, under which conditions unfair relationship is not likely to exist.
S u c h state or chapter activities, while local in nature, have their national aspects, providing intercommunication with other sections of the country. E v e r y eltort should be made to extend the circulation as m u c h as possible, first to members then to non-member architects, for herein lies the opportunity of expansion. Then, in addition to exchanges with other similar publications, the paper should reach l ibraries, schools, colleges, newspapers and consumer magazines, our friends the producers and key men throughout the building in dustry. It would be splendid if al l otticers, directors and committee chairmen of the histitute, its chapters and affiliated state societies could be kept informed of what is being done and the trend of thought in every group of architects in the nation. S u c h material should be considered re quired reading for students in our a r chitectural schools. S u c h wide-spread exchange of ideas would greatly increase the interest and activity of various local groups. A few wil l fall on barren ground but this is to be expected. I know of only one case of refusal. A n architect in Brooklyn wrote on a post card, "Dear Sir: Please discontinue sending your pamphlet, as it has no interest lor me. It takes up room in my apartment house mail box so that more important mail cannot be in serted." A n d to this Ro^er Al l en cracked, "No doubt he means large pictures of the Brooklyn Dodgers."
Perhaps one of the most valuable features is that the organization publication forms a permanent record. B y heralding the imp(>rtant happenings, volumes bound and preserved constitute a running history for easy reference in the years to come.
T h e publication should he of interest f irst to members but also to other professions and the public. To accomplish this the editor should conform somewhat to newspaper style, that is f ind the news value and feature that, while at the same time getting across the details that ar« also important but not always so interesting. A safe procedure is to follow the newspaperman's creed of who, what, where, when and why. Most every newspaper ar ticle follows this in the opening paragraph, so that if one doesn't read any further he has at a glance tlie gist of what the article is about.
Example; The war has altered the path of ar
chitecture in this country to such a degree rs to require a new approach and new thinking on the part of the profession, E. Milton MacMiUiTi, of Cleveland^ president of Architects' Society of Ohio, told 200 delegates to the Society's Eleventh 4»nn(al ConreJilion at its opcniny session here today.
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Then go on with the story. If you don't do any more you have appealed to the imagination of the reader and if he is interested he wil l continue to see what further the sp>eaker had to say on the subject. F i l l in other details in the order of their importance.
We should, to some extent at least, forget that we are addressing each other and reach out to interest the other fields and the public. Te l l them how the architect got that way and what manner of man he is. They may be surprised to learn that he is a very human person and part icularly to know that he is practical as wel l as aesthetic.
T h e financing of such a publication pre sents some problems. T h e simplest w a y is through advertising. T h i s has t>een a bug-alxto to some, but there is only one p r i n c iple involved as I .see it. If the advert i s ing can give real value for the money expended, there is no problem. If it doesn't it should not be accepted. It's as simple as that. T h e statement has been made that a small circulation can not be of much value. This is not a lways true. A publ ication, every copy of which goes to the man the advertiser wants to reach, can be more valuable than one of larger circulation that doesn't. A n d so. quantity of c irculat ion is a factor but others of equal importance are quality of circulation and qual i ty of editorial matter. Will it be read, and of s u f ficient interest and value to even be kept for reference?
Now go down your list of committees and see if every one is not affected by the proper dissemination of information, both to members and to others — Membership. Public Information, C i v i c Affairs , E d u c a tion, Program. Exhibit ions, etc. T h i s is what's called "Power of the Press."
Alab a m a
A joint meeting of the A l a b a m a Chapter , A . I . A . , and the Alat>ama Association of Architects was held in A u b u r n May 11. Start ing with a meeting of the A A A . at which Wilmont Douglas presided, in the l ibrary of the School of Archi tecture and the Arts , the group heard a report by Professor E . B . Lancaster on work done by a committee on a building code for A l a bama.
Af ter adjourning for lunch, the meeting continued, and at two o'clock was followed by the meeting of the A I A . Dean T u r p i n C . Bannister presiding.
The annual medal of the A I A to the outstanding graduating senior in architecture, along with the book, "Mont St. Michel and Chartres ," was awarded to L a n d i s C . W o r thy.
Members are Gus Wingo, Montgomery; Gus Lopetigui, Puerto Rico; Peggy Smith . Jackson, Miss.; Martha Rand , T u s c u m b i a ; and L a n d i s Worthy, A u b u r n .
Af ter the Alabama Chapter meeting was adjourned. memt>ers went to supper at the G r e e n Room of the Pitts hotel. A movie technicolor was shown in the l ibrary of the school following the supper. Based on the restoration of Colonial Wi l l iamsburg it showed life of the time, in and around the Governor's mansion and in the home and shop of a craftsman of ear ly W i l l i a m s burg.
Members of the A I A and A A A attending the meeting were:
F a r r o w L . Titt le . Raymond C . Sizemore. Clyde C . Pearson, Samuel D . Col l i er (associate) and Wi l l iam E . Campbe l l . J r . from Montgomery.
Wil l iam P. Shaw. L e w i s R. Paceley. W i l -JULY 10, 1945
mot C . Douglas, J a c k B . Smi th , Nelson Smith, Brooks B . B u r n h a m , Walter N. Holmquist, from Birmingham.
T u r p i n C . Bannister, E . Walter B u r k -haidt, E d w i n B. Lancaster, and E a r l e G . L u t z , Auburn .
Don Shuyler , Tuscaloosa, and Hender son L . Holman, Jr . . O z a r k .
Alaska L y n n Forrest, recreation architect with
the U. S. Forest Service , at Juneau , has been named to the B o a r d of Engineers' and Architects ' E x a m i n e r s for A l a s k a by Governor Ernest Gruening. Forrest was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the departure from the Terr i tory of George Grossman, former Fa irbanks architect. T h e new member was also elected secretary of the Board, to succeed Harold B . Foss . Voctor C . Rivers , Anchorage engineer, was named president and R. D. Stewart, T e r ritorial Commissioner of Mines, v ice -pres ident.
Calif o r n i a
Versatile John S. Bolles. chief of the Technical Division of the S a n Franc isco Housing Authority, has crowded a var ied career into his 39 years. His work has taken him to the four corners of the globe, but he has returned home to do his part in wartime planning.
He left his native Berkeley to study civil engineering at the Univers i ty •'»f O k l a h o m a , and from there went to H a r v a r d where he obtained a Master's degree in a r chitecture. On graduation, he was employed as chief structural e n gineer on power plant building in Oklahoma for the H . M. Byllesby Corporation.
Archeology also interested the young a r c h i tect and from 1929 to 1930 he was archeolo-gist for the Oriental I n stitute of the University of Chicago, going for them to T u r k e y to study Hittite culture. Egypt and France were next on his i t inerary.
F r o m 1931 to 1934. he was associated with the Carnegie Institute of W a s h i n g ton in a study of Mayan cul ture at C h i -chen Itza. Mr. Bolles discovered the lost Mayan cities of Ca lakmul and Muneca, the former famous for its large number of hieroglyphic monuments.
Excavations at Persepolis, ancient c a p ital of Persia, next claimed his attention, but in 1936 Mr. Bolles ended his travels by returning to San Francisco to t>ecome a s sociated with his father, architect E d w a r d G . Bolles.
John Bolles designed several of the buildings at the 1939 Exposit ion on T r e a s ure Island, among them the state building. Temple of Religion, and the Chr i s t ian Science Monitor Building.
War housing claimed his attention at the outbreak of war and he tjecame area project engineer for the Federal Public Housing Authority. In 1943 he joined the San Francisco Housing Authori ty staff as chief of the technical division, where he has directed the construction of homes for more than 20.000 war workers .
Mr. Bolles was recently elected pres i dent of the Northern Cal i forn ia Assoc ia -
Mr. Holies
tion of Architects and made president of the Cal i fornia C o u n c i l of Archi tects , c o ordinating body for a l l arch i tec tura l groups in the state.
In a letter to the editor, publ ished in the Modesto iCal.) Bee, June 2, 1945, Mr. Bolles wrote:
Y o u r editorial of May 9th entitled P r o vision F o r Plums reveals a complete m i s understanding of AB846, which would per mit the state to employ pr iva te architects to design state buildings.
Specif ical ly, the bil l enables the depart ment of public works through its director or the director of f inance to re ta in the services of a private architect in the event the state division of archi tecture is u n able to cope wi th the projected program for postwar construction. I n other words , the bill does no more than conform w i i h section 363N of the pol i t ical code r e g a r d ing state contracts for services .
T h e magnitude of the pos twar p r o g r a m clearly indicates that the state divis ion of architecture wil l be unable to u n d e r t a k e the whole of the work and w i l l be c o m pelled to call upon the services of p r i v a t e architects, engineers and bui ld ing c o n tractors. State agencies have , in fact, for many years utilized the serv ices of c o n tractors. Meanwhi le the state divis ion of architecture has begun advert i s ing for draftsmen for postwar w o r k , indicat ing its immediate need for outside assistance.
Y o u r reference to "an en t i re ly unneces sary expenditure of t axpayers ' money" goes wide of the mark as far as the p r a c tice of private architects is concerned. P r i vate architects of the state consis tent ly have succeeded in complet ing projects at costs substantially lower than those of the state division of arch i tec ture , as is current ly exemplified by the U n i v e r s i t y of Cal i forn ia building program.
Cal i fornia is the only state in the U n i o n which prohibits retention of a pr ivate architect in the performance of state w o r k . U n d e r AB846 private arch i t ec t s m e r e l y request that they be a l lowed to e n j o y the freedom guaranteed them by the state bill of rights and the l i cens ing act , w h i c h grants them the l iberty to p r a c t i c e w i t h out bureaucratic d i scr iminat ion or r e straint. If you favor p r e s e r v a t i o n of the Amer ican system of free enterpr ise , m a y we ask that you w i t h d r a w y o u r opposit ion to the bill and give it y o u r fu l l support ?
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S A C R A M E N T O — A s State D i r e c t o r of F inance , James S. Dean , of this c i t y , i s r ight hand man to G o v e r n o r E a r l W a r r e n . T h e mark of his work, c h a r a c t e r a n d a b i l ity is on Sacramento, for he des igned m a n y of the fine buildings h e r e a n d l a t e r he was C i t y Manager for ten y e a r s a n d g a v e the C i t y a splendid a d m i n i s t r a t i o n .
