Download or read book The American Architect Volume 119, Pt. 1 written by Anonymous and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... many a life that would otherwise be drab. Picture it in brand-new modern white reinforced concrete buildings, regularly laid out in cold uniformity in Los Angeles! The Personal Equation AN EDITORIAL BY SULLIVAN W. JONES, A.I.A. 'al HAT is the matter with the individual? AT a time when we should hear the thunderous voice of the multitude demanding to know the facts--there is silence. At a time when every person should be giving his thought to the problems of reconstruction, we find instead the expression of the vast public to be indefinite, waiting for someone else to do its thinking for it. Instead of a lively interest which would seem to arise inevitably from the individual's need, we have the unlovely spectacle of legislative committees investigating conditions while the Press and the Public satisfy their appetite for sensation and scandal. While this is the general situation there are small groups--pathetically small--of forward looking citizens, committees for research and study and a few scattered individuals with views and understanding. occasionally suggesting constructive programs, which, however, fall upon deaf ears and closed minds. On the other hand, there is no lack of complaint and condemnation. The average individual seems to have lost his sense of responsibility for things as they are and has joined the herd in its quest for victims upon which to vent its wrath. Individually and collectively, by both omission and commission, we are responsible for things as they are. Particularly is this true of the present paralysis affecting the building industry. This vacuum, where there should be an impelling feeling of responsibility. this mental lethargy and lack of forethought on the part of a large number of individuals...