The Architectural Exhibition in Philadelphia 
prolonged streets of 
the city define. It is 
altogether a more reg¬ 
ular scheme than the 
former. The facades 
of the library and a 
typical laboratory are 
shown. The latter 
gives the proposed 
treatment of build¬ 
ings whose importance 
is secondary; and yet 
it augurs well for the 
scheme which con¬ 
tains them, that they 
are so remarkably well 
managed. 1 he style 
is Colonial, strength¬ 
ened by outspoken use 
of tbe classical mo¬ 
tives underlying it. It 
is an expression of 
quiet dignity, the ex¬ 
altation of the spirit 
ol “Homewood’’ ready 
to serve the needs of 
society in general in¬ 
stead of a single fam¬ 
ily, the mission of the 
house. Mr. William 
A. Boring’s plan is 
also rectilinear and is 
based on the division 
of the university into 
the academic, the hab¬ 
itation and the social 
groups of buildings. 
Similar to this prob¬ 
lem is that for the 
Carnegie Technical 
Schools for Pittsburgh. 
For this institution the 
professional advice 
enabling an otherwise 
excellent program to be promulgated was 
apparently powerless to prevent requirements 
which will result in the land being over¬ 
built upon. This error, so often made in 
reality, may now be measured in advance 
by the designs submitted. In order to 
provide for the requisite number of build¬ 
ings their arrangement has had to be hope¬ 
lessly condensed, building shadows building, 
distinctly apart and surrounded by dor¬ 
mitories is reached. The plan is beauti¬ 
fully rendered in monochrome, without hesi¬ 
tation or sign of doubt. After viewing the 
nice balance of its parts, it is noticeable 
that the authors have declined to paral¬ 
lel the gridiron street plan of Baltimore. 
Messrs. Carrere & Hastings’ plan defers 
to the rectangular boundaries which the 
