New Garden Homes
Publisher: Ladies' Home Journal and The Curtis Publishing Company
Published: 1928
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
Subjects: Ladies' Home Journal; Ernest Flagg; homes; floor plans; home plans; domestic architecture; Curtis Publishing Company
Description: <div>Paperback catalog with both front and back covers loose from the interior pages. The interior pages show discoloration around edges. The entire booklet is in black and white. The front cover has an illustration of a house at the top of the cover, with the title in the middle, and the publisher information at the bottom. The back cover is blank. 72 pages. Size: 9" x 12"<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>**From wikipedia.com: "In 1891, Flagg began his architectural practice in New York, greatly 
influenced by his knowledge of the French ideas of architectural design,
 such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_rationalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Structural rationalism" rel="nofollow">structural rationalism</a>. During this time he joined with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prentiss_Benson" title="John Prentiss Benson" rel="nofollow">John Prentiss Benson</a>
 to create Flagg & Benson, which later became Flagg, Benson & 
Brockway with the addition of Albert Leverett Brockway. FB&B 
designed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai_Morningside" title="Mount Sinai Morningside" rel="nofollow">St. Luke's Hospital</a> in New York City.<sup class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Flagg#cite_note-brockway-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></sup>In 1894, he established the architectural firm of Flagg & Chambers with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_B._Chambers" title="Walter B. Chambers" rel="nofollow">Walter B. Chambers</a>, whom he met in Paris. Usually Flagg alone is credited for some of the work he and Chambers worked on together, such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corcoran_Gallery_of_Art" title="Corcoran Gallery of Art" rel="nofollow">Corcoran Gallery of Art</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Naval_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Naval Academy" rel="nofollow">U.S. Naval Academy</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomfret_School" title="Pomfret School" rel="nofollow">Pomfret School</a>
 in Connecticut which he saw as "part of the process of evolution that 
would contribute to the creation of a national style of architecture.”<sup class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Flagg#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a></sup></div>
<p>Louisa Flagg Scribner, Flagg's sister, was the wife of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Scribner_II" title="Charles Scribner II" rel="nofollow">Charles Scribner II</a>. Through this familial connection, Flagg designed six structures located in Manhattan for the publishing family, including at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribner_Building" title="Scribner Building" rel="nofollow">153–157 Fifth Avenue</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Scribner%27s_Sons_Building" title="" rel="nofollow">597 Fifth Avenue</a>.<sup class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Flagg#cite_note-Gray-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a></sup>
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<p>Flagg is probably best known for his design of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer_Building" title="Singer Building" rel="nofollow">Singer Building</a>. Completed in 1897 and expanded in 1908, it was then the tallest office building in the world, at 612 feet.<sup class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Flagg#cite_note-Perrin-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a></sup>
 Faithful to his Beaux-Arts training, Flagg allowed space around the 
tall building for light to enter, which was unusual for the time.<sup class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Flagg#cite_note-Palmer-9" rel="nofollow">[9]</a></sup>
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<p>Though Flagg is best known for his large institutional designs, he 
was also interested in producing modest, attractive homes affordable to 
average Americans. He developed innovative techniques toward that end 
and in 1922 published the book <i>Small Houses, Their Economic Design and Construction</i>. He packaged these techniques and ideas into the <i>Flagg System</i>, and collaborated with builders scattered across the U.S. to build them.<sup class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Flagg#cite_note-Palmer-9" rel="nofollow">[9]</a></sup><sup>"</sup></p>