Word: architecte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Inhabitants of Fiume petitioned Benito in Rome to honor Whitney Warren, famed U. S. architect, and Gabriele d'Annunzio, Italy's intrepid poet-airman, both of whom advocated "Fiume for the Italians," by placing their statues outside the Government building. As an amende honorable to the late President Wilson, Fiumians suggested naming a street after him. One is also to be named after Mussolini...
Henry Bacon, architect of the Lincoln Memorial at Washington, died at the Post-Graduate Hospital in Manhattan last week...
Professor Jean J. Haffner, French architect and winner of the Grand Prux de Rome, whose work is, well-known abroad and in this country, is showing nine water colors of landscapes in the Berkshires, and in France and Italy. By Professor John S. Humphreys '93 are four water colors of Bermudan subjects. Mr. Hermann D. Murphy and Mr. Harold B. Warren are the other artists represented...
France has its Louvre, Britain its National Gallery, but "the homeless masterpieces of the U. S." have nowhere to hang. The outcry for a national gallery at Washington has already resulted in the subscription of $10,000 to pay the architect's bill. Now the drive has begun in earnest, Congress having donated the site. The drive is conducted by 350 branches of the American Federation of Arts...
...acting head. Money will not be spent while building prices are at their present sky-high level. In any case, about 15 years will be required to complete the building. Certain features of the finished Cathedral will be unique. The interior of the proposed nave, as designed by Architect Ralph Cram, will have columns 100 feet high-the tallest single columns in existence...