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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... variety of news , accompanied by criticisms , respecting architectural improvements going on in every part of the world , but more particularly in Britain . For our forthcoming Numbers we have some valuable papers in hand ; and we are ...
... variety of news , accompanied by criticisms , respecting architectural improvements going on in every part of the world , but more particularly in Britain . For our forthcoming Numbers we have some valuable papers in hand ; and we are ...
Page v
... Variety , Intricacy , and Har- mony - 353 On the alleged Degeneracy of Modern Architec- ture . 148 On the comparative Value of Simplicity in Archi- tecture - 103 Remarks on the Harmony of Enrichment in Architecture 255 Architecture ...
... Variety , Intricacy , and Har- mony - 353 On the alleged Degeneracy of Modern Architec- ture . 148 On the comparative Value of Simplicity in Archi- tecture - 103 Remarks on the Harmony of Enrichment in Architecture 255 Architecture ...
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... variety of subordinate artisans , mechanics , and tradesmen , all of whom ought to be more or less acquainted with Architecture . The journeyman cabinet - maker requires to have a considerable knowledge of the mouldings and other ...
... variety of subordinate artisans , mechanics , and tradesmen , all of whom ought to be more or less acquainted with Architecture . The journeyman cabinet - maker requires to have a considerable knowledge of the mouldings and other ...
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... variety of subjects suited to Original Communications , there will seldom be found a Number of this Magazine which does not contain a query that some reader may be able to answer , and also facts or reasonings , by ourselves or others ...
... variety of subjects suited to Original Communications , there will seldom be found a Number of this Magazine which does not contain a query that some reader may be able to answer , and also facts or reasonings , by ourselves or others ...
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... variety of Italian composition in the excess of his abhorrence for what he considers clumsy forms of moulding and enrichment - too often content to make the elegance of parts an apology for a spiritless whole . A more comprehensive and ...
... variety of Italian composition in the excess of his abhorrence for what he considers clumsy forms of moulding and enrichment - too often content to make the elegance of parts an apology for a spiritless whole . A more comprehensive and ...
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