Excerpt from Sanitation in the Modern Home: A Suggestive Guide to the Architect and House Owner in Designing and Building a Residence Proving a Healthful, Comfortable and Convenient Home The architect is a many-sided man, - but not more versatile than the requirements of his profession demand. To his ability to interpret and express artistic sense, he must add practical knowledge and even more, - he must possess technical skill in many lines of constructive work. He must be a master of architectural history and at the same time have a practical knowledge of the composition of a satisfactory plaster; he must know tone values and also be able to calculate strains; he must have the gift to understand the meagerly expressed needs of his clients and formulate them into a structure which will meet those needs in an appropriate manner; and he must also possess a knowledge of practical structural details which will combine, with an artistic exterior, comfort, safety and utility within. There is little need for additional publications which present the artistic side of architecture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.