New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-03

Cady & Co.. so do Messrs Lamb & Rich; not one Of
these firms build mountain such small
foundation and make 1t artistic and II Is doubtful II
any one could. The rusticated stone basement, de-
rived from Italian palaces like the Srozzl and the
Riccart, Will always help architect out when he
has width, and 1t Is useful in narrow buildings OF
moderate height, In No. 172, Bank Of Commerce,
Buffalo, by Mcssrs. Green & Wicks, or, TO select
wellknown example, the avenue facade Of the Col
umbia Bank, corner Of Ffthave. and Forysecond ST.,
done years ago by Messrs. McKm, Mead 81 White.
But the abundant strength suggested in this kind
OF basement sinks into insgnlcance under pressure
Of fifteen more stories. The point OF encourage
ment to be noted among the designs for immense
buildings in this exhbltion-even when the site Is
not narrow, the excessive height and the demand for
windows are fightfully handicappngis the same point
that IS apparent In all the stone and brick work.
greater sobricty and simplicity. The Of measure
and OF refinement evidently grows-grOws with the
sense OF purity In STYLE Mr.. Wheewright's "Agassz
Grammar School" for jamaica Flain Mr.. Lords I'M
successful design for St. Luke's Hospital, Mr. Tubby
Brooklyn Savings Bank" Mr. c. p. Glbcrt's various
city houses, Mr. Prices extremely bold and interesting
Chateau Frontenac" for Quebec Messrs. Griffin &c
Randall's Music Hall" for Baltimore Mr.. kilburns
Colonial Club In this city, Messrs Stone, Carpenter
Wilson's and Mcssrs J. c. Cady Co.'s competitive de-
signs for the new Providence Statehouse; all these
buIldlngs-some erected and faed never 10 pass
from paper to sonc-arc sound In composition, more
less original. but bear above all things the mark
OF restraint.
There few vagares proposed to be put
into lasting material. The clever pastlclc OF
skcclbool ideas, the kind OF brc-abra that Is H.
lustrated by Messrs. Bosw0rth Chase In NO. ~,
Sketch for the Magdalen Asylum" Is unqueslonably
losing It's hold on oil but the sketchclub contingent
Eccenricity there stl Is OF course, there always
will be-Messrs. Lamb & Rich dlsordered enough
In the design for the Manhattan Life competition az
which have already glanced-but take the unin-
terestns designs for large works. designs like MI
Tuths New York Post Graduate Medical School ana
Hospital" Mr.. Robertson's Corn Exchange Build
Ing" Mr.. Flags "st. Lukes Hospital" awarded
first place in the competition, and their sins are the
OF mcdiocrlty. Of vulsary. The latter trait
Is disappearing with the disappearance OF me
essays IN the Rlchardsonian manner which
ial epidemic over the country The plague
travelled far. but its progress has been partially ar
any rate is the tcSiimony Of the Leagues exhibitions.
Last year The Tribune remarked decrease In pseudo
practically nothing TO say for themselves The
younger designers Of ecclesiastical architecture that
have gone 10 English Gothic for their Inspiration, and
judging from the "Daas Cathedral OF MeSsrs.
s Ta fo %e UNFIT M" cm IN" New Bngh,ono Of e,s
Griffin and Eanda and the Bradley icy Mem, Memorial az
The style has been well advised. Mr.. II. ". Gibson.
who has for a long time exercised heavy hand in
n
a photograph Of The Dutch Reformed Church: West
End-avc.," binding OF which 10 l. surprising 10
find him the author rs clcvcrncss and vlvacity arc
30 foreign 10 his style the latter Is generally
known All things considered. We know OF nothing
he has done pquant and picturesque than TINS
Dutch gahl,I experiment fact which Is rs dlScol-
lrtng II Is pleasing for piduancv and picturesque
ness ~ this sort. good qualities they aro In them
.clvcs. are not ovcrwelcome In church architecture.
We prefer them I'm the country house the one form or
architecture moreover In which II * possible 10 bs
playful without being banal. symmetry and sim
plcy are as much to be praised In the country as ID
the city md II l. good 10 find them In horses Ike
80. ~, bv MessrS berg and Clark: NO. -. nv
MeSsrs. 1iltOn and Wlihers. and No 80, the house
for Mr. Rudyard kipling. by Mr.. H. X. Marshall:
INT there |, great charm In the many unconventional
designs very personal r fcclins. some Of them surh
n Ne. r.. Kent. stone. Gilbert. Little. ana p'Ohnor
ITavS Ros,iii"- ani Wright. AMI others have con
frlburcf o. his oyhllltlOn. There l.. Of conr-".
much piciurr~Iucne>s among the foreign SKETCHES.
and not equally - hy any means. there Is as
plca, sing an absence ~ n among IN" designs In the
tolumlns fountain comp"tlon which have bon given
medals ard honorable mentions. Mr. Alfred ]. EvanS,
- Chicago who has hc"n awarded IN" gold medal.
and Mr. Hobart 4. Walker. ~ oak Park. who has
won tho silver medal have made designs of NO v"ry
rcrna rsbe originality. but Of distinctly Intelligent
and monumental character.