Word: architecte
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...whole blocks of Washington buildings opposite the U. S. Capitol. Four apartment houses, 40 garages, and the old brick building where Congress met after the Capitol was burned by the British during the War of 1812, are to be destroyed. On the two blocks is to rise Architect Cass Gilbert's $9,740,000 edifice for the U. S. Supreme Court...
Last week Architect Gilbert showed the nation what he thought the Court's new home should look like: a classic temple of white stone 385 ft. deep, on each side of which abut lower rectangular wings. The temple-front is roofed to a slight peak above massive Corinthian columns, this portal and the wings to present a façade 304 ft. wide...
...Manhattan for his soap torso done in a Greek manner. That the contest had left the realm of advertising and ventured into the realm of pure art seemed indicated by the jury of award which listed among others Sculptors Gutzon Borglum, Lorado Taft, Artist Charles Dana Gibson, Architect Harvey Wiley Corbett. Many of the competing sculptors were obviously serious in their work. The work of some was creditable. To most, however (including Colyumist Robert Littell of the New York World who suggested that the advantage of soap statuary was that it would float in case of flood whereas the marbles...
...American Academy in Rome and study there for three years. The winner has the satisfaction of knowing that he is theoretically the best U. S. architectural hope of the year, that at the end of his studies he may expect a job in a good architect's office or an instructorship in a reputable school, that he may well become a Great Architect. Among famed U. S. architects who have run washes and prepared esquisses as Prix-winners at the American Academy are John Russell Pope and William S. Covell. Announced last week as 1930 Prix winner was Walter...
Most modern and rubiginous is the lobby of the Chrysler Building. Chaste in black and white marble is the first floor of the Bank of Manhattan Building. The Chrysler architect is William Van Alen, the builder Fred T. Ley. Architects of the Bank of Manhattan were H. Craig Severance and Yasuo Matsui, the builder Thompson-Starrett...