The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 05, May 1895 | Page 6

effort to direct foreign travel and study
hereafter to more definite and specific courses.
The school is one of observation and research rather than of design,
aiming to form a correct taste and to impress upon the mind, by daily
contact with great examples, those principles which are essential to the
enduring quality in architecture, be the style what it may. To this end
the founders of the school believe it to be of the utmost importance for
an architect, before he begins his professional career, to study

thoroughly and on the spot the monuments of ancient architecture and
such works of the Italian Renaissance as are worthy of being
considered their successors. The monuments best suited to this purpose
are those of Greece and Italy, and the headquarters of the school are
established at Rome rather than at Athens, because of the greater
amount of material there at hand of use to the modern student not only
in the art of architecture itself, but in that of mural painting and in the
decorative arts, including architectural sculpture.
The school was formally opened under the charge of Mr. Austin W.
Lord, as secretary, on the first of November last, in temporary quarters
in the upper story of the Palazzo Torlonia, on the southwest corner of
the Via dei Condotti and the Via Bocca di Leone, between the Corso
and the Piazza di Spagna; but a permanent home has now been secured
in the building known as the Casino dell'Aurora, occupying a part of
the grounds formerly belonging to the Villa Ludovisi. This building is
situated upon an isolated plot of ground, raised fifteen or twenty feet
above the surrounding streets, and comprising about eighty thousand
square feet, which is the size of the enclosed space in Gramercy Park in
the city of New York. It is on the Pincian Hill, not far from the French
Academy in the Villa Medici. The building contains about thirty rooms;
some of these are decorated with well-known frescoes, among which is
the Aurora of Guercino. The grounds, which were laid out by Lenôtre,
are well covered with trees and shrubs, and afford ample space for the
erection of additional one story buildings, should such be required at
any time for workrooms or studios.

Personal.
Mr. A. L. Nicholson, formerly with Davis & Von Storch, architects,
Scranton, Pa., has accepted a position with De Lemos & Cordes, Fulton
Building, Fulton and Nassau Streets, New York.
Mr. Dwight H. Perkins, of the firm of Perkins & Selby, Marshall Field
Building, Chicago, opened a new office on May 1 at 1107 Steinway
Hall Building, Chicago.

Mr. Myron H. Hunt, recently returned from an extended trip abroad,
has gone into the office of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge in Chicago.
Mr. F. N. Reed, who has distinguished himself in the Rotch
Scholarship competition, having been given second place each time in
the last three years, is now with Cabot, Everett & Mead of Boston.

Brochure Series Competition No. 1.
[Illustration]
Program: The Henry F. Miller Piano Company of Boston, with the idea
of turning the attention of designers to the problem of artistic piano
cases, has placed in the hands of publishers of THE BROCHURE
SERIES $50, to be awarded for sketches of piano cases. Three prizes of
$25, $15, and $10 will be given for the three best designs submitted,
the judges to be the officers, of the company, assisted by an architect
who shall be appointed by the publishers.
It is not the idea of the Henry F. Miller Piano Company to secure
designs for actual use, as their work in special case design is almost
entirely to order, carrying out designs for architects and decorators.
Therefore, only sketches are required which may be executed in any
medium the designer may choose, although due regard should be paid
to the reproductive character of the drawing. A perspective sketch,
showing the right end and front of the case, is required to be made on
paper, not exceeding 8x12 in. in size.
The diagram above gives the necessary dimensions. In designing the
end the only thing to be borne in mind is the construction of the case,
the front telescoping into the back or frame, as shown by the plan of the
end. The quarter round finish of the back is not necessary, the treatment
of the end being optional so long as dimensions and construction are
regarded.
The arm or end of the keyboard (c), the foot (a), the "truss" (b), which
supports the keyboard, are all left entirely to the designer, the only

dimensions to be regarded being the height of keyboard from the floor
(2 ft. 1 in.), the top of the keys (4-1/2 in. higher), and the space (4 ft.)
occupied by the keys. The arm