Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
Know That You Are Right When Building
Arthur O. CnusnAA Architect

that is necessary to properly plan and de-
sign a home. That architect who finds a
joy and holds a pride in properly designing
a home for a man to whom the building of
a home is an effort as we'll as a pleasure
is invariably successful as a planner Of
homes. In other words, there is something
besides skill and experience required in the
planning and building of a home. Tina
something is-sentiment. Young architect
take this for your motto, print ia on a
card and place it above your drawing table:
ut is my ambition to fill America with
beautiful Eomes'' and entirely forget that
other motto, too often drilled into student
architects by short sighted employers-"get
it out and get your money"
Now, mind you, 1 do not mean that the
unskllled. unemployed or student architect
is the most apt to set out the proper de-
sign because of more time on his hands to
devote to the work. Select the bGsy ar
chitect, select the skilled architect, but
select the right one. A preacher of ma
tional fame once asked all the men in his
congregation who were too busy to take
care of the affairs of a certain committee,
to stand. From among those who stood he
selected three and placed them on the
committee. His explanation of this was
that zone may get sick and another leave
town, but Wen get the work done" 1t is
the busy people who do things and do
things right. II skill is all that is re-
quired to plan a home then a modern flat
building ought to be a paradise of homes.
But nave you ever heard a man console
himself as he climbed the last m MT to
the fourth story with the fact that he was
nearer heaven than the man whose cot
tage chimney he could Look into? l think
not, and yet one of the greatest achieve
ments of present day architects Is a mod
ern flat. "A complete home" as one man
expresses II, sin a space hardly wide
enough for a dog to wag his tail" The
writer can go him one better. He has been
told that some people have to go out doors
when they want to smile because they live
i'm a flat. They are to be pitied whose cir
cumstances require them to live as modern
cliff dwellers in one of those human ken
nels called a flat. They are probably the
most complete homes known but are ut
terly devoid of all the fine sentiments that
go to make up the true home.
The easiest, most satisfactory, cheapest
and only practical way of building a home
is first to have a complete set of plans
drawn and specifications covering all parts
of the work in an accurate and technical
manner not only enabling you to take COM
petitive bids from several builders and
thereby greatly reducing the cost Of the
house, but also assuring you from the start
the possession of a strong. warm and beau
tiful home.
The building Of a home is too important
a matter to place in the hands Of the most
honest builder without knowing just what
he is going TO give you. In the building
of a home, not only are there important
structural problems TO work out but there
Is an artistic element to consider as well.
1t has been established as a fact that
an accurately drawn complete set Of plans
and details will ave their cost in an actual
saving of the foreman's time on the job
while laying out the work, to say nothing
of the satisfactory results obtained through
the systematic arrangement Of details. II
you can afford 10 build at all you can at
! ford to build right.