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A R E A L L Y E A R L Y - D A Y A R C H I T E C T is F r a n k H . Schardin , of S a c r a m e n t o , whose shingle is s t i l l out on h i s h o u s e at 911 O Street. T h i s house w a s bu i l t p a r t l y in 1851 and partly in 1861, a n d t h e out s ide walls are of Cal i fornia redwood. T l i e doors are works of art and o v e r ins ide d o o r ways are wood carvings. L a b o r m u s t h a v e been much cheaper in those d a y s . M o s t of his life Mr . S c h a r i n , now past 80, has l i ved in this block, but it wi l l he r a z e d a f ter the war to give way for the a d v a n c i n g b u i l d ings of the State G o v e r n m e n t . •
D O N A L D B E A C H K I R B Y . A I A , a n nounces that he has r e e n t e r e d p r i v a t e practice, with offices a t 409 F i f t e e n t h Street. Oakland 12, C a l . T h e n e w te lephone number is T E m p l e b a r 1431.
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We have been intrigued with the large number of organizations being formed dui i i ig recent nn)nths. Every th ing from "Friends of the Soviet Union" to a "Society of Planners ." E a c h one has its high ideal.s and objectives and each charges substantial dues. We believe that for a r chitects T h e Institute can adequately r e present us nationally and that many of the activit ies sponsored by others would be better supported if sponsored by T h e Institute. If al l achitects would join T h e Institute and work with T h e Institute our interests would be adequately protected, oiu" objectives for the improvement of the profession, promotion of the public w e l fare, and co-operation with the other professions would be reached the sooner.
Georgia A t l a n t a — Jesse M a r k h a m Shelton, for
m e r vice-president and treasurer of Robert & C o m p a n y . Inc. . architects and engineers, of A t l a n t a , has been elected president of the f i rm to succeeil L . W. Robert . J r . , who has become chairman of the board of directors , it was announced recently.
Mr . Shel ton, one of the company's leading architects , was graduated from G e o r gia T e c h in 1916 after w o r k i n g his way through college in the same office w i t h Mr. Robert. He came direct ly from co l lege into association with M r . Robert , and they, along wi th C . L . E m e r son and other's, finally made up the f irm of Robert & Company.
S i n c e Mr. S h e l t o n jo ined the f i rm, it has hand led more than a b i l l ion dollars worth of developments throughout the United States, Mexico , Puerto Rico and e l sewhere . It i s responsible for many of the largest industrial developments in the Southeast and war pr»)jects ranging from the B e r m u d a Islands naval base to the C o r p u s C h r i s t i naval air base.
M r . Shel ton, 48. attended high school in A t l a n t a .
M r . E m e r s o n , who has l>een connected w i t h the f irm more than 20 years, has been n a m e d dean of engineering at Georgia T e c h . H e takes up his new duties Ju ly 1.
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Dorothy G. Wendt. reporting in ISA Bulletin
C H I C A G O — ' D day"' came to the Casino C l u b (m March 30 when 720 architects and others of the curious public invaded its colonnaded ballroom to hear themselves admonished by F r a n k L l o y d W r i g h t — a r chitect , philosopher, and citizen of ihe w o r l d . At least 148 of those attending were in a tractable mood after a fine dinner at the C a s i n o preceding the lecture. T h e C h i cago Chapter of the A . I . A . sponsored this '• infornia! discussion" which was entitled "Past F a i l u r e s — F u t u r e Hopes."
M r . Wright responded to A l f red Shaw's introduct ion by proclaiming his love for C h i c a g o , his A l m a Mater, the tmly city he k n e w that had discovered its own water
front, a city that builds to stay and that huilds with brick when the rest of the country is building with cheap materials. '"When Chicago makes a mistake,'' said Mr. Wright , "she makes a big one in a big way. That's Chicago and that's me, too."
These few kind words were followed by the scolding which sounded familiar to those who had heard Mr. Wright before. It covers our so-called worship of eclecticism, the lack of an indigenous A m e r ican culture, the absence of an organic architecture.
T o the question "Shall we foi'get the work of S i r Christopher Wren and B e r t r a m G o o d h u e ? " Mr. Wright replied. "Absolutely." Goodhue was a fine spirit but he got the idea of a break with the picture books too late in his life."
The last question was "'Why don't we
build some round houses?'" T h e answer "What difference does the shape make provided it fits the shape of the ground on which it stands. E v e r y colonial hou.se hatas the ground—and the ground hates the house."
Al fred Shaw closed the forum with the story of a young student of architecture who asked his professor what he should do to become a great architect. The professor replied: "Get next to God and get next to Frank L l o y d Wright." Asked what he thought of that Mr. Wright said it was a good answer except that it wa.s "wrong end to."'—Dorothy G . Wendt.
• U N I F I C A T I O N of Illinois architectural
organizations was discussed recently by Prof. Lor ing H . Provine, F . A . I . A . , head of the department of architecture of the University of I l linois, before the Central Il l inois chapter of the Amer ican Institute of Architects. P r o f e s s o r Provine also is director of the Il l inois-Wisconsin region.
Emphasizing the n a tional trend toward u n i fication in the profession, Professor Provine said that Institute chapters in Illinois and the Illinois Society of A r chitects have collaborated in many ways, but he asserted a m o r e formal arrangement is desirable.
Representatives probably wil l meet soon to draw up a plan of organization.
Elbert I . Harrison, a former president of the local chapter, has been appointed a member of the Architect's E x a m i n i n g Board by Gov. Dwight Green, it was a n nounced. Harrison is a Peoria resident but has been assisting the university architect.
Prof. Provine
Ernes t Stouffer , during the past year in preparation of plans for future university buildings. •
P A U L G E R H A R D T J R . . Chicago building commissioner and city architect, was
elected president of the Chicago chapter of The American Institute of Architects at its annual meeting June 12. He succeeds Alfred Shaw, of Shaw, Naess & Murphy. Samuel A . Marx is new first vice-president, L . Morgan Yost , second vice-president, and W. F r e d Dolke, treasurer. Norman J . Schlossman was reelected secretary. Fellowships in A.I .A. were conferred on E r n -
F a u l Gerhardt Jr.^st Grunsfe ld , J r . and Alfred Shaw.
Honorary membership was conferred upon Mi-s. James Ward Thome , for her outstanding miniature interiors.
T h e meeting was a d dressed by Mr. Joshua D'Esposito, on the subject of Chicago's T e r m inal Faci l i t ies .
Mr. Gerhardt . who was registered in Illinois in 1926, has served c o n t i n uously as City Architect for Chicago since 1928 and as Commissioner of Buildings since 1942. He is a past president of the Illinois Society of A r chitects, past C o m m a n d - ivi,-_ Shaw er of Advertis ing Men'.s Post. American Legion. Member of Neighborhood Redevelopment Commission, E n gineering Board of Review, and City Plan Advisory Board.—Nt)rrnan J . Schlossman, Secretary. •
R O Y B . B L I S S . A I A . of Wilmctte. 111., has reopened his Chicago office at 30 N . L a S a l l e St. . Chicago 2. Mr. Bliss writes, " I f there are any unemployed architectural draftsmen available in my area, I hope they look me up. Raymond Moldenhauer, formerly with me but now with Curt i s -Wright, hopes to return to my office as soon as he can be released." •
G E R A L D A. B A R R Y , architect, a n nounces the removal of his offices from 28 E . Jackson Blvd . to 53 W. Jackson Blvd . . Chicago. •
M A X A L P E R , architect, announces the removal of his office to Room 1104. Eight South Dearborn St., Chicago 3. 111. The new telephone number is ANdover 1012.
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G R A D U A T E was Cl i f ford Ricker, graduated in 1872 at the Universi ty of Illinois.
• P A U L Z U C K E R , in his symposium on
city planning, published under the title. New Architecture and C i t y Planning, says "Cities have fallen short of their main objectives—of fomenting and facilitating contacts so as to raise the cultural level of their populations." Contestants in the Herald-Tribune's $25,000 Better Chicago Contest may f ind this reading helpful.
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The Point of View of the Industrial Designer By LEROY KIEFER
A talk bejore the Ann Arbor Conference
I don't really know what business an Industrial Dasigner has at a meeting of this kind except that he is working in a field closely allied with architecture.
I had my training in Architectm-e, and spent some six years with Albert Kahn. Since that time, I have spent almost ten years in Industrial Design, and have enjoyed all of it. During those ten years, I have thought a great deal about Industrial Design and its development. I have tried to examine its reason for existance, and its relationship to Architecture . It all sums itself up in the title of this talk, the point of view of the Indus tr ia l Designer.
In the early stages of the development of any manufactured article, the emphasis is always on its mechanical operation. Its creator is usually so wrapped up in this phase of development that he has no time to think much about its aesthetic appearance. To illustrate, I remember an old magazine story about a special ice machine which had been installed in a great m a n u facturers kitchen in 1916. T h i s article described the mechanical part of the equipment, but had nothing to say of its a p pearance. Undoubtedly because at that time the chief problem was to make it work. This installation was undoubtedly one of the earliest of the mechanical r e frigerators. A s time went on, smaller mechanical units were built to be installed in the old natural ice box. Not until some years later when the mechanical problems were well solved did the manufacturei's give much consideration to appearance. Today the mechanical is taken for granted, and refrigerators are sold as m uc h on a p pearance as on any single factor. T h i s is where the Industrial Designer enters the picture.
The Industrial Designer's point of v iew is different from that of the Archi tect . S ince most of the articles the Industr ial Designer deals with are mass produced and sold in quantity, he must necessarily approach his art from the merchandising point of view. The appearance of a prod
uct is definitely a part of the selling effort, and must be considered in that light. Most selling effort has one basic motive behind it—the profit motive. Almost al l of the Industrial Designer's clients have become his clients because they believe that he and his associates can contribute to that motive. The Industr ial Designer's work then, if he is honest with his client, wi l l always be influenced by the general conception of what constitutes mass a p peal. There wi l l be times when the pure aesthetic wi l l suffer a little, but I have always felt that it was better to guide the mass tastes to a gradual better appreciation of the beautiful, than to try to force a c ceptance in one big gulp.
Almost all manufactured articles are made from perishable tools and dies. This factor leads to two important developments:
1) Changed designs for the sake of change
2) New designs which are the result of real mechanical improvements
This changing of designs for one reason or the other means that the Industrial Designer is called back time and again to redesign a given product. It leads to the development of "accounts" wherein the designer is paid a yearly fee to insure his constant interest in, and availabliity for, such design services as may be required by the manufacturer.
