Architect and Engineer, Vol. 139

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Excerpt from Architect and Engineer, Vol. 139: October 1939 Principally we have one objective in the improvement of highway appearance and that is - harmony. A road blending into the natural contours and covered with endemic vegetation can evoke little criticism from a landscape viewpoint. Harmonious con struction. However. Is excellent in theory and looks well in the artist's sketch book. But it can easily be carried beyond practical limits. There is much involved in the con struction of highways that is of more im portance than appearance alone. To consider that adequate and safe trans port lanes can be provided without scarring the landscape is futile. True. There is always a location. If such is sought. Which offers a minimum of scar. But considering the general terrain in this State. Plus the demand for higher standards of alignment. Grade and road width. Some scar is inevitable and even the minimum is apt to be inharmonious. Since the quest for harmony has an eco nomic limitation. We must be satisfied to strike an agreeable medium and proceed on that basis. It then becomes a matter of sensible roadside landscaping to heal these scars. For if this is not done. Any efforts or expense to which we may have gone during construction for the sake of harmony will have been wasted. 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.