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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1930)
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem Oregon, Sunday Morning, February 23, 1930 PAGE SIXTEEN ID FAMOUS BUILDING TOLD View Given of Super Service Station Garage to Be j Built Near City (Continued from page 13.) stage'; adjacent to it a fully equip ped restaurant, kitchen and cafe teria, make possible aany err Ice to all employees. On this rfloor will also be found prirate 'dining rooms for business luncb jeons, etc., and the executive office 'suites on the floor below are 'serred from the kitchen by means of a dumb waiter to a pantry ana luncheon or dining: room. The twelfth floor also contains a bar ber shop In conjunction with which showers and massage rooms, a laaies jounge ruum, ei.. are provided. A Study In Design One of the most serious criti cisms of modern day commercial architecture lies in the fact that our - use of these buildings re quires a maximum of light and air, and that, in response to this demand, the architect has been forced to perforate the outer sur face of his building with count less rows of monotonous and reg ularly spaced windows, the area of which often times predomin ates over that of the adjacent wall space. This necessarily, largo area of voids, no matter bow skillfully handled by the design er, has detracted from the ar chitectural appe-arance and fo cused attention on the windows rather than the mass, or silhou ette, of the building, because of the great contrast between the dark Tolds and the light wall sur faces. It Is Outstanding In recognition of this fact the new structure nas Deen siuaiea from the point of view of mass and silhouette primarily, and this has been made possible by the use of a satiny black exterior which. will not contrast with the dark voids of the windows. This fundamental principle is of great Interest and importance in the development of this most mod ern office building, and in com bination with the vertical line treatment of the exterior ele ments of mass and decoration forms a most outstanding archi tectural composition. In order to avoid the possibil ity of. somberneBs in so dark a building, gold on a blue or black background has been employed in the decoration, which is fittingly in the , style of the modern art. Further insurance against the somber destiny of a dead black mass is gained by the use of a glazed terra cotta for wall sur faces which is composed of an in finite number of shallow vertical flutes or ribs about an inch and half Thus the glossy black surface is broken by a myriad of high lights and shadows prodiP eed by the play of light on the conclave glazed surfaces. I Pure Gold Used Tbe gold ornamentation Is also ef terra cotta which has been coated with a layer of finely pul verized gold particles held in suspension in a transparent glaz ing solution. This compound is fused onto the surface of the in dividual blocks and forms a per manent gold coating of great brilliance and beauty. The verticality of line of the building is accentuated by keep ing all floor spandrels back of the general wall surface, thus producing the 'effect of single vertical slotted windows running from the second to the twelfth floor. Immediately behind the glass panes of the windows at the floor lines, an ingenious use ef metal and thin concrete backing makes possible the accomplish ment of this feature without sac rificing office floor space, "" The Black Gold . .Throughout the building the significance of color and decora tive forms has been given careful consideration. The color scheme Is particularly fitting when one considers that oil is the "black gold" of modern Industry, which thought, combined with the fun damental principle explained above, makes elear the very log ical reasons for its adoption. The conventionalized ornament Is in the modern style, in some Instances adapted from old forms AUTOMOTIVE V Work done for the jitomotive trade: Piston grinding, valve refacing, cylinder reboring, honing, flywheel gear install ing, piston aligning and gener al lathework. ' Why not have your garage man overhaul that car now?, ? 4 ... " . BUff tJS-DACJ DURfJS ' Not Brother The Same Man ' Ferry at HigH Salem, Ore, RICHFIELD HEADQUARTERS '. - .....v. , ' Mr Y. The Falatlal and TJnlqae Richfield of Los Angeles. and In the matter of the sculp tural decoration, the writer quotes from Mr. Haig Patigan. the sculptor who collaborated with the architects In the devel opment of this portion of the building: The Sculptor's 'Part "I designed all the sculpture in, question with two principal things in mind to keep in har mony with the architecture of the building, and to have my Ideas conform in a measure to the bus iness and business connections of the Richfield company. "I. The decorative figure re peated around the top of the structure. k "The ideaV)f this figure is a highly conventionalized sugges tion of motive power with a pow erful torso and a decorative de sign of wings. The statue is he roic in size, and is treated in such a manner as to create a pleasing Bilbouette with the repeated mod els in place. "II. The four figures, also he roic in size, standing in panels over the monumental entrance of the building. "The statues are done in high relief, and from left to light rep resent aviation, postal service, In dustry and navigation. These are allegoric, the first and fourth be ing represented by female fig ures, the second and third by male. Each statue Is typified by characteristic symbols. Aviation with the propeller of an airplane and conventional wings in her hair. Postal service to an adapta tion of Mercury, the messenger of the gods, with his eaduclus and winged helmet. Industry wears a headgear adorned with winged wheels and holds a hammer rest ing on an anvil. Navigation's hand rests on a conventional ear and two ship's prows furnish the decorative design for her head dress." The High Bcacom Tower An important feature of the ex terior of the building, and one which provides a marked accent In the architectural composition. Is the beacon tower some 130 feet in height which extends above the penthouse roof to a height of approximately 373 feet above the sidewalk level. The entire build i- - aX ;. 