Word: atrium
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...four-sided grille had an overpowering monotony, a fact Stone now acknowledges. He plans to re-study the top of the building, particularly he screen above the roof. No such reservations cloud Stone's opinion of the house resigned on ancient classical lines around central court, or atrium, which he completed this month (with Interior Designer ?. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings) for Bruno and "Josephine Graf in Dallas, Texas...
Taking the keys from easygoing, Arkansas-born Ed Stone, Hanisch made his way inside to an even bigger surprise. Instead of the confined central shaft that he had seen in the early plans, he found himself looking out over a spacious patio or Roman atrium, a sort of immense Pompeian inner court, to be used as a dining area, with three huge, gold-colored saucers overflowing with vines and ferns suspended at varying heights, and with mother-of-pearl light globes, which seemed to float, for illumination. It was a sight fit for a maharajah's eyes; said Industrialist...
Looking at that perspective cutaway of the Noyes house, Roman atrium and all [May 20], I wondered if Architect Noyes realized that if things ever got congested in his Connecticut town he can always do as the Romans did, i.e., make a row of shops out of that row of bedrooms and get himself a few sesterces of rental income...