Industrial Designers have taken over the design of a great many of the products
used in the building business—the design of k i tchen units, heating units , p lumbing equipment, and many others. T h i s is a f ield in which Archi tec ts should have been most interested, but apparently they were not.
Another field where the Industr ia l D e sign approach has been most valuable is in the design of retail sales establishments. Here architecture can definitely be a help in the merchandising effort, and must be considered a part of it.
In many recent instances, I n d u s t r i a l D e signers have been a s k e d to make m e r chandising surveys covering the proper location in the city of the retail sales out let, and the outward attraction value of it, the proper interior arrangement , the i n terior apiiearance of the establishment the display of the merchandise as wel l as an exhaust ive study of the merchandise i t self. T h e product and the sell ing of it are becoming more closely all ied than ever t>efore. T h e work of the I n d u s t r i a l D e signer is usual ly quite thorough. H e often tours the country to s tudy consumer needs. He confers wi th the m a n u f a c t u r e r to become acquainted wi th present and proposed manufacturing methods and m a terials. He may suggest new methods and materials. A r m e d wi th a l l the poss ibi l ities, he pi'oceeds wi th designs, usual ly producing a f inal model w h i c h in appear ance at least, if not in construction, r e presents the ultimate appeai'ance of the
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K I E F E R — (Continued from Page 1) product. When the design is accepted, the Industrial Designer usually follows it through the preparation for manufacture. This insures a faithful reproduction of the original design in mass production.
Within reason, the initial cost of a design to be reproduced by the thousands is of little importance because that cost can be distributed over the eventual production run. It may, for instance, cost $20,000.00 to design an article of which there are eventually a million reproductions sold at $100.00 each, and the design cost is only 2 cents per unit.
In the matter of fees, there is not the long-established set of schedules which are well known in Architecture. Too often the Industrial Designer has been guilty of charging what the traffic would bear. This is not serious, however, and eventually equitable fees will be established as they are in Architecture.
One of the great thrills of working in the field of Industrial Design is in seeing one's work appreciated by the thousands of people who eventually purchase the final mass produced article. It is they who eventually put the "'well done" stamp upon our effort.
There is no doubt in my mind that Industrial Design is a new field which is here to stay. It supplies an important service that this country was lacking when the mass production era began, and I am sure it will continue to do so as long as our present economic system continues.
E L L I N G T O N H E A D S E. S. D. Harold S. Ellington, of the firm of Harley, Ellington & Day.
architects and engineers, has been elected president of the Engineering Society of Detroit.
Ellington's firm were architects for the Rackham Memorial. Other buildings and industrial works of the firm extend from coast to coast and into foreign countries.
Other officers elected to serve with Ellington on the ESD board are: First vice-president, C . J . Freund; second vice-president. George R. Thompson; secretary, James M. Crawford; treasurer, A. N. Goddard; assistant treasurer, S. M. Dean. Other directors are: E . C. Balch. retiring ESD president; T. A. Boyd and James C. Zeder.
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"Just a line to let you know that I am beyond the reach of the Bulletin for the present. I hope it won't be too long before I can get back into Detroit architectural circles, but you never can tell, so you had better remove my name from your mailing list for the present, as I understand that they do not forward such material overseas. The accompanying address is only a temporary one. If you want to know my subsequent ones Clair Ditchy will have them. Thanks for the Bulletin. I always enjoyed it very much while in the States."
Board Revises Exam The Michigan Board of Registration for
Architects, Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors has announced that an entirely revised examination system has been put into effect. Since its inception in 1915, the Board has used the same outline. Little change was made in its general content, but certain portions have been combined, the result being a streamlined examination, more in conformance with tlie National Council arrangement of problems. Considerably more emphasis has been placed on actual practice and die problems which arise in professional relationships.
Steel, Concrete, and Roof Truss have been consolidated into one five-hour examination entitle<J "Structural Design" which is given the first morning. Afternoon is part II, "Specifications,"' a three hour session. Part III is new and consists of five morning hours of examination on "Supervision. Counseling, and Administration." An afternoon session is three hours on "Mechanical Equipment." The third day is the customary twelve hours on "Design."
If anyone wishes to comply with the N.C.A.R.B. examination, he may take the fourth day which includes Architectural History and Composition.
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Bonderi/ed Galvanized, mill-treated sheets for roofing, flashing, siding, gutters — wherever exposed sheet metal is used — provides rust proofing and an absorptive base for paint. It holds the finish, retaining color, luster and protective qualities. Chemical action between paint and galvanizing is neutralized — prevents peeling and scaling.
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Edward James, John R. Kelly and George Caleb Wright have been named by Governor Ralph F . Gates to represent the Indiana Society of Architects on the State Administrative Council, made up of all elements of the building industry. With a new State Building Code, Indiana has a good background for postwar construction.
A F I V E - M E M B E R S T A T E BOARD of registration of architects has been named by Governor Gates, the board having been
recreated by an act of the 1945 general assembly.
Members are George N. Hall, Gary; Fred Pohlmeyer, Ft. Wayne; Warren D. Miller, Terre Haute; Walter Scholer, L a fayette, and Merritt Harrison. Indianapolis.
The Governor announced that Geraldine Foster, Metamora. will continue as the board's secretary.
WARREN D. R O L L E R , AIA, of the firm of Miller & Yeager, of Terre Haute, Ind..
has been elected chairman of the Indiana State Board of Registration for Architects. He succeeds August C. Bohlen, of I n d i a n a p o l i s . Other members are Fred W. Kohlmeyer, of F o r t Wayne; George H. Hall, of Gary; Walter Scholer. of Lafayette, and Merritt Han-ison, of Indianapolis.
Mr. Miller, a native of Terre Haute, e n t e r e d practice there in 1915. He is now first vice-president of the National Council of Architectural Regist r a t i o n Boards.
When he recently served as chairman of 1945 Vigo (Ind.) County Red Cross War Fund Campaign, its quota was exceeded by $21,000,
The firm of Miller & Yeager were architects for all of the additions to Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute's new Federal Building, and Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
He has served as president of both the Indiana Society of Architects and Indiana Chapter. AIA. His partner, Ralph Yeager is now Regional Director of The AIA, for the Great Lakes District.
The Indiana State Board of Registration for Architects is indeed fortunate in having such leadership as exemplified by Mr. Miller. J U L Y 10 1945
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Ed Wetherell, of Wetherell & Harrison, Des Moines architects, has left for four months work in Hawaii, where he will direct the building program for the U.S.O. He leaves his post at Chicago, as regional director of U.S.O. building service, to take this special mission.
Massachusetts William Roger Greeley, F A I A , of Boston,
was the recipient of the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts, at Boston University's 72nd Commencement. Mr. Greeley, a distinguished architect, is president of the New Elngland Town Planning Association.
C H A R L E S D. MAGINNIS, F A I A , of Boston, was awarded an honorary degree by Tufts College at its recent 89th commencement. Other recipients were Eric Johnston, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Rear Admiral Edward L . Marshall, USN.
Michigan Announcement has been made of the
advancement of Lt. Commander C. William Palmer to Executive Officer to Admual Cotter, in the Pacific Theatre of Operations.
Commander Palmer, former president of the Detroit Chapter, AIA, and of Michigan Society of Architects, entered the service on May 8, 1944. After being stationed in Chicago, he was assigned to the Pacific Tlieatre as of Oct. 1, 1944. His many fi-iends in the profession will be glad to learn of his promotion.
Commander Palmer's address is Dirpacdocks,
Commander Palmer
Navy 128, California.
Fleet P.O. San Francisco,
L T . HUNSBERGER L I B E R A T E D Lt. Irving Hunsberger, a Thunderbolt
pilot, who was forced down over France when on his 37th mission, and was later reported a prisoner of war, was liberated from Stalig Luft No. 1 some weeks ago and is now in Le Havre, France, awaiting transportation to this country, it has just been learned.
Lt . Hunsberger, is the son-in-law of Roger A l len, president of the Michigan Society of A r chitects. The r e p o r t states that he is perfectly well and in good spirits after being a pris- , ,, , oner of war for ten "un.sberger months.
Of course, this makes the Aliens and the Hunsbergers very happy and their many friends will rejoice with them.
Mr. Kaufman
A n Archi tect Deals W i t h A i r Condit ioning
H. J . Kaufman, AIA, of 13215 Roselawn Ave., Detroit 4, Mich., has for some years
interested himself in aii' conditioning. Some years ago he patented a chemical dehydrator which has met with unusual success. He has produced this item to the limit of materials allowable, and the demand has exceeded the supply.
Kaufman has been the author of many articles i n t h e architectural press, dealing with this subject. Speaking of the f u t u r e of this field, Kaufman says, "The lack of progress in air conditioning comes from too many promoters who are
eager to expend an owner's money on experimentation — too much sales engineering and not enough product engineering."
"A fresh viewpoint, without any trade names and 'cannot-be-done' fences should be of help. An architectural approach which takes into account the building's use, occupants and type of construction would seem best."
Architectural training and experience is most useful in this approach, says Kaufman, whose equipment is in use in twenty-two states, Canada and Mexico.
Kaufman, who has practiced in New York and Michigan, is a member of the Detroit Chapter, A I A , and the Michigan Society of Architects. •
D E T R O I T C H A P T E R , A.I.A. ended its "44-45 season of programs with a ceremony formally presenting certificates of Fellow-.- hip in The Institute to Clair W. Ditchy, Branson V. Gamber. Eliel Saarinen and Henry F . Stant(m. Wells I . Bennett, Dean of the College of Architecture and Design at the University of Michigan, and vice-president of the Chapter, made the presentations. Mr. Saarinen responded on behalf of himself and the other recipients.
• H A R O L D S. E L L I N G T O N has been
elected president of the Engineering Society of Detroit. He is a member of the Firm of Harley, Ellington & Day.
Louisiana J . Herndon, Thomson has been elected
president of the New Orleans chapter, A.I.A.
Others re-elected were Alan C. Reed, vice-president; August Perez, Jr. , treasurer, and Earl I. Mathes, secretary. In addition to the officers Sol Rosenthal and N. C . Curtis were elected to the executive committee. It was also announced that Richard Koch of New Orleans has been elected regional director. Gulf States district.
