Word: holabird
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...firm of Holabird & Root of Chicago went a medal last week because they had designed Chicago's Palmolive office building, a severe and splendid tower, gleaming in the sun by day, arc-lit by night. It was the Gold Medal of Honor of New York's Architectural League,* most coveted prize in the profession, awarded last week during the League's annual exhibition...
...simple methods. Modern architects expound the same virtues. Perhaps the fact that many of them fought in the World War is significant. In November 1918, John Wellborn Root, Captain with the U. S. Engineer Corps in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, was wounded near Nancy. John Augur Holabird, later to become his architectural partner, was a West Pointer, served as Major and later as Lieutenant Colonel of Field Artillery...
...vanished palaces of Carthage, as modern in design as a straight-eight motor. These qualities are assured by a commission of eight architects who long ago for sook archaeology to create skyscrapers: Harvey Wiley Corbett (Chairman), Ralph T. Walker and Raymond M. Hood, of Manhattan; John A. Holabird, Edward H. Bennett and Daniel H. Burnham of Chica go; Arthur Brown Jr., of San Francisco; Paul P. Cret of Philadelphia...
...which fountains will play and perhaps a few trees will grow. Under the plaza and one corner of the building will run the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. But railroad service will not be interrupted during construction of the News' house. Holabird & Roche are the architects. Cost is estimated at $8,000,000. Upper stories will be rented as offices...
Then came the two rapier thrusts that turned the tide for good. Holabird threw to Kline for 30 yards, and Kline passed to Scott for 22 more. Again the Elis had risen to dash Harvard from the pinnacle. But this time the defense stiffened, and Wadsworth came in to stand on the 30-yard chalk and whirl over the placement kick that spelled victory for the Blue...