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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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TWENTIETH FLOOR PLAN, SHELL BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCOGeo. W. Kelhara, Architect flare, this has been designed to respond, withhighlight, shade and shadow, to the move-ment of the sun in a manner that suggeststhe artifice of the ancients who sheathedthe pyramidions of their monuments in of light on the satin-textured surfaces giverest to the eye and pleasure to the senses. From the street, attention is caught bythe strong line at the third-floor belt coursewhich defines the pedestal of the tall shaft. 38 AflCHlT^CJ AND ENGINEER July, 1930
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SHELL BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO GEO. W. KELHAM, ARCHITECT July, 1930 AR.CH1TLCT AND ENGINEER. 39 This pedestal assumes mass by the absenceof vertical lines, and elevation by the higharch of the deeply revealed entrance—aneffect which is accentuated by its ruggeddetail. It was no mere happy accident that pro-duced this fine proportion and simplicityof mass, line and color. Each element of dashed with coarse semi-transparent brownsand which changes hue by double reflec-tion of the suns rays as do the drops ofwater which produce the rainbow. If the architect looked to the early mon-uments for fundamentals of exterior massand line, he has adhered to the very inspir-ation of his ancient profession—the need for

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