Minnesota Dale McEnary was elected president of
Minnesota chapter, American Institute of Architects, at the annual meeting. Glynne Shifflet and Harold Spitznogel were named vice-presidents; RoUin Chapin, treasurer and Roy Thorshov, secretary. Directors in clude Rhodes Robertson, Wilbur Back-strom, Arnold Raugland and Wilbur Tusler.
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Nebraska William L . Steele, A.I.A., of Omaha,
was elected chairman of the Nebraska state board of examiners for professional engineers and architects at a meeting held recently at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
New Jersey Louis H. Golfehtian. AIA. Reportincj
CAMDEN—On May 11th. the Society attended the Annual Meeting of The Camden County Historical Society and presented them with prints and documents of certain buildings in the County which were surveyed and drawn under the Historic American Buildings Survey. The selection consi.' ted of 15 buildings, 150 sheets and 45 photographs. The presentation was made bj' Seymour V\'illiams. F .A.LA. . of Rahway, who was State Supervisor and later Regional Director of the Survey.
• ON MAY 23, the First Annual 'Get To
gether" of architects, engineers, contractors and huilding inspectors was held in Camden—a most excellent program. It turned out to be quite a success and over 100 attended from all parts of the State. Many said, "why didn't we do this sooner.'"
• ELIZABETH—Appointment of an ad
visory committee on war memorials has been aimounced by C. Godfrey Poggi, president of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. This committee will serve "all commimities contemplating a memorial to commemorate veterans of World War II."'
The committee will not substitute for regular professional service, it was stated, but will be available to offer free advice on matters relating to appropriateness and other problems which usually confront a citizens' war memorial committee.
Poggi expressed the hope that by this means the A.I.A. may be able to facilitate the ground work for committees and be instrumental in raising the standard of war memorials. V. M. Reynal, East Orange, is to be the chairman. •
M A R C E L V H . L A N U E V A . Orange Planning Board chairman, has been elected president of the New Jersey Society of Architects and of New Jersey Chapter, A I A .
The groups pledged co-operation and free consultation with servicemen seeking housing advice.
Mr. Villanueva stressed the importance of broadening the scope of the profession's thinking to consider whole neighborhoods instead of individual structures. He is a long-time advocate of city planning. Other officers elected are:
Vice-presidents Robert J . L . Cadien and Lauren V. Pohlman: secretary C. W. Rairweather; treasurer. Gilbert C . Higby; diiectors. Elmer H. Tuthill, Carl L . Loven. F. Ferdinand Durang, Ensign J . H. Cowell, Frederick A. Elsasser and John A. Capone.
Sanders, vice-president; Theodore J . Young of Eggers & Hig-gins, secretary, and Robert W. McLaughlin Jr . of Holden, McLaughlin & Associates, treasurer. Mr. Holden, Jacob Moscowitz and Clarence Litchfield were added to the executive committee.
The retiring president reported a net gain of thirty members during the past year to carry the membership to 544, the largest since the chapter was organized in 1867. Mr. Holden said the gain indicated a "growing tendency on the part of architects to participate as a profession in the building of post-war America." He said it was becoming increasingly evident that the architect of the future will design whole communi-ities rather than individual buildings.
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Kenneth K. Stowell, President of T/ie Architectura! Leayne, 115 E. 40fh St., New York 16, N.Y.. says:
"The close relationship between the A r chitectural League and the New York Chapter of the American Institute of A r chitects has led us to the thought that the members of other Chapters might be interested in the possibility of joining the League on a non-resident basis.
"The League enjoys a membership of country-wide scope and it is our policy lo keep our out-of-town members advised of our various activities and provided with the more important addresses that are made before the many and varied meetings, exhibitions and forums that the League conducts more or less continuously throughout the entire year.
"Since our membership includes not only architects but sculptors, mural painters, engineers, industrial designers, craftsmen, etc., we provide a forum for contacts with all of the related professions in a way that broadens considerably the architects' horizon.
"We find the League's dining room a pleasant meeting place for such contact; and this is et-pecially true of our out-of-town members on tbeir trips to the City. In fact, at one time or another the topflight architects of the country are seen at luncheon at the League.
"The dues of the League are modest in amount as the strength of the League depends more upon numbers and the interest each member takes in its affairs. Non-resident annual dues are $15."
F I R S T P R I Z E of $1,000 in a collaborative competition for the design of a memorial to Dr. Elmer A. Sperry has been awarded to a team of three by the Sperry Gyroscope Company and the Alumni Association of the American Academy in Rome, it has been announced. The winners are Mary T. Wilcox, architectural dept., of the University of Pennsylvania; Helen Oman-sky Gross, painter, and Richard Frazier, sculptor, both of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Dr. Sperry, Brooklyn inventor and founder of the Sperry Company, died in 1930.
• MISS O L I V E F. TJADEN, A.I.A., of
G a r d e n C i t y , L . I., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Tjaden, was married May 27, to Mr. Carl G. Johnson, of Fort Lauderdale. Fla.
Mrs. J o h n s o n was g r a d u a t e d from the Cornell University College of Architecture and is a member of the Architectural League of New York and secre-taiy of the Fine Arts Federation of New York. Our congratulations and best wishes. Mrs. Johnson
•TOMORROWS S M A L L HOUSE" is the subject of an exhibition current at the Musemn of Modern Art. in which there is striking evidence that the modern house can be beautiful, despite all of the emphasis on functionalism.
A collection of eight models, furnished in scale, decorated in color and surrounded with a setting of realistic landscaping, give a better idea of what modern houses really look like than any means short of making an architectural tour of the country.
The exhibit will remain on view through Sept. 3, and a special gallery lecturer will give talks about it from 4:30 to 5:30 P.M. every weekday and from 4:30 to 6 P.M. Saturdays and Sundays.
These houses, originally designed and constructed for the Ladies Home Journal, which has lent them for the exhibit, represent the work of architects Frank Lloyd Wright. Vernon DeMars, Mario Corbett, George Fred Keck, Philip Johnson, Hugh Subbins Jr., Carl Kock, Serge Chermayeff and the Plan Tech Associates. The imaginary occupants were to be "an average American family of two adults and fifm two to four children, with an income of from $2,000 to §3,000 a year, and presumably requiring three bedrooms, with, preferably, two baths."
The New York Chapter, A.I.A.. at its meeting June 6, elected Perry Coke Smith of Voorhees, Walker. Foley & Smith as president for the coming year. Mr. Smith succeeds Arthur C. Holden. F.A.I.A.
Other officers chosen were Morris B. G E O R G E F R E D K E C K . A R C H I T E C T
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NEW Y O R K C H A P T E R . A.I.A.. at its recent meeting, presented its Fine Arts Medal to John Taylor Arms. William G. Kaelber. F.A.I.A., of Rochester, Regional Director of the A.I.A. for the New York District, presented Certificates of Fellowship in the Institute to Messrs. William Lawrence Bottomley, Archibald Manning Brown, Jacques Andre Fouilhoux, William Gehron, Alfred Morton Githens, George A. Licht, Harri.s Hunnewell Murdock and James Kellimi Smith.
A report of the Annual Convention was given by Chapter President Arthur C. Holden, and '"A few words on architectural criticism and aesthetics" by Robert L . Hutchins.—Harold Brinkerhojj reporting-•
A Y M A R EMBURY II , F.A.I.A.. and Gi l -more D. Clark, landscape architect, received the $1,500 second prize in the recent Brooklyn War Memorial Competition.
First prize of $3,000 went to Stuart Constable, chief designer of the Park Department, and Elizabeth Gordon, who executed the statue of Winged Victory, featured in Mr. Constable's design.
Third prize of $500 was awarded to Paul Fitzpatrick, vice-president of the American Arbitration Association.
• CONWAY L TODD was elected pre.s-
ident of the Rochester Society of Architects at it annual meeting on June 13, it is re-p o r t e d by K e i t h A. Marvin, A.I.A.. chairman of the Society's Committee on Public In f o r m a t i o n . Cyril A. Tucker was named 1st vice-president; William F. Schock, 2nd vice-president; Donald Q. Faragher, secretary, and Roland A. Yeager, treasurer.
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MENT is to govern and it is un-American for it to do anything else, is expressed by James W. Kideney, Buffalo architect.
Kideney, is a distinguished member of The American Institute of Architects, is past president of the New York State Association of Architects, and chairman of the Institute's National Committee on State and Municipal Public Works.
The only exceptions to his statement, he said, are cases where private industry has failed.
"One of the serious problems confronting the architects and the nation generally, is, 'How to put the government out of private business and how to keep it out.' Government bureaus should confine themselves to policy making, long range, overall planning, and the dissemination of information and stop drafting plans for specific projects. Private practitioners located in the neighborhood can best design to suit the needs of their community," Mr. Kideney concluded. •
W. R O D E R I C K W H E E L E R , A.I.A., was elected president of the Pratt Architectural Club, Inc. at its recent twentieth annual meeting. •
R O B E R T S. HUTCIUNS has been appointed Director of Building Services for the United Service Organizations, Inc. He is a member of the firm of Moore & Hutchins, New York architects, and, since 1942. he has been identified with the USO building and furnishing program.
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J . ANDRE F O U I L H O U X Jacques Andre Fouilhoux, AIA, 65, of
New York City, one of America's most distinguished architects, was killed when he fell from a building he was inspecting in the Clinton Hill housing project in Brooklyn, June 20.
Born in Paris, France. Sept. 27, 1879, he had received degrees from Sorbonne, and E c o 1 e Centrale des Arts et Manufactures. He came to the United States in 1904, worked for Albert Kahn, in Detroit, and formed the partnership of Whitehouse & Fouilhoux, in Portland, Oregon, where he remained Mr. Fouilhoux until he went into the U. S. Army.
He served as captain and major, with president Truman, from 1917 to 1919, participating in the battles of St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne, as a member of the 129th Field Artillery. He was decorated with the French Legion of Honour.
He was associated with the late Raymond M. Hood from 1920 to 1934. During this time the firm of John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood, J . Andre Fouilhoux, associate, were architects for the Tribune Tower in Chicago, The News Building and American Radiator Building in New York. The firm of Hood and Fouilhoux were architects of the McGraw-Hill Building in New York. Mr. Fouilhoux was a member of one of the three firms of architects of Rockefeller Center.
