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Excerpt from Design for an Academy of Architecture: Thesis for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture, College of Engineering, University of Illinois, Presented June 1909 In a large university located in the heart of a great city, it is proposed to build a monumental building devoted to the study of architecture. The site available is 500'x500' and is bounded on four sides by streets of approximately equal importance. In general the building will not only be conveniently planned but will exemplify in every respect the best principles and traditions of the art to whose service it is dedicated. The building will be essentially a school, but as its object is to exhibit the work of the students, its entire first floor will be given up to exhibition space. Principal rooms will be a large museum, high enough to contain full size models of architecture approximately 17000 square feet. An auditorium with a small stage and retiring rooms, large enough to seat 500 people. Exhibition rooms for the exhibition of architectural drawings, approximately 8500 square feet. A museum for the exhibition of building materials, 2500 square feet. 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.