Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

first and was very much disappointed. The
next preliminary sketches were therefore
prepared according to his dictation, putting
in a number OF the features which he had
pointed out In the village, and a comparison
made OF the two. which, together with a
little enlightenment on the part OF my
client as to the proper association Of styles
and arrangement OF modern homes, re-
suited in q unaI imous verdict with the en-
tire family for the first sketches made,
but not until after the architect had gone
to the trouble of taking him through some
Of the beautiful hcmes of our city and
spending considerable time off and on for
two months to get him educated UP to the
point where he would appreciate what was
originally done for him by his architect Ia
q few hours. This is another example Of
the time that might nave been saved had
the owner left the matter entirely in the
hands Of his architect in the first place,
recognizing his superior judgment in all
II alters pertaining to. the building Of
homes. 1t is hardly to be expected that
the average person can acquire the knowl-
edge and ability to appreciate good work
from a few weeks Of serious study Of the
matter, when It takes an architect many
years to acquire the knowledge necessary
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homes.
Occasionally an architect will have a
client, especially from some small town,
who ciipgs to the old idea of a tower on
the corner of his house, a useless, expen-
sive. cold and far from ornamental feature,
Also many clients do not obtain the full
value of the location of their homes
through placing the entrance and stair hall
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ing useless for living purposes one OF the
most valuable parts Of the house, When
the lot is narrow and the home small, this
arrangement, OF cours becomes necessary,
but whenever It is possible TO make the
house broad enough to allow for a central
entrance. thereby using the two front cor
ners for living rooms and obtaining the
full value OF the frontage on the street,
this plan should be adopted. 1t is not diff
flcult for a good architect TO Plan q we'll
arranged and attractive home. II is, how-
ever, very difficult 10 get PEOPLE to build
them for the average home builder insists
on having certain things which he seldom
likes afterwards and which his architect
is compelled to give him., recognising the
fact that he Is entitled to anything he
wishes to pay for whether II meets the
technical and artistic ideas Of the architect
or not. 1t Is the architects duty to frankly
inform his clients when they are in error,
but II they do not accept his advice they
should blame themselves and not the archi-
tect afterwards when they find that they
havp made Il mistake. One OF the most
serious mistakes which the average home
builder makes is in rushing matters. The
average man builds but one home. He
should; therefore. take the time necessary
to build that home right. When a family
has decided 10 build a home for themselves,
they are often too impatient TO see their
dream of possibly many years realized in
material form. About the first question
that they ask the architect is how soon
they can have the plans. Here is where
they make a great mistake, They should.
on the contrary, insist on his putting as
much time in the study and preparation
OF their plans as is necessary, instead Of