In association with Wallace K . Harrison, the firm of Harrison & Fouilhoux were architects for many of the New York World's Fair buildings; the Rockefeller Apartments; Facilities at Submarine and Air Base, Coco Solo and Balboa, C. Z., and one of three firms of architects of Fort Greene House; Harrison, Fouilhoux & Abramovitz of the Clinton Hill Development.
Mr. Fouilhoux was a member of the AIA, Architectural League, American Society of Civil Engineers, and Commerce and Industry Association. He was treasurer and trustee of the Beaux Arts Institute of Design; chairman, Advisory Council of
Art Schools of Cooper Union. He was visiting critic at the Columbia University School of Architecture and member of the visiting committee of the School of A r chitecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Missouri Mrs. CJemmie Wall, Correspondent
George Spearl, of Jamieson and Spearl, St. Louis, Missouri, has been appointed Central States Representative on the Committee of Hospitalization and Public Health set up by the Institute.
The Committee will cooperate with the American H o s p i t a l Association, the United States Public Health Service and other organizations in surveying medical facilities and suggesting improvements in hospital design. •
S E N A T E B I L I . 63. introduced by Senator Emery W. Allison, author of the Missouri law for registration of architects and professional engineers, has been passed by the Missouri House of Representatives.
This bill authorizes waiver of fees and otherwise protects the rights of architects and engineers in the armed services and for one year after honorable discharge.
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A G E N C Y , Bureau of Conununity Faci l ities, to the effect that counties and other municipal corporations desiring loans or grants from Federal funds for postwar construction must, in all respects, comply with State laws, is interpreted to mean that only the work of registered ai-chitects and engineers will be recognized.
The Missouri Registration Board is sending the information to all county courts, mayors and other administrative authorities, through the agency of an advertisement in the professional journals of that State.
C E N T R A L STATES D I S T R I C T —
Your Director Arthur Ward Archer, Commercial Trusf Building, Kansas Ci+y, Missouri
After the usual College preparation, travel and study in Europe, and some years in office and supervision exper
ience, A. W. Archer selected Kansas City, Missouri, about 28 years ago, as a good city in which to practice architecture. The fertile middle west is indeed a land of opportunity for the Arts, as well as other endeavors of man. Oil, agriculture, processing and manufacturing enabled many men to glean more than the normal accumulation of wealth; thereby producing pei'sons interested in fostering the arts and
Mr. Archer building for the purpose of making known their achievements.
Years ago the firm of Archer and Gloyd were architects of several of the larger residences in this district. Following the ups and downs of the fortunes of business in this section, the practice included hospitals, manufacturing plants, bakeries.
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launderies, dairy plants and industrial buildings.
The war construction period engaged the Archer Brothers as Architect-Engineer on several projects which were completed during 1943.
Missouri received its registration law for architects and professional engineers in 1941, after many years of trial. The Board consists of three architects and three professional engineers and a chairman, who may be either an architect or an engineer. The Governor honored A. W. Archer, by appointing him the first chairman. This work, together with the duties as a director of The American Institute of Architects, makes for a fair share of professional obligations.
"The years immediately ahead t<f the profession will doubtlessly bring many complex, disturbing and challenging problems, which must be met by each member as he hopefully awaits the return of his practice," Mr. Archer says.
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Mr. Mayer
l O G E O R G E B. M A Y E R , long active in the
architectural profession and the civic affairs of Cleveland, was elected president of the Cleveland Chapter, AIA, at its annual meeting, June 13. He succeeds J . Byers Hays.
Other officers elected were Franklin G. Scott, vice president; Paul C. Ruth, secretary; Richard H. Cutting, treasurer. Named directors were Hays, Phelps Cunningham and George Voinovich.
J . Milton Dyer and Alexander C. Robinson ni , prominent Cleveland architects were elected member emeritus and
fellow, respectively. Mr. Dyer is widely known as Architect
for Cleveland's City Hall, the Warrens-ville Colony, U.S. Coast Guard Station, First National Bank, Sterling & Welch, Cleveland Athletic Club, and the Sub-Treasury Building, San Francisco.
Mr. Robinson, a Past President of Cleveland A.I .A. , is an active partner in one of Cleveland's leading Architectural firms. He is now National Secretary of The American Institute of Architects, and is a member of the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission.
Mr. Mayer's activities include duties on the Board of the Cleveland Chapter. AIA. for four years, Past President of the A r chitects Society of Ohio, member of the City Planning Commission. Past President of the Council Educational Alliance, and the Board of Goodrich House.
Mr. Mayer has materially aided architectural progress in his state.
FRANCIS B. JACOBERGER. president of the Oregon Chapter. AIA. has been named by Portland's mayor Riley as a member of the city's Board of Appeal Zoning Ordinance.
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Texas Proposal for the merger of the Texas
Society of Architects with the AIA will be submitted at the annual meeting of the state organization Oct. 20-21 in San Antonio, according to Tom Broad, director of the Dallas district.
Broad, a member of the State Board of Architectural Examiners, spent the past week in Austin assisting in conducting semiaimual examinations.
The Texas Chapter and the Dallas section of the Texas Society met June 12.
Pennsylvania F.dwin H. Silrcrman, AJ.A., Reporting At May's end J . Roy Carroll, Jr., presi
dent of the Pennsylvania Society of A r chitects of The American Institute of Architects, issued a formal statement announcing the consummation of the unification program in this state, the first in the United States. The State Soviety is now a chapter of the Institute, with 93% of the membership of all the former organizations. The five former Institute chapters have surrendered their charters and have become units of the statewide chapter.
"Through our membership conmiittee, we intend Uy increase that percentage, and to further swell our ranks with those architects who have not been members of either the Institute or the State Association", president Carroll said.
PITTSBURGH. — Architects are not worrying overmuch about what your postwar house will look like. Their aim is a
Frederick B. Kershner, of Tulsa, has been elected president of the Oklahoma Association of Architects. Albert S. Ross, of Ada, was named vice pi'esident, and William H. Wolaver, of Tulsa, secretai \ -treasurer.
At a joint meeting of Oklahoma Chapter. A I A , and Oklahoma Society. Leonard H. Bailey, F A I A , gave a reix>rt on the In stitute's last annual convention.
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(^oJuUn and. a VV^AIT.
F r o m B u i l d i n g o r B u y i n g a H o u s e , b y B . K .
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house that "will work", and will have "livability."
An overwhelmingly majority of 915 designs submitted in a nation-wide architectural competition, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.. emphasizes these points:
Simply a good house for better living; practical rather than stylish; useful and comfortable rather than impressive.
From the standpoint of health, the trend in design is toward "bringing the outdoors closer indoors and taking the indoors more outdoors."
The first prize of $2,500 was for a house plaimed for California by a young couple, Jean Bodman Fletcher and Norman Fletcher, of Birmingham. Mich. Fletcher, who is 27. was graduated from Yale five years ago. His home town is Willimantic, Conn. His wife, from Wayne, Pa., is a graduate of Harvard.
" We subscribe fully to the tendency in modern architecture of eliminating s t y l i s t ornaments in favor of practicality," say the Fletchers.
"The public too long has been accustomed to judging a house by what it looks like— "Cape Cod" — "ranch house,' or 'English.' Modern schools are teaching the proper way to plan and to judge a house is by the way it works: what it does for the occupaiU and the fam-iiy." •
B U I L D I N G OR HUYIN(; A HOUSE, the New Book, by B. Kenneth Johnstone and his associates, members of the architectural faculty at Peimsylvania State College, is meeting with unusual success. Reproduced herewith is one of the many illustratiims that help to make it so readable.
Tennessee Reported biy "The Tennessee Architect"
HOSPITAL S P E C I A L I S T S as advocated by the American Hospital Association and endorsed by a Committee of The Institute, prompted the Indiana Society of Architects and the Indiana Chapter, A.I.A., to issue a two-page brojidcast denouncing the attitude of The Institute in favoring the specialist over the general practitioner. If this program succeeds, say the Hoosiers, it won't be long before other well-organized groups will clamor for specialists in the field of theaters, churches, schools, newspaper plants, etc., and the profession will be dominated by architectural specialists working out of large centers and divorced from any permanent, local community interest.
The Indiana Architects feel that this problem is of such far-reaching significance that it should be discussed freely and openly by the membership before a definite policy is determined by the Board. Tennesseeans having any convictions on the subject, should communicate with their local vice presidents, or send in their comments for transmittal to the Board.
• W I L L I A M T. WARREN. F.A.I.A., of
the Birmingham firm of Warren, Knight and Davis, spoke on "Designing the Home," at the second lecture of the Knox-ville Home Planners Institute on May 31. Local architects entertained Mr. Warren while he is in Knoxville.
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Virginia Charles A. Pearson, Jr. , A.I.A.. of Rad
ford, Va., is the new Bulletin correspondent in that state. His appointment and acceptance was arranged by Clinton H.
Cowgill, A.I.A., of the University of Virginia, who is chairman of the Board of Review of the National Cotmcil of Architectural Registration Boards.
This makes t h i r t y states in which we now h a v e correspondents. Another Charles Pearson is a representative. Charles T. Pearson, of T a c o m a, Washington, but he goes by the name of "Chuck'', while our Virginia correspondent is "Charlie."
We feel that Mr. Mr. Cowgill Cowgill has done well
in assisting us to make this connection, as the new correspondent is well qualified.
His interest in architecture began in 1924. when he progressed from office boy to apprentice and then to draftsman, in the office of Alex B. Mahood, architect, of Bluefield, Va., while attending high school.
He attended Bluefield College, Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia, while working part time in various offices. He graduated from the U. of Va. with the degree of B. S. in A r chitecture in 1939, receiving tbe Ekiward Langley Scholarship. He began his own practice in 1942. •
T H E UNIVERSITY O F V I R G I N I A School of Architecture is one of 28 in the United States and of only three in the South to be placed on the first li.st of professional architectural schools just accredited by the recently established National Architectural Accrediting Board.
The 1945-46 list of accredited schools of architecture includes the University of Virginia along with the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and the Georgia Institute of Technology as the only three in the area south of the Potomac and east of the Mississippi River.
In his plans for the University of Virginia a school of architecture was included by Thomas Jeffei son but the General Assembly refused to grant funds for this professorship and it was not established until 1918 when Paul G. Mclntyre gave money to found the School of Fine Arts with architecture as one of the divisions.
