Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847
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Never stintyourself for space; the ground you build on is your own; it is only theextra brick and mortar;--the number of windows is not increased bystretching the plan out, the internal fittings are not an atom moreexpensive. Be at ease for once in your life, and cast about widely forroom.
And now, dear sir, if you can but once remove this prejudice of costfrom your mind, you may set at defiance all those twaddling architectswho come to you with their theories of the "smallest spaces of support..., "and who would fain persuade you that, because it is scientific to buildmany rooms with few materials, _therefore_ you ought to dwell in a houseerected on such principles, --and that they ought to build it for you. You may send them all to the right-about with their one-sided contractednotions: is the house to be built for _your_ sake or for _theirs_? whois going to inherit it--you or they? who is to find out all the comfortsand discomforts of the mansion--the owner or the architect?--If _you_, then keep to your two stories and to the old English method of buildingyour house round one or more courts.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Never stintyourself for space; the ground you build on is your own; it is only theextra brick and mortar;--the number of windows is not increased bystretching the plan out, the internal fittings are not an atom moreexpensive. Be at ease for once in your life, and cast about widely forroom.
And now, dear sir, if you can but once remove this prejudice of costfrom your mind, you may set at defiance all those twaddling architectswho come to you with their theories of the "smallest spaces of support..., "and who would fain persuade you that, because it is scientific to buildmany rooms with few materials, _therefore_ you ought to dwell in a houseerected on such principles, --and that they ought to build it for you. You may send them all to the right-about with their one-sided contractednotions: is the house to be built for _your_ sake or for _theirs_? whois going to inherit it--you or they? who is to find out all the comfortsand discomforts of the mansion--the owner or the architect?--If _you_, then keep to your two stories and to the old English method of buildingyour house round one or more courts.
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