The Architectural Magazine, Volume 1John Claudius Loudon Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834 |
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... Practices . On the present State of the Professions of Archi- tect and Surveyor , and of the Building Trade , in England 12 On certain deceptive Practices adopted by some Authors of Architectural Designs for Villas 117 On a Method of ...
... Practices . On the present State of the Professions of Archi- tect and Surveyor , and of the Building Trade , in England 12 On certain deceptive Practices adopted by some Authors of Architectural Designs for Villas 117 On a Method of ...
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... practice of Architecture would be not only a source of perpetual enjoyment , but of real use ; because every accession to our knowledge gives power as well as pleasure . We do not merely allude to the preeminence which a taste for ...
... practice of Architecture would be not only a source of perpetual enjoyment , but of real use ; because every accession to our knowledge gives power as well as pleasure . We do not merely allude to the preeminence which a taste for ...
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... practice of building , so as to induce them to erect , of their own accord , houses of a superior style . Fortunately for this last purpose , taste in an art is not necessarily connected with wealth it may be possessed by the journeyman ...
... practice of building , so as to induce them to erect , of their own accord , houses of a superior style . Fortunately for this last purpose , taste in an art is not necessarily connected with wealth it may be possessed by the journeyman ...
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... practices ; and will , I hope , restore the profes- sion to the station it formerly held in society . I am sorry to say that architects and surveyors do not now obtain that confi- dence with the public that they ought to have , and I ...
... practices ; and will , I hope , restore the profes- sion to the station it formerly held in society . I am sorry to say that architects and surveyors do not now obtain that confi- dence with the public that they ought to have , and I ...
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... practice alluded to is , that the architect's clerk or surveyor fre- quently charges the builder a commission for measuring ; or , what is equally bad , he gets the tradesman to repair or paint his house , or to execute some other job ...
... practice alluded to is , that the architect's clerk or surveyor fre- quently charges the builder a commission for measuring ; or , what is equally bad , he gets the tradesman to repair or paint his house , or to execute some other job ...
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