The new school was begim under the direction of the distinguished authority on Jeffersonian architecture. Dr. Fiske K i m ball, who is now director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Since 1927 the architecture faculty has been headed by Edmund S. Campbell, widely known to Virginians as a painter, consulting architect and educator, who resigned as dean of the Beaux Arts Institute of Design in New York to come to the University of Virginia.
The new system for accrediting schools of architecture has been set up after many years of demand, especially by the War and Navy Departments since the war. The National Architectural Board was established by joint action of the American In stitute of Architects, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.
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After making a survey of more than 60 schools of architecture in the United States the new board announced the accrediting of 28 schools, with the University of V i r ginia among them.
Washington State-Report to Chapters, Western Mountain
District, by Harlan Thomas—From Wn. State C?iapter Bulletin.
In June, 1941, the beginning of President Shreve's administration, the Institute was faced with a deficit of $20,000 (a le-gicy of the previous administration). The National Board, by trimming expenses and practicing strict economy, wiped out this deficit in two years. The Board also was faced with a long list of charges of "Unprofessional Conduct" by corporate members of The Institute. Our country had declared itself to be the Arsenal of Democracy. Congress and the Federal authorities considered architects as exterior decorators only. It looked like a field day for the engineers. Unification had reached the boiling point. Institute chapters and State Associations were groping for a solution. Institute membership was at a low ebb. Educational activities seemed to be in a state of hibei-nation.
The first year of the Shreve administration was given over almost entirely to wa'^liing, drying and ironing out the soU<'d linen of The Institute, and resulted in cancelling the membership of at least seven corporate members. This was a sordid and unhappy year. But little of a constructive nature was accomplished. The situation in Washington was deplorable. The need for a representative of our profession at the capitol to explain the real functions of an architect in platniing. coordination and design, was imperative. The Institute, being without funds to accomplish this purpose, asked the corporate membership for private contributions to total the amount of $20,000. The amount contributed was $34,000. This District contributed handsomely to this fund.
The money thus collected was earmarked to maintain the Washington representative. This fund is still sufficient to cany on the work for this year. All that has been accomplished by this ar rangement cannr>t be set forth here in detail. However, the following is outstanding. Whereas in the beginnin>> our Washington representative was compelled to cool his heels in the anterooms of Federal officials and beg for an interview, today he is sought after and asked for advice in connection with the solution of Federal building programs.
During the term of President Teddy Roosevelt, under what was known as the "Tarsney Act", Federal work was opened to private architects. Persons who were 90'' politicians and lO'r architects rushed to Washington and, through their congressmen, secured the major portion of the work. The result was a disgrace to the profession, and the impression t h u s created has not as yet been entirely overcome. The Federal authorities are now demanding that the profession protect the Government against the repetition of the crime committed imder the "Tarsney Act." Hence the report of the Committee on Government Relations and its approval by the Convention. I do not understand that participation in the program is obligatory upon the Chapters. However, if State Chapters do not act favorably in this matter they will hardly be in a posi
tion to complain if architects of other States are awarded commissions in their territories. It seems logical from the viewpoint of the Government, and a step in the direction of promoting friendly relations between that body and the profession.
The problem of unification was a knotty one. Matthew del Gaudio. director for State Associations on the Board and Chairman of that Committee was a busy man and did a grand piece or work. Julian Oberwarth, Director for the Great Lake States, conducted a campaign in his district, based on the slogan that if all qualified architects became Institute members (me national organization would result and the need for State Associations would end. Michigan Chapters accepted this idea and ruled that when the eighty-percent of Association members became Institute members, the local division of the State Association would cease to exist. This was accomplished.
Oberwarth's success in the Great Lakes District, in almost doubling its Institute membership and solving the unification problem in Michigan, impressed the Board. He resigned as a Director from the Board, and became Secretary of the Committee on Membership. His having visited all Chapters in the U. S., you all know of his work. In 1941, Institute membership was around 3,000. It is now mounting, over 5,000. When we have 5,000 members paying the regular dues, much can be accomplished by the Institute for the profession. The percentage of increased membership in this district is most commendable. We are apparently not involved in State A s sociation problems.
The Post-War Planning Committee of the Institute under the chairmanship of Dr. Walter R. MacCornack, our ex-Vice President, tackled that monumental problem with untiring energy and intelligent approach. This is a man-sized job and is
in good hands. The University of Washington. Seattle, is to publish a book now being prepared by MacCornack. based on four lectures given last November at the University under sponsorship of the School of Architecture, entitled "America's New-Frontier." During the month here he was much in demand by professional and civic groups. He is doing a splendid service to the profession.
The Committee on Education, Walter r. Rolf. Chairman, is not only competent but amazingly active. If properly sup ported, their efforts will result in a highly educated profession and an informed public as well.
The report of the Committee on War Memorials to the Board by Paul Cret, Chairman, was a masterpiece. His report will be published and you will each receive a copy.
The administrati(m of Mr. Raymond Ashton was progressive. He picked up the problems initiated in the Shreve administration and carried them on to completion or on their way in that direction with masterful force, good judgment, and in-tellitrent optimism. He made a host of contacts profitable to the profession, answering every call to duty. He also made an excellent and inspiring officer. As President of the Institute for two terms
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his services reflect great credit to himself and to the Western Mountain District.
The past four years, with the war in full speed ahead, has presented to the Institute Board many difficult problems not usual in normal times. However, they are not comparable to those which will demand solution in the post-war period. Any way. my firm conviction is that Mr. Angus Mclver, my successor as Director of our district, will fulfill the obligations and requirements of the office with courage, good judgment, and patriotic endeavor. May I bespeak for him the same courteous help and friendship you have accorded me so graciously during the last four years.
OL lln ariei E D G A R JOHN CLAPP, AIA, 58. n De
troit, Mich., June 25. Born Ithaca, N.Y., Sept. 17, 1886, registered in Michigan in 1916. Had been employed by Socony Vacuum. White Star Division. •
W I L L I A M 1). LAMDIN. F A I A . 52. at Baltimore. Md., June 1. Had won many prizes and civic awards. City planner, member Board foi- Registration of Architects. •
L T . G E O R G E W. RASQUE, USNR, son of George M. Rasque, AIA, of Spokane, Washington. Killed in action on Okinawa
after participating in five major combats in the Pacific area during three years overseas duty. Grad. Washington State College, '39 at the head of his class in architectural engineering; joined the firm of George M. Rasque & Son. •
JOHN C STEPHENS, AIA, 74, in St. Louis, Mo., May 10. For 40 years practiced in St. Louis. Was employed by Isaac Hedges, head architect for St. Louis World's Fair. •
H U G H C. WHITE, AIA. ,58, in Oakland, Cal., May 26. Native of Peoria, 111., res. of California since 1906. Member of Oakland Housing Authority.
Wyoming F R E D E R I C K HUTCHINSON PORTER.
A.I.A., of Cheyenne. Wyoming, has moved to new quarters at 2118 Central Ave., Room. 104. Telephone number is 7816.
Tlie W m . L . Blanchard Co., founded 85 years ago, is well staffed \\itli men who possess wide teebnical knowledge and experienee. Consult us now on your plans for industrial, commercial and institiifioiial building. Inquiries also wel comcd from firms desiring help on alteration and maintenance problems. Send /or ilJu-stralcd brochure "Bui/ding for Four Gencration.s"
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I I E R R I C K & LINDSEY are architects and engineers for this $17,000,000 development by Houston's wealthy independent oil operator — the largest in Houston's history. It includes an 18-story, $4,000,000 apartment hotel (top center), three 10-story and three 12-story apartment buildings (left & right), a 6-story department store (lower left), 2-story store, bank and office building, facing on the curved street at the rear of the department store; restaurant, theatre, recreation building, swimming pool and ice skating rink.
Glenn H. McCarthy is the owner. Operators of the various units, have not been announced.
Below is shown the architect's drawing of the apartment hotel in the Houston de-veioomnnt on a 15-acre tract at Main and B-liaii'^ Streets.
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Volume 19 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, J U L Y 17, 1945 Number 29
D E S I G N R E S E A R C H By G . H O L M E S PERKINS
A talk before the Ann Arbor Conference
Ij^ROM among al l the architect's myr iad duties, some tedious, some interesting, but a l l necessary , the des igning of a bui ld ing has been the magnet w h i c h has attracted m e n to the profession and held them e v e n t h r o u g h the most
trying times. T h e success fu l solution of a new problem has a l w a y s given the architect an inner sa t i s fac t ion far beyond any f inancial gain w h i c h might also come. F r o m the preparation of the program to the u l t i m a t e complet ion of the building he constantly has to weigh the logic, soundness, and beauty of each design against o t h e r a l t ernat ives ; it is this proce.ss of design that has held him enthralled.
His habits of thought, his experience and training, his sense of proportion and imagination have served him well in meeting each new problem. Yet not infreauently in has found decisions of his client and himself made upon the flimsy ground of prejudice or, at the best of sentiment. Perhaps, at times, he has yearned for a firmer and more reasoned basis for such decisions; when measurable costs were involved, he may have had such a basis, where two schemes were comparable in cost one could be demonstrated to be more efficient and y e t equally pleasant. But not always was he so lucky. For though he might know the initial cost, he might still have no way of estimating the annual cost of alternatives in the choice of design solutions. At times he could fall back on the Bureau of Standards or other laboratory tests to give him at least a clue as to the properties and serviceableness of varying materials or structural forms. Yet even here there were many questions for which he ccmld find no solid answer.
Even in the preparation of a program, the closest collaboration with the client or the broadest personal experience have often given no assurance that the best program was obtained. The historical trend towards specialization, so prevalent in all professional activities, including architecture, is striking evidence of the need for a more penetrating as well as broader understanding of each of the problems which the architect must face. Such a trend represents an attempt to sustitute accurate and scien-ific knowledge for old wives' tales. Yet in spite of such a trend, we recognize that each client comes, as do we all, with prejudices and preconceptions as to the best solution. For each of us, after all, is limited in his experience and cannot fail to be influenced by his past surroundings for we are all products of our inheritance and environment. We are also limited, by natural gift or lack of training, in our ability to visualize possibilities not yet experi-' lenced. For instance, the desires and preferences of families moving out of slum dwellings into new private or public housing are strongly affected by the condition and characteristics of the houses they are labout to leave; their demand for decent
plumbing, adequate kitchens, and proper light and air reflect a lack of the same facilities in the old houses. Even when offered new possibilities far superior to the old arrangements for living they still prefer the old which they understand, for they cannot visualize the new. But give them the opportunity to experience new ideas by living with them for six montlis, and the results of any survey of preferences among the same families will produce astonishingly different results. In fact the s o c i a l scientist finds that one of his most difficult problems in the analysis and conduct of his survey is to get a reliable answer to choices which require imagination rather than actual experience. Habit so often prevents one from new possibilities in different ways of living, and as a result old ways continue to persist long after it has been demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt, at least to the initiated, that there are better ways of doing hings.
