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 * 94 Sloan's Architectural Review and Builders' Journal. [August, cial views and wants were particularly conformed to, in the design and con- struction, which combine all the pro- posed conveniences necessary for those wants. As a matter of curious interest, we would say, that there are 500,000 bricks in the arches, each brick, with its mortar, weighing six pounds : thus these iron beams support a weight of 3,000,000 pounds. The walls of the building con- tain 1,500,000 bricks. This makes in all 2,000,000 bricks. All the brick work was done under the superintendence of Mr. George Creely. We are free to say that the example is one, which we hope to see emulated, in future improvements for business pur- poses, whether in this city or elsewhere. Elevation of a Suburban Villa. Style : Franco-Italian. r I ^HE elevation here presented may be -*- entitled suburban, on account of its adaptedness to the ampler lots away from the heart of the city. It is broken in outline ; and partakes of the Italian style in all its leading features, save the roof, which is French, somewhat modi- fied in outline from the original form, invented and introduced by Mansart, in the beginning of the seventeenth cen- tury. This has been the prevailing roof in France ever since that period ; and of late years has been introduced into many sections of this country, par- ticularly in Boston and vicinity. Description of the plan : A, the vesti-