Architect and engineer (1930) (14589829388)

Identifier: architectenginee1030sanf (find matches)
Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library



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theprogress of that particular development ofwhich all of America is proud. Produc-tion in every field is based upon the ingen-uity of this nation to find labor saving de-vices and to simplify the drudgeries ofhand labor. There is no question about the May, 1930 ARCHITECT AND LNGINEER. 47 beauty of intricate wood carving or pain-staking hand woven tapestries but the in-crease in the value of time in our modernage limits such efTorts to the field of recrea-tion. Since we must persevere further andapply aesthetic beauty or art to our sur-roundings, it seems logical to base our ef-forts on modern methods, using modern ma- qualities they possess. But it does mean thatwe should stop wasting labor and efifort incopying the handicrafts of past ages. Wecan never succeed in making better copiesthan the originals and should, therefore,endeavor to make our own originals withinthe limits and advantages of our own time.Each younger generation appears to be aproblem to their parents because they do
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A WOM.\NS BEDROOM, DECUK.ATIVE AKl S EXHIBITION, SAN FRANCISCODesigned by Jeanette Dyer Spencer terials for modern requirements. This doesnot mean that we should destroy our collec-tions of beautiful things of the past; it alsodoes not mean that we should forget the finepainters and sculptors of-this age; in factwe should preserve the beautiful things wealready have and we should encourage andassist the sensitive modern painter andsculptor by giving them not only opportun-ities to express their ability but by reimburs-ing them in accordance with the outstanding things in their own way, different from theway their elders have done them. Theiryoung minds adapt themselves to progressonly to realize that their children will sur-prise them in the same way. As much asour romantic inclinations would want topreserve the things that have been, as littlecan we succeed in stopping the develop-ments that will be, and it would be unfairto the fertile mind of youth to insist on con-stant repetition