The architect in the process of designing, consciously or otherwise, must weigh all these factors of cost, of social desirability, beauty or structure and often without a scientific basis of measurement must make a decision between alternatives, an informed judgement to be sure, but still tinged with considerable personal opinion based to some extent upon inadequate information and experience. But he often has no better basis, and unless he is to give way completely to the opinion or the foibles of his client, he must rely on his own informed judgment, no matter how limited his experience may be, on his "intuition," and on his trained sense of proportion.
Would not the profession as a whole be benefited by at least some application of the methods of science to the examination of the merits or demerits of any proposed design? Experience tediously acquired in the course.of years by even the most active firm provides at the best a most incomplete basis for any analysis even of annual costs and seldom any sound basis for measuring the relative merits of design from the point of view of human reactions. What data there may be are only too often closely guarded trade secrets, seldom available to the profession as a whole. Yet it is not the function of the individual firm, which
cannot afford the cost in time nor money and which does not possess the other necessary resources, to make such comparative studies unaided. Our professional journals and magazines, excellent as they are as advertising media, and excellent as they are for the promotion of higher standards of professional competence and active as they are in the encouragement of progressive architecture or planning, yet cannot, for these very reasons, be expected to bring together scientific and fully analyzed data on either the national or regional experience. On the other hand, much work has been done by research foundations and others which have made a beginning in the assembling of such data. But each of these complains of its lack of resources; each says that without far larger budgets and without better access to materials it can never do the job which it feels is ur gently necessary.
Is not this lack of data at least partially responsible for many of our bitter complaints about the way in which government agencies have dealt with us on housing projects; and at the same time for the complaints of these same agencies that the architect cannot design on the basis of a truly economical operation and that his choice either of materials or more particularly of design cannot be justified in low-cost housing? To my mind the fault lies not so much with one group or the other as it does upon the fundamental lack of data which would allow the agency and the architect to make a decision upon a commonly agreed upon set of facts. Were even fragmentary data available we might hope to reduce the area of conflict, for which we would on both sides, be deeply thankful.
Perhaps the Kilgore Housing Research Bill might provide a means of giving us some of the additional information needed so that we may make our new decisions with greater confidence and assurance that the ideals we strive for may be attained. The Bill does not propose to carry on technical research similar to that presently done by the Bureau of Standards or other existing government agencies, nor does it propose that all the research be taken
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out of the hands of private foundations or corporations, but it does offer at a central point a clearing house for information of a most far-reachine nature on all problems concerned with the building of houses. Perhaps this field is not wide enough, although the definition of technical research in the Bill might well be broadly interpreted to include the design of neighborhoods and the relationship of housing to all other facilities. Financial assistance to private research and the making of the results of such research available to all, in predigested form, might easily give a much needed additional push to the building industry in the provision of better as well as more homes. Similarly, analysis of pre-war housing and even of the temporary war housing could give to the profession as a whole a finer basis for the development of still more progressive designs and standards.
Yet you will say that we are all attemi't-ing today to design for what we under-sand to be the needs and desires of the people and to build the newest, most efficient, economical techniques and to use the best of available materials and from those materials and techniques to provide
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a satisfactory human environment, as pleasant and cheerful as it is efficient. We try to avoid, so far as is humanly possible, prejudices either in the choice of materials or techniques or of an unreasoning sentimental attachment for the past. Instead
At the Chapter dinner preceding his lecture, dean Hudnut was asked to say a few words.
He greeted the members with a few informal remarks about his own career, saying that, like many of the great of history, he had three periods. The first, when he was interested in churches and did a great many. "I have often thought that one could ruin me by fublishing them," he said, adding that so far he had been able to suppress them. This he called his Early Christian period.
Then he went to New York and did country houses in the French manner —his Boul. Mich, period.
Finally he turned modem, and he hesn't had a client since.
The dean hinted at still another period to come but he declined to say what it would be. We suspect that it might have something to do with city planning.
we hope that from the process of the natural evolution of the design, within limitations of techniques, costs, and of human imagination, there may come a new architecture with a fresh beauty characteristic of this age.
Yes, each on his own is doing his level best. By joining forces and by sharing ex-IJerience, not sunply on an informal basis as we are doing here, could we not all benefit and, what is more important, could not our clients benefit? Yet I believe that without a firmer foundation for checking our designs scientifically in terms of human needs, of costs, or of efficiency, we shall continue to make progress slowly and perhaps at times to flounder in the search for new solutions. This is not to suggest that statistics or the calculating machine be substituted for the imagination and instincts of the architect. Statistics do no conclusively prove cause and effect yet may be used to support hypotheses or designs arrived at through economic reasoning or architectural intuition. Such support should prove most welcome to a harrassed profession and, far from restricting imagination, should prove the springboard for finer flights which may give us a truly great architecture of today.
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ORGANIZAT ION OF THE LARGE OFFICE By J O H N W. R O O T
A Talk Be/ore the Ann Arbor Conjerence
MY SUBJECT IS ORGANIZATION of the Large Office. Since I must draw from my own experience I shall have to describe briefly our own organization. It isn't large as offices go today but has a rather complete
staff of engineers as well as architects with key men in charge. It is easily expanded and from it we have set up many as three separate organizations. What we turn out is a joint product, the work of a team.
We've thought of getting efficiency engineers—we know we could use them but we didn't dare. We're ure that they would not let us make changes and not let us take on the smaller obs that don't pay but are fun and neces-ary . They would find us too I N F O R M A L . )0 we didn't engage them. We accept our hortcomings. A s evidence of this in form-
blity, John Richards with w h o m we are issociated on a project in Toledo, came to Chicago not so long ago. I left him with Carlson and Bartsch , of our office, for unch. When I returned at 3:30 they had lot come back—at 5:30 I went up to T h e [Tavern C l u b in our building and found hem sitting around a table where they lad been talking al l afternoon. J o h n
plichards came up to me and said that it ertainly was good to see that we did not
hunch the clock and that we had the atelier" spirit. I think some amount of his informal atmosphere is essential to an
hrchitectui'al organization and is the price ve have to pay in loss of efficiency for >eing in a creative profession.
However, since our organization f u n c -ions well on the whole, it is logical for
Ine to use it, at least, as one type of large )ffice. I t and other such offices should, in ny opinion, be even more comprehensive
their organization. F o r the moment here's what we have.
O u r predecessors Holabird and Roche ^nd Burnham and Root made history in he early days by taking on ful l engineering esponsibility. (This was done in very few
|)ffices until the war, by the w a y . ) S k e l -ton construction, deep basements, cais-on foundations resulted from the close
bssociation of architect and engineer. H o l a -)ird and Root carried on in the same pat-e m . Besides the designers a n d architect-
Lral draughtsmen with us are structural , nechanical, electrical and air conditioning ngineers. specification writers, etc. We Iso have developed a decorating group.
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We feel this organization has operated satisfactorily.
Holabird and I like to initiate the sketches. General ly we do; otherwise they're started by the designers, supervised by the two of us. H i e y see the client if we can't. B y the way, said client rare ly sees the exterior until the problem of the plan has been pretty well solved. T h e completed sketches go to the draughting room to the engineers. One man coordinates the draughting room and engineers. He is responsible for getting out the working drawings. The specific job is handled by the job leader who too may deal directly with the client. On completion the d r a w ings go to the construction manager for bids and contracts. When they're let the superintendents take over. F u r n i t u r e or interior designs are proceeding at the same time. There is nothing unusual here; since it works reasonably well it can be considered a proper part of an architect's or ganization. It doesn't go far enough.
One question I hear often and argue about it whether maintenance of a large office is necessary. Sometimes with the payroll hitting us in bad times I question it. B u t I'm convinced it's the right way to handle the big projects. Bui lding design is so complex and yet so integrated, we find one part of the office influences the other and so we learn—teamwork deve l
ops. It's good for progressive bui lding d e sign to have the different branches w o r k ing intimately together. T h e w o r k of Roland Wank must have come from s u c h close association between engineer and a r chitect. Mies V a n Der Robe is developing with our engineers new s tructura l shapes. T h e n the mechanical and e l ec tr i ca l eng ineers' problems influence more a n d more the whole inatter of design. T h e operating success of any structure has to be d e v e l oped with their help. Nothing is more i m portant for an architect to give an owner than efficient operation. It makes a per manent friend.
W h e n we and our associate contractors were to be awarded the A r m y - N a v y " E " at Marion, Ohio, last year , a dist inguished officer arr ived to make the a w a r d . I sat next to h im at lunch. He was rather c r i t ical of most hotel design, at least as far as the operating side was concerned. He said, for instance, that there was only one well-designed hotel k i tchen in the country. Hopefully I asked h im w h e r e it was. He said that it was the Washington Statler and that no architect could possibly have designed it.
A s recent evidence of the inf luence that engineering wi l l have on arch i tec tura l de sign, I discussed wi th M r . Boase, of the Portland Cement Associat ion, some of the new things that he had seen on his trip to South America . He told me that the South Amer ican engineers were in the habit of using larger unit stresses in the big concrete columns than they used in the smal l ones. T h i s permi t t ed a 24-story reinforced concrete design because the column did not become impract ica l ly large. He also said that there was one 12 story
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structure, I believe, that rests on four columns, 80 feet on centers. He further described a box type of construction where the comer column is an angle 6 feet on each leg, 6 inches thick. No columns or beams projected into the interior space. This would be an immense advantage in many of our buildings. T h e y cal led it "box construction."
Decorating and furniture design right in the office is very helpful . Y o u know how furniture affects planning. A dissymmetrical furniture design for a courtroom saved 1,000,000 cubic feet in a county building, a scaled down furniture design gained 50 rooms in an 830-room hotel — this is not new. Though I think a complete architects-engineers organization is the best way to handle a big project, there are obviously alternatives. T h e w a r developed the association of specialists.
