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In the pliiiis" (see tius. 45 and 4f)) th(> huildino' is simply arrang-ed in 

 a siiccc^ssion of lari»e and .small, broad and narrow rooms, and it is there- 

 fore easy to find one's way. 



The liyht lines in the plans show rooms that are not yet built, amonf^ 

 which is (20) a lofty hall for architectural casts, which is to be 240 feet 

 h)!!"-, 65 feet wide, and 86 feet high, and will soon be taken in hand: 

 th(> monumental stairway is also wanting as yet. In the well-lighted 



Fig. 44.— Art Institute of Chit-ago. Cross .section. 



ba.sement, 12 feet high, are 20 rooms u.sed as storerooms, packing 

 rooms, lunch rooms, and for the art school that has, besides, 15 tire- 

 proof, skylighted rooms, situated in the rear, practically arranged, 

 but somewhat contracted. The.se must eventually be torn down and 

 moved forward wdien hall No. 20 of the first floor comes to be built, 



« Compare also the plans published by A. Tiede, Museumsbankunde, in BauJcunde 

 (h's Architecten, II, 1898, p. 30. The text, pp. 31-33, contains many inaccuracies. 



