DOI issue:
No. 142 (December, 1908)
DOI article:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28256#0193
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either Rat or of vcry steep pitch, in the West
climatic conditions impose no restrictions on archi-
tecturai design beyond suggesting requirements
that tend, if anything, to enhance the possibiiities
of securing a pieasing effect. Thus in many houses
a most important feature of the elevation is not
uncommoniy the iong line of the verandah roof
and its supporting piiiars—a verandah being neariy
aiways a WM' in a country where the
twilight iingers iong and iate, and one may sit in
the open air to enjoy a view of unparaiieied iove-
liness for neariy six months in the year. Again,
no heating other than that afforded by grates and
hrepiaces is required, and hence, in pianning his
interior, the arcbitect has not, as in the East, to
take into consideration the disposition of unsightiy
radiators; white, on the other hand, the inclusion
of a hrepiace may readiiy become a vaiuable aid
in carrying out a decorative or effective scheme of
interior arrangement.
" It is but just at this point to remark that the
present high average standard attained in domestic
architecturai achievements in Western Canada is
very iargeiy, if not whoily, due to the exampie set
and the inftuence exerted by one individual,
Mr. S. Maciure, a Western
Canadian architect whose
ability and success are the
more marked in that he is
entireiy seif-trained, and
has enjoyed none of the
usuai advantages of acquir-
ing professional profici-
ency. In the accompany-
ing iHustrations wiil be
seen typicai exampies of
hisskiliindesign.
" In BritishCoiumbiaand
throughout the West, wood,
of which the forests produce
severai vaiuabie varieties,
notabiy Dougias hr and
cedar, is usuaiiy empioyed
for house construction,
although not infrequentiy a
iocai granite of hne quaiity
is used in carrying the out-
side waiis up as far as the
hrst storey. This pian was
adopted in the case of
the house buiit for Mr. B.
Wiison, on Rockiand
Avenue, Victoria, the
lowerwalisbeingofspiit
granite, pointed with cement mortar; the upper
storey outside walis being formed of studding, to
which are naiied i-inch boards, iined with tar-
paper, and then iathed and piastered on both sides.
The hail is finished in native fir—a cross-grained
wood—stained a golden brown and waxed to a
duii finish, the Hooring being of Austraiian
mahogany—the oniy materiai empioyed not of
nativeproduction.
"The house of Mr. J. J. Shaiicross is situated on
a rocky prominence facing east, and aiso com-
mands a view of the straits and mountains. The
wails are of spiit granite boulders, the boarding in
the gabie being of rough sawn pine stained a dark
brown with creosote ; and the roof of cedar shingies
painted a siate coiour. The roof rafters are exposed
in the hall, the upper part of which is hnished
with rough piaster, and the iower hall paneiied in
red cedar of selected grain. The wood-work in the
bedrooms is enamelied white.
" In planning interiors considerabie care and fore-
thought is invariabiy exercised to provide an arrange-
ment of rooms and ofhces whereby the work of the
househoid may be performed with a minimum ex-
penditure of iabour. This in a country where few
d&OVflD PLAH
PLAN OF HOUSE FOR MR, J. I. SHALLCROSS AT VICTORIA, B.C.
S. MACLURE, ARCHITECT
124
either Rat or of vcry steep pitch, in the West
climatic conditions impose no restrictions on archi-
tecturai design beyond suggesting requirements
that tend, if anything, to enhance the possibiiities
of securing a pieasing effect. Thus in many houses
a most important feature of the elevation is not
uncommoniy the iong line of the verandah roof
and its supporting piiiars—a verandah being neariy
aiways a WM' in a country where the
twilight iingers iong and iate, and one may sit in
the open air to enjoy a view of unparaiieied iove-
liness for neariy six months in the year. Again,
no heating other than that afforded by grates and
hrepiaces is required, and hence, in pianning his
interior, the arcbitect has not, as in the East, to
take into consideration the disposition of unsightiy
radiators; white, on the other hand, the inclusion
of a hrepiace may readiiy become a vaiuable aid
in carrying out a decorative or effective scheme of
interior arrangement.
" It is but just at this point to remark that the
present high average standard attained in domestic
architecturai achievements in Western Canada is
very iargeiy, if not whoily, due to the exampie set
and the inftuence exerted by one individual,
Mr. S. Maciure, a Western
Canadian architect whose
ability and success are the
more marked in that he is
entireiy seif-trained, and
has enjoyed none of the
usuai advantages of acquir-
ing professional profici-
ency. In the accompany-
ing iHustrations wiil be
seen typicai exampies of
hisskiliindesign.
" In BritishCoiumbiaand
throughout the West, wood,
of which the forests produce
severai vaiuabie varieties,
notabiy Dougias hr and
cedar, is usuaiiy empioyed
for house construction,
although not infrequentiy a
iocai granite of hne quaiity
is used in carrying the out-
side waiis up as far as the
hrst storey. This pian was
adopted in the case of
the house buiit for Mr. B.
Wiison, on Rockiand
Avenue, Victoria, the
lowerwalisbeingofspiit
granite, pointed with cement mortar; the upper
storey outside walis being formed of studding, to
which are naiied i-inch boards, iined with tar-
paper, and then iathed and piastered on both sides.
The hail is finished in native fir—a cross-grained
wood—stained a golden brown and waxed to a
duii finish, the Hooring being of Austraiian
mahogany—the oniy materiai empioyed not of
nativeproduction.
"The house of Mr. J. J. Shaiicross is situated on
a rocky prominence facing east, and aiso com-
mands a view of the straits and mountains. The
wails are of spiit granite boulders, the boarding in
the gabie being of rough sawn pine stained a dark
brown with creosote ; and the roof of cedar shingies
painted a siate coiour. The roof rafters are exposed
in the hall, the upper part of which is hnished
with rough piaster, and the iower hall paneiied in
red cedar of selected grain. The wood-work in the
bedrooms is enamelied white.
" In planning interiors considerabie care and fore-
thought is invariabiy exercised to provide an arrange-
ment of rooms and ofhces whereby the work of the
househoid may be performed with a minimum ex-
penditure of iabour. This in a country where few
d&OVflD PLAH
PLAN OF HOUSE FOR MR, J. I. SHALLCROSS AT VICTORIA, B.C.
S. MACLURE, ARCHITECT
124