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Description:Excerpt from Recent English Domestic Architecture At the close of one of the very worst years known to the present generation in the building trade, it is hard indeed to write a satisfying account of the progress of English Domestic Architecture. Cycles of depressed trade react most quickly upon the production of luxuries: and the better class of house-building is one of those luxuries that very quickly reflects the barometer of depressed trade. The fall in securities and stocks always affects house-building adversely, since the majority of prospective building owners have their money invested until they are ready to begin building operations. Thus many schemes for dwellings for which architects have prepared plans and builders have submitted tenders are deferred or "held up" because the building owner does not feel justified in selling out stock at a loss. But the inevitable set-backs attending the present prolonged depression in the building trade have been magnified during the present year in a disastrous manner. Politics, of course, have no part in our survey: but it is impossible to ignore the fact that the Finance Bill, which has occupied the attention of Parliament for the best part of the year, has thoroughly frightened the majority of building owners, and deterred them in a great measure from embarking on schemes of house-building. The imposts on land, on pleasure-grounds above a certain area, and the tax on "unearned increment," combined with an increased income tax upon incomes over a certain figure, have not been conducive, in a period of trade depression, to the progress of refined and intelligent house-building: and this unfortunate abstention has not been made better by assurances from members of the Government and its supporters that these new taxes are but the "thin end of the wedge," which may be driven in farther in succeeding years. Whether the Budget proposals are to be welcomed or denounced, the fact remains that wealthy or comparatively wealthy clients have buttoned up their pockets, and that architects and builders have suffered severely thereby. One well-known domestic architect has put the case very succinctly thus: - "I must be employed either by rich people or by the State." As the rich people show no present disposition to build, and the State is equally neglectful of architects in general, there is little to say about domestic work of the present year. It has been a period of marking time. In these circumstances it is not surprising that the domestic work of 1909 exhibits no marked deviation from the lines that have been current during the past few years. The intelligent principle that in districts with decided characteristics of house-building a new dwelling should conform to the local traditions is receiving increased recognition: and it is needless to add that so desirable a course should commend itself to both clients and architects. The vulgar mind leans towards a dwelling whose chief virtue is its dissimilarity to everything around it; and this mental outlook is often defended as a desirable protest against lack of character and mediocre monotony: but refinement and artistic perception will find means of individual expression as much in the form and manner of using materials as in the materials themselves. Thus we are becoming accustomed to stone building in stone districts, to half-timber in half-timber countries, to "magpie" architecture in Cheshire, of which Messrs. W. & S. Owen furnish an example. Of stone buildings we show numerous examples, among which may be cited Burton Manor, Cheshire, by Messrs. Nicholson and Corlette: Caldy Manor, Cheshire, and the Court House, Broadway, by Mr. E. Guy Dawber: Newton Green Hall, Leeds, by Messrs. Adkin and Hill: Little Bridge, Gosforth, by Mr. W. N. Knowles: a house at Glasgow by Mr. James Miller; a house near Chesterfield by Messrs. Parker and Unwin; and Ravens-court, Thornton Hall, by Mr. Robert Whyte. Mr. Percy B. Ho.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Recent English Domestic Architecture (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Recent English Domestic Architecture (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Recent English Domestic Architecture At the close of one of the very worst years known to the present generation in the building trade, it is hard indeed to write a satisfying account of the progress of English Domestic Architecture. Cycles of depressed trade react most quickly upon the production of luxuries: and the better class of house-building is one of those luxuries that very quickly reflects the barometer of depressed trade. The fall in securities and stocks always affects house-building adversely, since the majority of prospective building owners have their money invested until they are ready to begin building operations. Thus many schemes for dwellings for which architects have prepared plans and builders have submitted tenders are deferred or "held up" because the building owner does not feel justified in selling out stock at a loss. But the inevitable set-backs attending the present prolonged depression in the building trade have been magnified during the present year in a disastrous manner. Politics, of course, have no part in our survey: but it is impossible to ignore the fact that the Finance Bill, which has occupied the attention of Parliament for the best part of the year, has thoroughly frightened the majority of building owners, and deterred them in a great measure from embarking on schemes of house-building. The imposts on land, on pleasure-grounds above a certain area, and the tax on "unearned increment," combined with an increased income tax upon incomes over a certain figure, have not been conducive, in a period of trade depression, to the progress of refined and intelligent house-building: and this unfortunate abstention has not been made better by assurances from members of the Government and its supporters that these new taxes are but the "thin end of the wedge," which may be driven in farther in succeeding years. Whether the Budget proposals are to be welcomed or denounced, the fact remains that wealthy or comparatively wealthy clients have buttoned up their pockets, and that architects and builders have suffered severely thereby. One well-known domestic architect has put the case very succinctly thus: - "I must be employed either by rich people or by the State." As the rich people show no present disposition to build, and the State is equally neglectful of architects in general, there is little to say about domestic work of the present year. It has been a period of marking time. In these circumstances it is not surprising that the domestic work of 1909 exhibits no marked deviation from the lines that have been current during the past few years. The intelligent principle that in districts with decided characteristics of house-building a new dwelling should conform to the local traditions is receiving increased recognition: and it is needless to add that so desirable a course should commend itself to both clients and architects. The vulgar mind leans towards a dwelling whose chief virtue is its dissimilarity to everything around it; and this mental outlook is often defended as a desirable protest against lack of character and mediocre monotony: but refinement and artistic perception will find means of individual expression as much in the form and manner of using materials as in the materials themselves. Thus we are becoming accustomed to stone building in stone districts, to half-timber in half-timber countries, to "magpie" architecture in Cheshire, of which Messrs. W. & S. Owen furnish an example. Of stone buildings we show numerous examples, among which may be cited Burton Manor, Cheshire, by Messrs. Nicholson and Corlette: Caldy Manor, Cheshire, and the Court House, Broadway, by Mr. E. Guy Dawber: Newton Green Hall, Leeds, by Messrs. Adkin and Hill: Little Bridge, Gosforth, by Mr. W. N. Knowles: a house at Glasgow by Mr. James Miller; a house near Chesterfield by Messrs. Parker and Unwin; and Ravens-court, Thornton Hall, by Mr. Robert Whyte. Mr. Percy B. Ho.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Recent English Domestic Architecture (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Recent English Domestic Architecture (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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