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INTRODUCTION
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cleanness of line and general design. It must be many years indeed since such close attention has been given to a particular æsthetic problem by so large a number of human beings.
MODERN DOORS. W. A. PITE, SON & FAIRWEATHER, ARCHITECTS It is not too much to hope that this interest may soon include within its scope our modern architecture, passing from, it may be, an appreciation of works of functional or purely constructional character to embrace works of even greater significance.
I give here one or two quotations which seem to suggest the trend of thought in this direction. They are not taken, it will be seen, from "revolutionary" sources.
" . . . education has touched business groups, companies and combines, who march behind the banner of better building . . . and contribute to the æsthetic amenities of cities and towns by