Architect and engineer (1935) (14779915244)

Identifier: architectenginee12135sanf (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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is com-plete in every practical and livable detail.A large covered porch with arches and pil-lars of brick connects drawing room andlibrary and serves as a delightful outdoorliving room well sheltered from the wind. Acharming little breakfast room all palegreen lattice and gay chintz, bright withfruit and flowers, and iron furniture insomewhat the English regency style, leads from the dining room to a particularly largeand well planned service wing. The familybed rooms and the guest rooms are modelsof comfort and charm in the Early Ameri-can manner. Two large sleeping porcheshave been so cleverly designed that theyin no way detract from the harmonious out-line of the building. The outstanding impression produced bythe Livermore house is one of perfect bal-ance and proportion and as a whole it is adelightful example of architects, landscapegardener and decorator working harmoni-ously together to express the gracious andhospitable personalities of the owners andto interpret their needs.
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THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER -^ ^Q ^ ;UI.Y. NINETEEN 11IIRTY-FIVE F ire Some Serious Hazards of So-CalledFire-Proof Buildings—Watch-man and Automatic FireAlarm llrijcd hy H. E. Stevenson in Buildings and Building Management THE average operator of a moderncommercial building underestimatesthe gravity of the fire hazard becauseof two fallacies which prevail almost uni-versally. The first is: Our building is fireproof,therefore it cant burn. The second is: It is the tenant who hasthe fire and bears the bulk of the loss—ourloss is covered by insurance. Both of these notions are so full of holesthat we can see them collapse every day.Consequently, it behooves us to look intothe problem because the truth is that we. asbuilding managers, are far more deeply af-fected by the fire hazard than most of usrealize. We can get the most satisfactory ap-proach to the subject by analyzing its twoelements from two viewpoints: First, thepractical firemans, and. second, the practi-cal insurance mans.