English: George Washington Smith, Architect
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
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the maintimbers and veneer base precut at the mill. Sheet linoleum for walls, roofs, walks andaccessories is perhaps the most novel appli-cation of any material used. Capable of yielding a subtle softness of line, it requirescareful fastening by glue or brads at alledges and sometimes bracing to maintainplumb walls. Its lack of grain and wax-iness aid in carving. Ready reception ofglue aids in appliquing moldings and carv-ings. Paint adheres readily and corners areformed by beveling, gluing and temporarypin clamping. Transparent celluloid (obtainable atstationers) lacquered at mutins and rails,form both open and closed windows. Viewsare obtainable from front doors throughterrace French windows, to gardens. Andso one might go on from detail to detail,each interesting and worthy of record.Though model makers may say they neverbuild two models in the same way, it is outof such a fund of information that theywend a varied and discriminating way. Weare glad that Mr. McCrea has contributed.
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.RCHITECT Georgk Washington Smith THE architectural profession has suf-fered an irreparable loss by the sud-den death of George WashingtonSmith, distinguished through the countryfor his regional architecture; and at theheight of his career stricken down by heartfailure at his home in Montecito on March16. Born at East Liberty, Pennsylvania, Feb-ruary 22, 1876, he studied architecture atHarvard, and was later associated with var-ious architectural firms in Philadelphia.Going abroad to study, he became intenselyinterested in modern painting in Paris,where he remained for three years with astudio in the Montparnasse quarter. On re-turning to New York, he became a memberof that group of boon companions—Bel-lows, Glackens, Sloan, Speicher, and Henri—and exhibited in most of the prominentgalleries of this country. While on a painting tour in California,he decided to make his home in Santa Bar-bara, where he built himself a residence,and shortly afterward resumed the practiceof architect
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