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Show The Status Of The Arckttect The archltectls. truly a' professional profession-al man Just,the'aaBie ha a 'lawyer or a doctor.' "'You will realize this" fact more fully when you imagine the skill required the, areduee. ,the same (mental' picture In the miads of a doien or more contractors, describing de-scribing the shapes and. sizes of the rooms, the arrangement of' rooms, the sizes of, windows and doors, the sizes and shapes of mouldings, accurate ac-curate descriptions ot all of. the' classic clas-sic and current styles "descriptions 6f new methods ot construction, descriptions de-scriptions ot new inventions and household appliances. Besides this, he has a perfect understanding un-derstanding of all of the trades, and Is able to show the tradesman how any piece '.of work Is executed. He has to describe all of the details' ot construction, and Iraust determine tho sizes of timbers, 'etc;, 'necessary to carry the loads placed upon them without a wasto of material. He must ho an artist, to' be able to determine the proper shapes, propor-, tlons, and colors, necessary to produce pro-duce a pleasing composition. He must excell . In the creative powers, to be able to design buildings build-ings and fixtures,' which Have not existed before. " ' ' He is thoroughly conversant with tho building laws and the' lawa ot contracts. Allot these 'things in connection with, a thousand v other problems that confront him,, makes, it very clear that he Is 'a professional profession-al man and Is paid for serviced. Contrary to the idea of most people, peo-ple, he- does not sell plans and specifications, speci-fications, but he uses them as a method ot making his idea clear to tho contractor; Just as the doctors prescriptions are returned to him, the architects plans are returned to him. for they are his personal prop-' prop-' erty, and were merely loaned aa a holp to tno Duuaer. iruo uuuutjn, after thoy havo served th'olr purpose he could dispose ot them for almost nothing, as far as 'tholr .Intrinsic valuo is cooncorned.,. This Is why some companlos soil used plans, for a dollar. . But It you, secured tho aorvlcos of tho architect (hqt made i-Af !' v A',1t:.,,-i'. ,. , . ' ,. those plans yon would, undoubtedly pay more than If you had secured a loeal architect. - - --T "- r Another point that Is often" mlsuh derstood is; the relationship between the architect, owner and contractor. As is often expressed In his specifications, specifi-cations, the arcaltoct-ls not.the agnt t the owner to get all he can out of the contractor, or to beat him out of his rlghttul 'profit,, bu he is the neutral mediator between the contractor con-tractor and owner seeing that .the contractor Uvea up to his agreement and seeing that the contractor la paid according to contract. Being familiar, fa-miliar, with all' phases of, the work ha la In a position 'to judge what Is good workmanship,, and is able to settle disputes, arising upon.- th'U question. ., From the standpoint of the architect, archi-tect, then,-his aim Is, to produce jitter, jit-ter, buildings, keep abreaaUwithJhe titties and Introduce (the, best. ttbati Is going, and to invent arrangement and contrlvancea Jo' .aultjthe needa of the owner. He stands tor; the fair treatment ot both ,the.;pwner and contractor. He prevents shoddy work and excesslvo charges." :So that naturally the "ambitious?.: contract tor makes, It a point to see. that the owner does not 'secure an architect., It you wJUtake notice, of ,the, buildings In this valley or ;amr, other, you will see very plainly hht the prettiest buildings, and -that the best satisfaction has been obtained by the services of , good architect, which Is worth a great deal more, to the man who cares, than the araall percentage charged by the architect. W. h. 8K1DMORK. Architect. Logan, Utah. |