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MAY 1941 POST-WAR PATTERN
APARTMENT HOUSES A review of recent apartment house architecture, ranging from the huge , luxury-ty.pe urban structure to the smal l , suburban garden development.
PRODUCTS & PJIACTICE Windowed vs . W in dowless Building : arguments pro and con, in the light of the current spurt in windowless defense plant construction ... Natura! vs. artificial light ... Heating and cool i ng .. . Layout Vision ••• Appear-ance •.. Cost ..• Blackout.
BUILDING FOR DEFENSE Headway and Headaches: candid reports on what Building is doing for National Defense and vice versa •.• Audubon Village: a 500-unit defense housing project for Camden , N . J . shipyard workers breaks construction speed records with the assistance of prefabrication •. . Re n t Contro!: an analysis of the meaning of a model law and some that are not so model ... FHA's Title VI: Government' s bid for private enterprise assistance in the defense housing program and its significance to FHA, the builder, the banker and the public ... A one-page portfolio of defense houses built by pr i vate enterprise at costs that will make Government ' s eyes water ••• Airplane Propeller Factory : 380,000 sq. ft. of floor space in 96 working days ..• The Federai defense housing program: a detailed review an d progress report.
HOUSES More case histories in the small house series ... lnterior exterior photographs . .• floor plans ... criticai comment ••. cost data ••• construction outline.
GARDNER A. DAILEY PORTFOLIO California residential archi t ecture at its distinct ive best.
BUILDING MONEY A New H a ven, Con n . subdivider capitalizes on standardization but produces 40-odd houses without a twin ... Forum residential building cost index charts the recent upsurge i n materia! and labor prices in 83 cities . • . Reproducing antique houses is a strange but booming business of one Alexandria, Va. builder: 100 houses in two years.
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FORUM OF EVENTS Exhibitions of Architecture Organizational Activities.
BOOKS
Demountable Houses •••
Sigfried Giedion's important survey of the backgrounds and prospects of contemporary architecture and city planning.
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Editor, Howard Myers; Managing Editor, Ruth Goodhue ; Associates, Pau! Grotz, Joseph ~Hazen, Jr., C. Theodore Larson, George Nelson, Henry Wright; Assistants, John Bein~
~~~~T~;u~A~r~6Ru~icrsar~ub~Ìsh~~u~~eri:im~a1ri~~~niie~~;t~.er Lu~~di~h~1~~~5·Ray E. Larsen, President; Charles L. Stillman , Vice President and Treasurer ; Howard Black, Allen Grover, Eric Hodgins, P . I . Prentice, Vice President; David W. Brumbaugh, Secretary. Publication a.nd Subscription Ofiice, Orange, Conn. Subscriptions may also be sent to 330 East 22nd Street, Chicago, lllinois. Executtve Editoria! and Advertising Offices, Time & Life Building, Rockefeller Center, New York . Business Manager, H . ~· Richt~r. Advertlsing Manager, George P. Shutt. Address ali editoria! correspondence to Ttme & Ltfe Building, Rockefeller Center, New York. Yearly subscription, payable in advance , u. s . and Possessions, Canada, Cuba, Mexico , South America, $4.00. Elsewhere $6.00. Single issues , including Reference Numbers, $1.00. All copies Mailed Flat. Copyright under International Copyright Convention. All rights reserved under Pan
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The advertising pages of THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM have become the recognized market piace for architects and ali others engaged in building. Each month these pages offer the most complete guide to materials, equipment and services to be found in any magazine. A house or any other building could be built completely of products advertieed in THE FORUM. While it is not possible for a magazine to certify buildll.g products, it is possible to open its pages only to those manufacturers whose reputation merits confidence. This THE FORUM does.
Allegh eny Ludlum Steel Corp ...................... 102 Aluminum Company of America .......... opp. p. 65, 65 American Air Filter Co., lnc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 American Brass Company, The ............... opp. p. 69 American Rolling Mill Company, The ................. 74 American Seating Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 American Telephone & Telegraph Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Anaconda Wire & Cable Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Anchor Post Fence Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Arco Company, The . ... . . .. . ... . .... . . ... ........ 100 Auer Register Company, The ....... .. ........ . . .. .. 104
B igelow-Sanford Carpet Co., In c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Brasco Manufacturing Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Bruce Co., E. L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Burnham Boiler Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Burt Mfg. Co., The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Byers, A. M. Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
California Redwood Association ............. . ...... . 100 Carey, Philip Company, The . ................... .. . 93 Carnegie-lllinois Steel Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
(United States Steel Corporation Subsidiary) Carrier Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Ceco Steel Products Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Celotex Corporation, The .... .... .. .. .... . .. ... Cover II Chase, L. C. and Company .... .... . . .. .... .. . opp. p. 68 Columbia Steel Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
(United States Steel Corporation Subsidiary) Congoleum-Nairn, In c. . ..................... opp. p. 64 Consolidated Expanded Meta] Companies, The . . . . . . . . 77 Crane Co •... . ................... . ...... . ....... . 89 Curtis Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Davidson Enamel Products, lnc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Detroit Steel Products Co. . ......... . ........... 28, 29 Du Pont, E. I. De Nemours & Co., lnc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
(Grasselli Chemicals Department) Dunham, C. A. Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
E agle-Picher Lead Company, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Edison Generai Electric Appliance Co., lnc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Eljer Co .... .. ....... . . ... . . ..... .... ....... .. .. 54
F ederal-Amcrican Cement Tile Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Fleur-0-Lier Manufacturers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Flintkote Company, The .......................... 57 Fo.rl!'ic':' lns~l':'t!on Company, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Frigidaire DiviSion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
(Generai Motors Sales Corp.)
