A NEW STORE.
This building has, been built in Ballance Street'by Messrs.'Johnston"and Company/at a : tofc-.i cost of JCsloo—from plans, ! otc.,.pronared by • Mr. Coleridge, 1\N.Z.1.A.,' who' was architect for the'wcrfc.; In this_age it is sometimes said .that; mistakes , an>: frequontly• made■ in the attempts, to : beautify by superadded ornament, unrelated to'.'the' object, uso/ and material;,so that, (in the . aDsenco or ornament) it is preferable: to ornament not .beautiful; or to.ornament, howover beautiful in itself which
does .'not doeoratop; . Ease, and' tri»6tary'-of expression" iuV.tho/ materials used, has been: the aim .of tho/.architect, as well as strength, while keoping: strictly ;within the limitations of the materials.: ••Messrs.'; Sandors Brothers • wore'; the contractors, and'the building has been designed in such a way./that two more floors can bo added /at *.■ future.' date.' The building 'has a frontage/of. Sflft.,- and dopth /of 85ft, and contains an'eleotric lift, and largo collar'in the, basement- for ."the I storage of butter' and other' produce; ' ' '.:" . -..••,- ".
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 13
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155A NEW STORE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 13
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