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Show ommumkj jT Buildmcj Will U$e More Color in Building in Future Color will imrely be used for exterior decoration of tlfe building of the future, fu-ture, It Is predicted by Joseph Urban, who, with Benjamin Winter Morris, recently was named architect for the new Metropolitan Opera house In New fork. The structures will have charm oo gloomy days, as well ss when the sunlight tints tbeiu. All degrees of lights, shadow and night illumination will have their part In modifying and enhancing the color effects, Mr. Urban believes. The demand for maximum light," he says, "hits created a new. problem in exterior decorations. The great area demanded for windows Is reducing reduc-ing the available wall spare which can be employed In the decorative plan. It is neceaaury, therefore, to get the maximum effect with the little strips which, are left between windows. , "One treatment, of course, Is to have the entire building dark, so thai the windows are not noticeable as dls tine features, but are merely a pari of the mans. This dark mass Is then given the necessary lightening details. "Naturally, all of the buildings In a city cannot be black. Other colors will be employed. The windows will be made an asset to appearance. Instead In-stead of a liability, as they are In many of the present structures." |