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" ... before we proceed to treat of them, it will be proper to make a few remarks on the distinction between mere house-building, and that high character of composition in the Grecian and Roman orders which is properly styled Architecture ; for though we... "
Transactions. Session Sixth, 1855-56 - Page 89
by Architectural Institute of Scotland - 1856 - 201 pages
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The Panorama of Science and Art: Embracing the Sciences of ..., Volume 1

James Smith - 1815 - 684 pages
...now very many nobly architectural houses, we are much in danger of having our public edifices often debased, by a consideration of what is convenient...rather than what is correct as an architectural design. In order properly to examine this subject, we must consider a little, what are the buildings regarded...
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An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England: From the ...

Thomas Rickman - 1835 - 382 pages
...which is properly styled Architecture; for though we have now many nobly architectural houses, we are much in danger of having our public edifices debased,...rather than what is correct as an architectural design. 2nd, the English or Gothic. In order properly to examine this subject, we must consider a little, what...
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The Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Manufactures ...: Embracing ..., Volume 1

James Smith (author of the Panorama of science and art.) - 1859 - 964 pages
...properly styled Architecture ; for though we have now very many noble architectural houses, we are much in danger of having our public edifices debased,...rather than what is correct as an architectural design. In order properly to examine this subject, we must consider a little, what are the buildings regarded...
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An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England, from the ...

Thomas Rickman - 1881 - 450 pages
...which is properly styled Architecture ; for though we have now many nobly architectural houses, we are much in danger of having our public edifices debased,...rather than what is correct as an architectural design. In order properly to examine this subject, we must consider a little, what are the buildings regarded...
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