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Identifier: architectenginee1030sanf (find matches)
Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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ber beams r from innumerablefloodlights, theShell Building a tSan Francisco,with its fair shaft,radiates a graciousvitality — a quietwarmth — thatquickens the sensesto an appreciationof its charm. Hereis a building, nei-ther the tallest northe largest on SanFranciscos skyline,with a grace ofform and fullnessof color which al-ready has won itdistinction. For sheer sim-plicity and beauty0 f mass, modernshave yet to improve PENCIL SKETCH,Chas on the obelisks of Egypt. Outstandingtower buildings of square section today re-flect the mode ofthose antique pil-lars of Heliopolis.The Shell Buildinggives a first impres-s i o n of inherentbeauty because themass is well con-tained within itstapered profile.From any angle theinterest is satisfiedby a precise se-quence of unobtru-sive set-back,starting from thepedestal and reach-ing to the pyramid-al frustrum sur-faces of the crown.The integrity ofthe ancient mono-liths is recalled bythe unusual solid-ity of reveal givento the vertical lines 35
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SHELL OIL BUILDINGE. Peterson 36 AR.CHITLCT AND ENGINEER, July, 1930 by contrast of the spandrels and piers, radiant crown through which the verticalsthe latter heightened by the elongated extend to pierce the tapered surfaces at theornament on their faces. parapet. Interposed on each face of the

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  • bookid:architectenginee1030sanf
  • bookyear:1905
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Architecture
  • booksubject:Building
  • bookpublisher:San_Francisco___Architect_and_Engineer__Inc
  • bookcontributor:San_Francisco_Public_Library
  • booksponsor:San_Francisco_Public_Library
  • bookleafnumber:386
  • bookcollection:sanfranciscopubliclibrary
  • bookcollection:americana
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