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Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .
The Building News contains an elevation and plan of the great Toavu Hall which is to be inaugurated at Leeds under royal and not under Masonic auspices on the 7 th of September . The architect is Mr . Cuthbert Brodrick , of Leeds . The design is chiefly remarkable for a high tower , some of the details of which are new , without however displaying very striking invention . The lower story of this square tower' exhibits on each face six Corinthian columns resting on a high base . Above the story of columns is on each side a
clock-dial . The top of the tower is . surmounted by a fluted dome , ending in a small cupola and gilt spike , Each face of the building presents a grand row of Corinthian columns and pilasters . The composition of the building , we repeat , is not remarkable for its originality ; but for splendour it will be distinguished among the edifices of the
present day . The front exhibits twenty-two Corinthian columns and pilasters of the whole height of the building , and each flank six and twenty columns and pilasters . It is , therefore , according to the old
nomenclature , a Corinthian structure , but with such modifications as are admitted in modern practice by the adaptation of various examples from Italian and French structures , not always of the happiest character . The appearance of the structure will be splendid , and in many respects picturesque . The centre of the front is recessed so as to form a true portico with a Avide ambulatory , having ten columns in front and opening on a narrower recess behind screened by two columns and two pilasters and leading to the south vestibule . The arrangement of
the portico will give depth and shadow to the front , which has a southern aspect . The wings are likewise recessed , so as to give depth . The peristyle ofthe tower will command a play of light and dark . It is Avell raised from the building by the high base , and its proportions can
be fully seen . The defects are many . The magnificence of the columnar proportions is detracted from by the very circumstance tha t it is a constant repetition of the same details , which are a mere result of mechanical reproduction . The columnar arrangement is certainly one mode of completing the entourage of a building , and where such arises , as in some ancient temples , in a square block , on a knoll or plateau , it is not Avithout pictuvcsqueness ; still it is questionable whether a single portico does not better display columnar effects than the peristylar arrangement . Where the portico has a recess behind it , there is a depth of shadow , which cannot be given to the peristyle without
reducing the enclosed building to a mere kernel . A double peristyle becomes a practical impossibility , while a double or even triple cohunniation in a portico is . within compass . The best parts of Mr .
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Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .
The Building News contains an elevation and plan of the great Toavu Hall which is to be inaugurated at Leeds under royal and not under Masonic auspices on the 7 th of September . The architect is Mr . Cuthbert Brodrick , of Leeds . The design is chiefly remarkable for a high tower , some of the details of which are new , without however displaying very striking invention . The lower story of this square tower' exhibits on each face six Corinthian columns resting on a high base . Above the story of columns is on each side a
clock-dial . The top of the tower is . surmounted by a fluted dome , ending in a small cupola and gilt spike , Each face of the building presents a grand row of Corinthian columns and pilasters . The composition of the building , we repeat , is not remarkable for its originality ; but for splendour it will be distinguished among the edifices of the
present day . The front exhibits twenty-two Corinthian columns and pilasters of the whole height of the building , and each flank six and twenty columns and pilasters . It is , therefore , according to the old
nomenclature , a Corinthian structure , but with such modifications as are admitted in modern practice by the adaptation of various examples from Italian and French structures , not always of the happiest character . The appearance of the structure will be splendid , and in many respects picturesque . The centre of the front is recessed so as to form a true portico with a Avide ambulatory , having ten columns in front and opening on a narrower recess behind screened by two columns and two pilasters and leading to the south vestibule . The arrangement of
the portico will give depth and shadow to the front , which has a southern aspect . The wings are likewise recessed , so as to give depth . The peristyle ofthe tower will command a play of light and dark . It is Avell raised from the building by the high base , and its proportions can
be fully seen . The defects are many . The magnificence of the columnar proportions is detracted from by the very circumstance tha t it is a constant repetition of the same details , which are a mere result of mechanical reproduction . The columnar arrangement is certainly one mode of completing the entourage of a building , and where such arises , as in some ancient temples , in a square block , on a knoll or plateau , it is not Avithout pictuvcsqueness ; still it is questionable whether a single portico does not better display columnar effects than the peristylar arrangement . Where the portico has a recess behind it , there is a depth of shadow , which cannot be given to the peristyle without
reducing the enclosed building to a mere kernel . A double peristyle becomes a practical impossibility , while a double or even triple cohunniation in a portico is . within compass . The best parts of Mr .