.. In Milita ry Se rvic e: Robert W. Ch ast eney . .Jr. Robert Hanf ord .T oseph C. Hazen. Jr. George B. Hotchki ss. Jr . S. Chapin Lawson A. Banks Wanamak er FEBRUARY 1943 NEWS Tru culent co n venes, he a rs Presidential budget in which construction is s li ced . .. Kahler , B ane resi gn ... Conversion progra m hits snags ... Kaiser builds grea t est U. S. housing projec t in record-time . Nation's businessmen organize CED .. . T i tles l, VI due to be renewed . . . N ugen t pian for instalment se lling now , delivery postwar .. . Colean a ddresses Mortgag e Ba nkers .. . Beiter, Taft introdu ce postwar pl an ning measures to Congress .. . Ch a tham Vill age in tenth ye ar .. . Construction goes to war an new radio progr am . . . OFFICE BUILDING IN BRAZIL First pres en tation of " the finest office build ing in th e world, " a skyscraper for the Ministry of Educ a tion and He a lth at Rio de Janeiro. BUILDING'S POSTWAR PATTERN S. Morris Livingston of the Department of Commerce examines the postw ar housing potential by price groups. NEW EXHIBITION TECHNIQUES Frederick Kiesler 's designs for museum display, in the New York gallery of Peggy Guggenheim . . . Displ ay screen by Ernst Born . . . Design Studio, Los Angeles. HOUSES More case histories in the small house series ... int e rior . exterior photogr a phs ... floor plans ... criticai comment ... cast dat a . .. construction outlines. THE PREFABRICATED HOUSE Chapter 3: Concrete-Forerunner to the Movement Ea rly Experiments ... Precast Systems , double and single. wall .. . Special Materials, Methods .. . Monolithic Systems. REA A s er ies of outstanding rural buildings, by-products of a nationwide program of electrification. The REA formula for maintaining stand a rds without eliminating the loc al a rchitect. FORUM OF EVENTS Shelters in the New Jersey Palisades ... U. S. bu i lde rs in Eritrea ... Announcements ... Education . .. Ob it - ua ries ... Personal. BUILDING REPORTER BOOKS An introdu c tion to modern architecture . . interior decoration . . . C am oufl age simplified. LETTERS Modern 33 37 45 49 58 67 79 2 8 14 20 Publisher , Howar.d Myers; Managing Editor, Ruth Goodhue; Associates, John Beinert, Paul Grotz, Grumbach, George Nel son , Henry Wright; Assistants. Richard E. Saunders, Madelame Thatcher. THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM iS published by Time Inc., Maurice T. Moore, Chairman; Roy E. Larsen, President; Charles L. Stillman, Treasurer; David W. Brumbaugh, Secretary. P u.blication and Subscription Office, Grange, Conn. Subscriptions may a.lso be sent to 330 East 22nd Street, Chicago, Illino is. Execut ive . Editoria! and Advert1sing Offices, 19 West 44th Street, New York. Generai Manager , Robert W. Chasten ey, Jr. Adverti s ing Man ager , George P. Shutt. Address all editoria! corres ponden ce to 19 \\'est 44th Street, New York. Yearly subscription , payable in adva.nce, u. S. an d P ossess ions, Canada, Cuba, Mexi co, South America, $4.00. Elsewhere $6.00. Single iss ues, including Reference Numbers , $1.00. All copies Mailed Flat. Copy- right under Intern a tional Copyright Convention. All rights reser ved un der Pan American Copyright Conven ti on. Copyri ght, 1942, by Time !ne. Pr in ted in U. S. A. VOLUME 78-NUMBER TWO
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In Milita ry Servic e:
Robert W. Chasteney . .Jr.
Robert Hanford
.Toseph C. Hazen . Jr.
George B. Hotchkiss. Jr .
S . Chapin Lawson
A. Banks Wanamaker
FEBRUARY 1943 NEWS Truculent Congre~s co n venes, hea rs Presidential budget in which construction is s li ced . .. Kahler, B ane resi g n ... Conversion progra m hits snags ... Kaiser builds grea t est U. S. housing project in record-time . Nation's businessmen organize CED . . . T i tles l, VI due to be renewed . . . N ugen t pian for instalment se lling now, delivery postwar .. . Colean a ddresses Mortgag e B ankers .. . Beiter, T aft introdu ce postwar pl an ning measures to Congress .. . Ch atham Vill age i n tenth year .. . Construction goes to war an new radio progra m . . .
OFFICE BUILDING IN BRAZIL First presentation of " the finest office build ing in th e world, " a skyscraper for the Ministry of Education and He a lth a t Rio de Janeiro.
BUILDING'S POSTWAR PATTERN S. Morris Livingston of the Department of Commerce examines the postwa r housing potential by price groups.
NEW EXHIBITION TECHNIQUES Frederick Kiesler's designs for museum display, in the New York gallery of Peggy Guggenheim . . . Displ ay screen by Ernst Born . . . Design Studio, Los Angeles.
HOUSES More case histories in the small house series ... inte rior . exterior photogra phs ... floor plans ... criticai comment ... cast data . .. construction outlines.
THE PREFABRICATED HOUSE Chapter 3: Concrete-Forerunner to the Movement E a rly Experiments ... Precast Systems, double and single. wall .. . Special Materials, Methods .. . Monolithic Systems.
REA A ser ies of outstanding rural buildings, by-products of a nationwide program of electrification. The REA formula for maintaining stand a rds without eliminating the local a rchitect.
FORUM OF EVENTS Shelters i n the New Jersey Palisades ... U. S. bu i lde rs in Eritrea ... Announcements ... Education . .. Ob it u a ries ... Personal.
BUILDING REPORTER
BOOKS An introdu c tion to modern architecture . . interior decoration . . . C am oufl age simplified.
LETTERS
Modern
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37
45
49
58
67
79
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8
14
20
Publisher, Howar.d Myers; Managing Editor, Ruth Goodhue; Associates, John Beinert, Paul Grotz, Don~ Grumbach, George Nelson , Henry Wright; Assistants. Richard E. Saunders, Madelame Thatcher. THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM iS published by T ime Inc., Maurice T. Moore, Chairman; Roy E. Larsen, President; Charles L. Stillman, Treasurer; David W. Brumbaugh, Secretary. P u.blication and Subscript ion Office, Grange, Conn. Subscriptions may a.lso be sent to 330 East 22nd Street, Chicago, Illinois. Execut ive. Editoria! and Advert1sing Offices, 19 West 44th Street, New York. Generai Manager, Robert W. Chasteney, Jr. Advertis ing Manager, George P. Shutt. Address all editoria! correspondence to 19 \\'est 44th Street, New York. Yearly subscription , payable in adva.nce, u. S. an d P ossessions, Canada , Cuba, Mexico, South America, $4.00. Elsewhere $6.00. Single issues, including Reference Numbers , $1.00. All copies Mailed Flat. Copyright under Interna tional Copyright Convention. All rights reserved un der Pan American Copyright Convention. Copyright, 1942, by Time !ne. P r inted in U. S. A.
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