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essentials of architecture lie in spheres, cones and cylinders, the generating and accusing lines of these forms are on a basis of purc geometry. But this geometry terrifies the architects of to-day. Architects, to-day, do not dare to construct a Pitti Palace or a rue de Rivoli; they construct a boulevard Raspail.[1]
Let us base our present observations on the ground of actual needs: what we need is towns laid out in a useful manner whose general mass shall be noble (town planning). We have need of streets in which cleanliness, suitability to the necessities of dwellings, the application of the spirit of mass-production and industrial organization, the grandeur of the idea, the serenity of the whole effect, shall ravish the spirit and bring with them the charm that a happy conception can give.
- ↑ Or a Regent Street.—F. E.
