FUTURE OF ARHITECTURE.
Architecture to-dsiy is not a single profession, but a combination of several, in which the engineer takes a prominent part. He is the scientific builder of the skeleton, and, to him belongs the heating, lighting, and ventilation. 'l’he successful planning and equipment of all factories and many buildings of the industrial class, cannot be done without an intimate knowledge of the details of the business to be carried on in the building, the acquisition ol which is more suited to the engineer’s mentality than to that of the architect. As the architect. b\ reason of his training, should have a better grasp of the science of grouping than the engineer, the layout i.f the building, to obtain the best results, should be the combined work of both. The science of building has so far advanced that in modern steel-framed and reinforced concrete buildings, the architect is forced to assign to the engineer (generally an outside firin’!, the responsibility for the stability of the .structure.—Mr 11, Williams, in “The Observer.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1929, Page 3
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172FUTURE OF ARHITECTURE. Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1929, Page 3
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