Some years ago on a trip to Sweden we discussed with Mr. Bergsten his method of designing the K u n s h o l m . He was called the architect- in-chief and had gathered around him architects of furniture, tapestry, engineers, mural painters, sculptors and artisans of all kinds — that was the organization that designed the Kunsho lm. It worked apparently beautifully.
In Russia, on the other hand. I hear that in the devastated cities they have committees representing all branches interested in construction. T h e y elect their c h a i r man. He may be an architect, he may be an economist.
Again, at one time we discussed w i t h two of the large offices in the United States a kind of pooling of some parts of our business. Specifications •— exchange of
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experiences, etc. It might be called today a cartel . In any case nothing became of it.
Now to develop further what I believe is an objective to try and reach, I go back to Raymond Hood's dreams about our profession. T h e architect wi th his organization should be the leaders of the construction industry, they should be on top of its economic problems, be organized for bu i ld ing promotion and f inance, have technical help available for c i ty planning, for p r o perty analysis, etc. Who else can do it better?
There is something further we should study. It's the technique of modern selling. It has come to be a profession. I don't deny that some architects have talent for it. B u t to protect ourselves we should look into it. The advertising agencies, I understand, rank it with production. Some of our competitors handle it beautiful ly.
The large office needs a building and plan research section to analyze facts and study fundamental problems common to different types of buildings. F o r product, material and equipment research the a r chitect can only tabulate and organize his own experience and the facts given h im. T h e architect hesitates to use new products in large construction—too mu ch of the client's money is involved. A construction industry research laboratory should be set up by the Industry to give us accurate data on untried products. I t would help the manufacturers and o u r selves.
So to resume, the modern archi tectural organization either in itself or by association in order to compete for and execute
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the large projects that a r e bound to come, should be set up about as follows:
Promotion would include area planning, development analysis , bu i ld ing research , materia l research, sell ing a n d publ ic i ty a n d pre l iminary estimates.
Production would include designers, a r chitectural draftsmen, engineers, s p e c i f i cation writers a n d interior designers.
Contracts and supervis ion w o u l d i n clude bids, contracts , supervis ion a n d estimates.
I don't suggest handl ing cons truct ion i t self. I believe in the architect r e m a i n i n g the agent of the o w n e r and the r e p r e s e n t ative of the contractor to the owner . Albert K a h n wrote a wonderfu l letter to the industries in the State of M i c h i g a n explaining the advantage of the i r p o s i tion. It gives the owner a protection he cannot possibly get when the archi tec t b e comes only a cog in the genera l bu i ld ing scheme.
I mentioned competition. It comes s o m e times from our friends, the indus tr ia l d e signers who are getting more a n d more into architecture though they probably are not interested in developing w o r k i n g drawings and engineering. H o w e v e r , the ' bui lding in one package" groups a n d c e r tainly the large contractors have been doing a great deal of bus iness that w e should have had. I am afraid they w i l l get more and more of it unless oui* off ices are more comprehensively organized. I hope we w i l l recognize this. I th ink that our profession has a great a n d u n u s u a l opportunity to lead construct ion in the new and exciting e r a to come. I f they c a n then these new constructions w i l l be w o r k s of architecture, to quote D e a n H u d n u t , and we can see that they achieve t h e i r measure of beauty.
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Volume 19 D E T R O I T , M I C H I G A N , J U L Y 31, 1945 N u m b e r 31
Relation of the Architect to Government By G E O R G E H O W E
A Taffc Before the Ann Arbor Conference The relation of the architect to government is a question that interests h i m par
ticularly at the moment. T h e reason is obvious. Dur ing planning and construction for war government has made h im feel that his profession is of secondary importance if not largely superfluous. If, as seems possible, government at all levels is to exercise a preponderant influence in plamiing and construction for peace, to effect tlie large-scale redevelopment program we believe lies ahead of us, the architect cannot help wondering whether he is to be relegated to a secondary place in peace as wel l as in w a r . T h i s questioning is a healthy byproduct of adversity and a necessary preliminary to action.
Many of you have probably seen an apt quotation from Disrae l i in Mencken's New Dictionary: ". . . even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral . Suppose an architect were hanged. T e r r o r has its inspiration as well as competition." I n recent years most of us have faced liquidation at some time or other, at least professionally, a n d I believe Disrael i is right. We have come out of the ordeal refreshed by new experience and more convinced than ever that the architect is not only useful but necessary.
Whether society in general and government in particular are equally convinced remains to be seen. When I talk to laymen about modem architecture most of them seem to look at me with the sort of awed admiration they might feel for an inspired idiot chi ld who sees things they don't see and that probably aren't there. Under the impact of this impression I am given to despairing of architecture in an age when tiie architect is, or at least I am, so regarded. M y consolation at such times is to recall the smal l personal esteem in which the company of artists, of whom the architect is one whether he will or no, has been held in the times of greatest artistic accomplishment. T h e r e may be many reasons for despairing of architecture today but the position of the architect is not one of them. Neither is the fact that govenunent may control the construction program. A l l the most a d mired architecture of the past was designed for government in one way or a n other.
Vitruvius was a government architect and gloomy philosopher l ike mysel f and gives us the blackest view of the situation
of the architect in the Augustan age. In his fulsome dedication to the emporer he presented a picture of his f inancial and official insecurity. " I have been thus placed beyond the reach of poverty," he wrote, by the emoluments arising from the charge of certain "engines of war which you assigned to me on the recommendation of your sister." H e had the lowest opinion of the general taste. "Nor can we wonder," he sa id elsewhere, "that from the ignorance of the public in respect to art many ski l l fu l artists remain in obscurity." I n another chapter he deplored the triumph of privilege over ab i l ity. "However an artist may promise to exert his talents, if he have not either plenty of money, or a good connection from his situation in life, or if he be not gifted with a good address or considerable eloquence, his study and application w i l l go but little way to persuade persons that he is a competent artist." F u r t h e r on he disapproved of the architect-salesman. "Other architects canvass, and go about soliciting employment, but my preceptors instilled into me a sense of the propriety of being requested . . What must he suspect who is solicited by another to be entrusted with the expenditure of his money, but that it is done for the sake of gain and emolument."
A s a layman in art and historian of public affairs Plutarch had a low opinion of the artist and it probably still repre sented the classic view of the golden age of architecture. "He who busies himself in mean occupations," he wrote, "produces, in the very pains he takes about things of little or no use, an evidence against h imself of his negligence and indisposition to what is really good. Nor did any generous and ingenous young man, at the sight of tlie statue of Jupiter at Pisa , ever desire to be a Phidias, or on seeing that of Juno at Argos, long to be a Polycletus . . ." Y e t later this same Plutarch said of the works of Pericles, directed by Phidias.
"Ihat which now is Greece's o n l y c-vid^nje that the power she boasts of a n d 1 er i-ncient wealth are no romance or idle story is liis construction of the publ ic and sacred buildings."
Coming down almost to our o w n times in Par is the opinion of B a r o n H a u s s m a n , director of works , that archi tects w e r e i n competent and extravagant a n d the op inion of C h a r l e s G a m i e r , architect , that political engineers didn't k n o w h o w to plan towns for architecture are matters of public record. " I know of no m o n u m e n t ancient or modern,'' wrote G a m i e r , " w h i c h was set amidst suiToundings more deplorable than those of the n e w O p e r a ! " Af ter describing the degradation of the site hi goes on, w i t h the art is ts typica l sense of the supreme importance of the work of ai-t. " I console m y s e l f w i t h the thought that in some hundreds of years there w i l l come to P a r i s a prefect w h o wi l l have a desire to disengage the m o n u ments of P a r i s of those t imes, a n d that he wi l l be inspired to d i sencumber the O p e r a by razing the whole region! . . ." No ideal prefect prepared to d isregard every consideration but art has appeared so far yet the Of)era and its approaches remain the object of public admirat ion. If we could produce now a traff ic solut ion in an architectural setting as sat i s fy ing in the terms of our day as the A v e n u e and Place de I'Opera were in the terms of theirs, we might be wel l sat is f ied.
T h e position of the architect w o r k i n g for government in the dark days of C h e o p s and the astonishing era of cathedral b u i l d ing is obscure. Whatever it may h a v e been the examples I have a lready c i ted w i l l suff ice to place our opinion of the present situation in proper perspective w h e n despair recurrent ly asks the two questions, how do we get any r e a l archi tec ture built and w h e n do w e eat? Insofar as g o v e r n ment in general is concerned it is impossible for me to answer e i ther quest ion but I shall t ry to say something about the prospects of the architect i n re lat ion to the work directed by the P u b l i c Bui ld ings Administrat ion.
L e t me first talk about the direct e m ployment of architects in the des ign of public buildings. ( W h e n , as and if the Congress authorizes a n d appropriates funds under a building program the C o m missioner of Publ i c Bui ldings intends to employ private architectural f i rms b y contract to design and prepare drawings and
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specifications for public buildings under the technical direction of the Office of the Supervising Architect . ) T h e extent to which they will be employed wi l l depend on the size of the annual appropriation at a l l times. L e t me quote his words addressed recently to a member of the House of Representatives: "It is my hope that the first appropriation under this program wil l be large enough to permit me to employ qualified architects in private practice to augment the professional services of this office." It is possible that the Congres.s may appropriate funds for the purchase of sites and the preparation of drawings and specifications in anticipation of a later construction program.
I may add that the contemplated schedule of fees for design, exclusive of supervision, is adequate. Resjwnsibi l i ty for the supervision of construction must remain with the Office of the Supervis ing E n g i n eer to comply with legal provisions wit l i respect to the expenditure of public funds.
(To Be Continued in Next Issue)
R A Y M O N D E. E ISERMAN L t . ( jg) Raymond E . E i serman , U S N R .
was killed in action on a destroyer, off Okinawa, on May 27 last.
L t . E iserman, son of Mr. and Mrs. E d ward Eiserman, of Ovid, Mich. , was born in Lans ing , Feb. 24, 1912, graduated from the University of Michigan in 1934. He became a member of the Detroit Chapter . A . I . A . on June 13. 1944. just prior to entering the service.
L t . Eiserman's father is E . F . E i serman. well known contractor in Detroit .
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