English: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: stepping stones for the world's greatest bridge. In the foreground are seen the pier foundations for the East Bay crossing extending to Yerba Buena Island with a view of a traveling derrick erecting the last of the 288 foot spans of the Oakland shore superstructure. Beyond the island is seen the entire West Bay Crossing with Tower W-5 under construction and the city of San Francisco in the background. Identifier: architectenginee11935sanf (find matches) Title: Architect and engineer Year: 1905 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: r-ganism (i. e. abundant pure air, sunshine,water and the sanitary contrivances neces-sary to complete bodily health and vigor.) 2) Sound construction. 3) As much symmetry and beauty ofthe resultant architectural forms as is com-patible with the above named requirements. 4 ) Appropriateness of these forms withrespect: (a) to the material of constructionand (b) to the geographical setting. The true basis of architectural design isthe plan. The plan of a structure absolutelydetermines the character of that structure.This is true not only with respect to thefulfillment of the requirements for completeliving, but also with respect to its lines,forms, and mass. In general, a plan that ismore complicated (i. e., less orderly anddirect) than need be is a bad plan, and willresult in poor architecture. Simplicity andbalance, efficiency, and a natural or obviousrelationship of rooms (based upon usage)are fundamental to a good plan. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 49 ► MARCH, NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE Text Appearing After Image: STEPPING STONES for the Worlds greatest bridge. In the foreground are seen the pier founda-tions for the East Bay crossing extending to Verba Buena Island with a view of a traveling derrick erect-ing the last of the 288 foot spans of the Oakland shore superstructure. Beyond the island is seen the en-tire West Bay Crossing, with Tower W-5 under construction and the city of San Francisco in the back-ground. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER -^ 50 ^ MARCH, NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE Cables A Huge Aerial Wheels ShuttlingAcToss Bay in Span Cablesfor the San Francisco-Oakland Bridge WITHIN a short time a wire rope willbe drawn across a mile of waterbetween San Francisco and theconcrete center anchorage of the SanFrancisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, midway toVerba Buena Island. This wire rope willbe raised to the tops of Towers W-2 andW-3, and will be the initial support of thefirst of the two catwalks to be built over thebridge tower tops preparatory to spinningthe cables of the first of the twin suspensionbri Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.