THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM: October 1938
George Nelson [Associate Editor]
George Nelson [Associate editor]: THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM. Philadelphia: Time, Inc. [Volume 69, number 4, October 1938]. Slim quarto. Wire spiral binding. Thick printed wrappers. 68 pp. editorial content. 78 pp. period advertising. Wrappers lightly worn and rubbed. Tiny dampstain to lower outer edgeof rear advertising pages: no contents affected. The spiral binding is in unusually good condition and does not bind any pages when opened. A nearly very good copy.
8.75 x 11.75 spiral-bound magazine with 146 pages of editorial content showcasing the Architectural and Industrial Design of the American Streamline Moderne Machine Age aesthetic. There are also an excellent assortment of vintage trade advertisements that espouse the depression moderne streamline aesthetic quite nicely. You have been warned.
- CARL MILLES MONUMENT - The Swedish people mark a Delaware landing.
- CHILDREN'S BEACH HOUSE - Simplicity and practicality on the sand dunes, Victorine & Samuel Homsey, Architects
- YACHT CLUB IN MARYLAND - A naval architect might have done it., Victorine & Samuel Homsey, Architects.
- HOFSTRA COLLEGE - Long Island higher education starts from scratch, Aymar Embury, II, Architect.
- HOLLYWOOD TURF CLUB - The horses come indoors, Stiles O.Clements, Architect. Furnishings by Donald Deskey.
- LONGCHAMPS RESTAURANT - A way of taking the patrons upstairs or down, Ely Jacques Kahn, Architect.
- MODEL THEATER - It plays to sophistication for three months, W. L. Pereira, Architect.
- STATION WGY - G.E.'s Schenictady group steps out, Harrison & Fouilhoux, Architects.
- L. H. J. SMALL HOUSE COMPETITION - for a modern - yet not too moderne-life. Richard Neutra, Hugh Stubbins, Ralph Rapson, John Ekin Dinwiddie, etc.
- PRODUCTS & PRACTICE - Answer to No. 1 U. S. pet peeve.
- Monadnock Building: Chicago Remodels a Landmark, Skidmore and Owings, Architects.
- BUILDING MONEY - Real low-rent housing in Fort Wayne, Ind. Producers Council boosts Building ... Characteristics of the average house ... A model-conscious subdivision in Los Angeles ... Solving the guaranteed mortgage company problem ... Home building costs level off ... Modernization of the Monadnock Building ... Four building charts.
- MONTH IN BUILDING
- THE ARCHITECT'S WORLD - In which architects read, write and think.
- THE DIARY - A long time popular feature makes its bow in The Forum.
- FORUM OF EVENTS - Architect Franklin Delano Roosevelt designs a house ... 16th International Housing and Town Planning Congress ... School Building Needs.
- LETTERS - Allen's Front Porch Campaign ... Standardized House ... Progress for "Century."