Generai Electric Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 82 Generai Motors Sales Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
(Frigidaire Division) Grand Rapids Hardware Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Grasselli Chemicals Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
(E. l. Du Pont De Nemour s & Co., lnc.) Great Lakes Steel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
( Stran-Steel Division)
Henry Furnace & Foundry Company, The ...... ...... 94 Hoffman Specialty Co., lnc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Homasote Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
J ngram-Richardson Manufacturing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 lron Fire~n Manufacturing Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
.J ohns-Manville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I l Josam Mfg. Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Kaufman & Fabry Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Keasbey & Mattison Company ............ . .. 15, opp. p. 16 K ewanee Boiler Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Kimberly-Clark Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Kinetic Chemicals, lnc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Kinnear Mfg. Co., The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Kitchcn Maid Corporation, The . ..... ... . . . .. . ...... 104
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Kohler Co . ...... . . . .. . ...... . ........ . .. . . . .... . 91 Koppers Company ..... . . ,·.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lawson, F. H Company, The .. .. ... .. . . .... .. ..... 80 Lead lndustries Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Louisville Cement Co . ..... ...... .. . .. . .. ... .. . . ... 47
M asonite Corporation ................ - ... · ..... · · 3 Medusa Portland Cement Co. . ..... · . . .. · · · · · · · · · · · · 41 Mengel Co., The . .. . .. .. .. . .... · · · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 97 Mesker Bros. . .. . ................ · .... · · · · · · · · · · · 71 Miami Cabinet Division .................. · .... · · .101
(Tbc Philip Carey Company) Milcor Steel Company ........... · · .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · 48 Miller Company, The ....... . .... ...... · · · · · · · · · · · 43 Minwax Co., lnc . . ... .... .. .... . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 52 Mueller Furnace Company, L. J ....... - . · · · · · · · · · · · · 44 Mullins Mfg. Corp. . ..... ... . .. ... ... . · · · · · · · · · · · · 92
(Youngstown Pressed Steel Division)
National Gypsum Company .... . .. ....... · · ·- · · .86, 87 National Lead Company . .. .... ...... ... · · · · · · · · · · 55 Norton Lasier Company .. ........... .. · · · · · · · · · · · .104
0hio Rubber Company, The ........... · · · · · · · · · · · 52 Overhead Door Corporation ........ .. ...... · . . Cover IV
P acific Steel Boilers .... .. ............ · · · · · · · · · · · 81 (Division of Unitcd States Radiator Corporation)
Penberthy lnjector Company . ... . ...... .. · · · · · · · · · · 23 Pennsylvania Wire Glass Company ....... · · · · · · · · · · · 64 Philco Radio & Television Corporation .. .............. 105 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ........ · · · · · · · · · · · · ~~~ Ponderosa Pine Woodwork ........ · · .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · Portland Ceme;.>t Association .............. · · . · · · · · · 34
R epublic Steel Corporation . ....... ... .... · · . · · · · · · 31 Ric-Wil Co., The ............... .. .... · · · · · · · · · · .104 Robertson, H. H. Company ...... ... . . . . .. · · · .. · · 12, 13 Rowe Manufacturing Co. . ......... . .... · · · · · . · · · · · 67
S anymetal Products Co., lnc., The .... .. . · · · · . . · · · · · 36 Serve], lnc. . .. ... . . ........... · · · ... · · · · · · · · · · · · 66 Sisalkraft Company, The ........... . ... · · · · · · · · · · .100 Spencer Heaters . . . . . . .... ......... .. . · · · · . .. · · · .108 Square D Company . . . . . .. .... ...... . ............ · 24 Stanley Works, The . .. ... ..... ..... ... .. ...... . . · 84 Stewart lron W orks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... · · · · · · · · · · · l 02 Stran-Steel Division ............. · · · ... · · · · · · · · · · · · 40
(Grcat Lakes Steel Corporation) Surface Combustion Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Swartwout Co., The ............. .. .... · · · · · · · · · · · 54
T ennessee Coal, lron & Railroad Company . . . . . . . . . . . 53 (United States Steel Corporation Subsidiary)
Timber Engineering Company ...... ..... ... . · .. · ... 102 Truscon Laboratories ... .. .. ...... . - .. ... .. ........ 107 Truscon Steel Company ............ .. ..... 26, Cover III
U nited States Gypsum Company .... .. ............. 60-63 United States Plywood Corporation ..... . ... · · · · · · · · · 16 United States Radiator Corporation ...... .. . . · . . . . . . . 81
(Pacific Steel Boilers Division) United States Rubber Compan y ................ · . . . . 88 United States Steel Corporation .............. opp. p. 17, 53 Uni versai Atlas Cement Co. . . . ... . ......... . . opp. p. 17
(United States Steel Corporation Subsidiary)
V ictor Electric Products, lnc .. ..... . .. . ...... ...... 102 W cis, Henry Mfg. Co., lnc. . . ....... .. ... . .. . .... . Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co ........ 39, W eyerhaeu ser Sales Company ... . ... ... .......... . . Wheeling Corrugating Company . ........... · ...... . Wiremold Company, The ... .. ...... .. .. .. .. . ..... . Y ork Ice Machinery Corporation ..... ....... ..... . Y oungstown Pressed Steel Division .............. ... .
(Mullins Mfg. Corp)
Z o uri Sto r e Fronts . .. .. ... .... ' ..... .. ... .. . . . ... . Zurn, J. A Mfg Co .. . .... . ................... . · .. .
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