Show DOCTOR ARCHITECT THE PUBLIC I A physicians prescription is an empirical em-pirical formula intended to alleviate f abnormal physical conditions Indicated by a scientific diagnosis The prescription prescrip-tion being written in characters inCOmprehensible Incom-prehensible to the layman he is content con-tent in Ms avowed Ignorance to abstain ab-stain from an attempt to inquire Into the rationale of the diagnosis An architectural design is a scientific logical deduction from certain fundamental funda-mental facts unfortunately presented in more or less artistic form This of form conveys an Idea to the intelligent mind of varying artistic merit The more obtuse the observer the better he will like it To critically place It at its true value requires analytical acumen of the highest order Hence it is hat men select their physicians lawyers engineers etc by consulting the opinion of experts as to professional profession-al merit or what is equivalent to this by their reputation but they can judge of the merits of an architect by their likes and dislikes of his drawings Eidlitz in The Architectural Record |