4 - -.-'O-i ' VA' iA " " .y v ' V y' ' '-w,. 'A y-s ,y , ; I i ins A-fl . . . - I',- fi. r i'-'yr'-, - . , iff I iji ? npM r ,J t? -1 . j r il ' ;l I its Q ' 1 f v" ?1 itv ' , . 'I-:?'. XJ! r'-' i i J ! ;?' ; H I ft if fJ H - I M " ' m -x j . r.,,,, "f'i MACHINE SHOP 5'Vfc - u . X-W & ,yy-y I - . - .. - . - : - . . s . X I'M Home Office bwildlng In the city ing is flood lighted at night, and the sweeping beam of the air plane beacon light at the top of the tower is a fitting termination for the entire scheme when view ed after dark. The interior decoration Is purely modern and composed gen erally speaking of abstract forms of ornament characteristic of the style. Modernistic Treatment Interiors exhibiting a new use of materials are entirely in keep ing with the style of the exterior and show interesting variations of modernistic treatment. Finish ed hardware is of the new Bene- diet nickel and corridor floors are of rubber tile, the color scheme' of which harmonizes with the is Hazardous AVOID Slriddmg " By Equipping our Car With' Ran ml Geared - to small The TIRE that Holds to the road and is guaranteed to out-wear any tire of equal price. Trade in YOUR OLD TIRES on a Set of "MILLERV WHAT!... A Just Phone U FREE Tire Service Anywhere Within the City Limits JUST PHONE $13 r.lillci? 3Tii?Q Ooffvieo Co.. 197 S. Commercial Phone SIS - ., .,.,4 general inter rs and with the modernistic etching on the eleya tor doors. The Teetibule In Belgian black, marble, with trimmings in Car diff green and metal "work la Russian bronze, : la particularly distinctive, and the elevator lob by with its marble walla and floor and etched metal elevator doors running from floor to cell ing and rfch in modernistic or nament, are characteristic of the manner, of handling the Impor tant rooms, " How They Did Ii The method of development of the design of this building is of particular Interest in that Mor gan, Walla Clements, the ar chitects, used both large and small scale models extensively in conjunction with drawings and sketches. After the general design of the building was determined, a 1-8 inch scale general model was made for the purpose of studying the mass and silhouette of the building from various points of view. By skillfull photographic manipulation the building model was placed on the site in Its true relation to existing surrounding structures. These composite pho tographs were constructed from several points of view, and from them it was possible to see clear ly the appearance of the actual building from all Important an gles. Most important of all. perhaps, was the .use of this small scale model in studying the color scheme for the building. By its use it was possible to arrive at a satisfactory, distribution of the gold 'ornament and to eliminate all doubt as to final results in both the client's and architect's minds. VuB Sized Model Large scale models were also constructed for the purpose of studying the details of Important parts' of the building. .This study was carried to the ultimate de gree of precision in the erection of a full sized model of a portion of the npper stories, executed in the actual material used, in or der to check up finally on finish ed results and to be assured of the effects of the surface texture and color of the actual wall sur face. Ventilation was considered an important matter in the construc tion of this office structure, and equipment has been installed to wash, cool, and dry the air, thus enabling the occupants to enjoy a uniform temperature a t all times. The entire building represents a clean cut and practical solution of the problem presented by the modern office, building, and in no instance has the practical been sacrificed in favor of the aesthet ic, but those two primary phases of design have been brought into harmony with each other. Only General Force The Richfield people occupy the whole of their big new, office building, excepting some rooms on the street level floor. But even with so much office space, they do not- accommodate their local sales forces there, for the Los Angeles area. They bare an - theRoad FIiAl? THEIB! S and our serrlee car win be there la IE IE i STATION ' ' The Prop ied Richfield Station, in the Salem Heights District, on the Pacific Highway In the south ern suburbs. i other headquarters, in a different part of the city, where these hun dreds of people report. The Rich field company is a large concern. They need all the space they have in their home Office building for their general operations, extend ing far and wide. Even the sidewalk surrounding two sides of the building which is on a corner la of coated black gold, representing the general character and color of the build ing Itself. No one can pass that way without being attracted to the many remarkable features of this most remarkable structure. AREZZO, Italy. (AP) An old Roman tomb, dating from the second century B. C, has been un covered on the plateau known as "the white mill," near here. Workmen engaged In roadbulld lng were the discoverers. All records for commercial traffic through the Panama can al were broken in 1929. Tolls collected amounted to $27,692, 715. Mexican petroleum production In 1929 showed' decline of 6,- 000,000 barrels from 1928. 350 AS fBOPscTS er Smnm motors TO RISE SOUTH OF , 1 x-aer : : OLD IN WORKS ID GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) Back in the Althouse country where the wintry winds whine a mocking memory through chinks of many deserted miner's cabins, an old man works. As the old man labors he dreams of the past and ponders the future. For the old man is Jerry Mickay. And the name Jer ry Mlckay, back in the days when Browntown and numerous other mining camps flourished was not one to be conjured with. At least that is the mental in terpretations one gets listening to the old miner as he tells of Incidents of more than a half cen tury ago. Time has halted the trod of the old miner and his eye sight may not be what it was in the days of gun totlnj. But his memory of the past has not dim med. 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