To the firm of Holabird & Root of Chicago went a medal last week because they had designed Chicago's Palmolive office building, a severe and splendid tower, gleaming in the sun by day, arc-lit by night. It was the Gold Medal of Honor of New York's Architectural League,* most coveted prize in the profession, awarded last week during the League's annual exhibition.
War teaches its warriors the virtue of utility, simple methods. Modern architects expound the same virtues. Perhaps the fact that many of them fought in the World War is significant. In November 1918, John Wellborn Root, Captain with the U....