COMPETITIVE DESIGN FOR THE MARYLAND 
INSTITUTE ART SCHOOLS 
Ellicott & Emmart, Architects 
r I A HIS design was submitted by the authors 
A in a recent competition, and is intended 
to provide ample accommodations for the 
several Schools of Art connected with the 
Maryland Institute in Baltimore, including 
the museum, library and art galleries common 
to all of the schools. 
The budding is three stories high with an 
attic, one hundred and twenty by one hun¬ 
dred and forty feet on plan, and was to be 
built either of limestone or marble, as the 
appropriation would justify, with, in either 
case, a granite base. 1 he second floor con¬ 
tains six large and one smaller class rooms, 
and the attic is arranged for studios or an art 
gallery. The basement contains the manual 
training class rooms, locker and toilet rooms 
for men and women, and the power plant. 
The design shows a well studied effect in 
a simple and dignified classic style restrained 
to the point of severity as is more fitting for 
a school of art. I he roof, which is seen in 
the perspective drawing, would not be visible 
from the street and the composition is thereby 
somewhat improved though perhaps lacking 
accent on the sky-line. We are indebted to 
our Baltimore correspondent for the interest¬ 
ing illustrations. 
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