Loudon's Architectural Magazine: And Journal of Improvement in Architecture, Building, and Furnishing, and in the Various Arts and Trades Connected Therewith, Volume 1John Claudius Loudon Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman., 1834 |
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... Never , in any age or country , was this more conspicuous than it was in London during the first ten years of the present century ; and , though it was checked in a slight degree by the classical publication on furniture of the late ...
... Never , in any age or country , was this more conspicuous than it was in London during the first ten years of the present century ; and , though it was checked in a slight degree by the classical publication on furniture of the late ...
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... never couched in offensive language . For the execution of this plan , we rely on the cooperation of our readers generally , and more especially on that of such practical and amateur architects as take the same views of the subject as ...
... never couched in offensive language . For the execution of this plan , we rely on the cooperation of our readers generally , and more especially on that of such practical and amateur architects as take the same views of the subject as ...
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... never was such a publication so much required by the profession as at present ; and I am confident that it will lead to the reformation of many abuses now existing among Architects , Surveyors , and Builders . It will tend to eradicate ...
... never was such a publication so much required by the profession as at present ; and I am confident that it will lead to the reformation of many abuses now existing among Architects , Surveyors , and Builders . It will tend to eradicate ...
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... never , with pro- priety , stand independent of the former . Of all parts of an edifice , too , the entablature least suffers interruption , sur- mounting every other member of its own order , and refusing to allow even an essential ...
... never , with pro- priety , stand independent of the former . Of all parts of an edifice , too , the entablature least suffers interruption , sur- mounting every other member of its own order , and refusing to allow even an essential ...
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... never to be employed in the walls of any building which it is desirable to keep dry . When- ever these bricks are found in the foundation of the party walls , the house should be rejected ; and if they are seen in the out- side of any ...
... never to be employed in the walls of any building which it is desirable to keep dry . When- ever these bricks are found in the foundation of the party walls , the house should be rejected ; and if they are seen in the out- side of any ...
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