Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Palette and Pen Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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It is a recognized fact that the sky- scraper depends upon shape, mass and proportion, and the treatment of surfaces for effectual design, that is, the effects of light and shadow made by projections and recessed faces. Deco- ration best serves its purpose when concen- trated at certain levels and important points. Some feel it is no longer necessary to suggest the steel frame as everyone knows it is there. It is increasingly common to treat the sky- scraper alike on all sides, so that from any direction an agreeable affect of shape and mass is obtained. Examples of this are the Equitable Building, the Shelton Hotel, and the Barcley Vesey Building of New York. The decoration of the interiors of ofl ce buildings is leaning toward modernism. The New Park Avenue Building in New York is the most consistent example of departure from all traditions of the past. The City Church organization is moving into skyscraper buildings. The University, the Hospital, the State Capital, the railroad terminal have now all been introduced to the public in skyscraper form. This seems to indicate that the skyscraper is finding its way into the life of the people. In doing so it is passing from the stage of being the ex pression of the power and materiality of a group or individual, to the expression of a people of complex civilization. If such is the case it will follow that the plan and design of the skyscraper will be shaped by the needs, the desires and the aspirations of the public.