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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LIVIM. K.M, DECORATIVE ARTS EXHIBITION, SAN FRANCISCODesigned by Fred Baldauf; Executed by A. F. Marten AflCHlTECTAND ENGINEER. Alajr. 1930
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Mav, 1930 ARCHITECTAND ENGINEER. 43 practical. Last year I was told that the ob-ject of making living room chairs very lowin imitation of automobile seats was tomake the ceiling seem higher; they gave asense of space;—a precious thought whichwas evidently inspired by that old sayingthat Short sheets make the bed seem long-er; they also give a sense of space. Thereis but one chair in this show from whichan able bodied man cannot escape unaided.The exhibit booths represent rooms or por-tions of rooms; a business office, a mansstudy, a dinette, a bathroom, a bedroom, awomans dressing room, a lounge and a liv-ing room. These rooms have a much greatersense of reality than is usually found in suchexhibits; some are positively habitable. Achange that has evidently come in furni-ture in the last year is the rounding of thesharp corners. In 1929 one could not livewith modernistic furniture without beingskinned alive. Evidently the designers musthave suffered some themselves, for a littlecons

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