DOI Heft:
No. 13 (April, 1894)
DOI Artikel:Briggs, Robert Alexander: Bungalows
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17190#0034
Bungalows
ventilated, and warmed. It is cheaper also to have ^^^J^^^V^
a house of two stories, with the bedrooms partly in of giving ^
the roof, than to have all the rooms on one floor. „\,.j,t-
The sanitary arrangements must of course receive
our greatest attention.
With all these conditions, however, bungalows
are very cheap in comparison with houses, as
great aim in the designs is simplicity, while toe
planning may be somewhat different, wnere
allowed by the local authorities, the walls may also
be of wood, and there is nothing in reality warmer
or more durable when properly used, as our old
manor-houses testify. Those who live in cities
feel more and more the necessity for a breath ot
country air to keep them up to the strain of modern
life, and though they may like for a time to take
their ease in an inn, they soon sigh for the comforts
of their own house and belongings. A bungalow list's bungalow, with studio
enables paterfamilias to enjoy his brief holidays it ^ ^ ^ variety of
sitting-room can Je & yery
purposes and it can and
effective feature. Large verauu
f • h„ne with blinds, can be
balconies, hung wit ^
&Ttm idtve direct light,
farge bay -ndows are preferable per-
tafstoValconies, because a. t* space
more suitable to our character
The furnishing should be m c
description. Austrian
fig. i.—an artist's bungalow with studio
comfort and at a moderate expense, for the year's
interest on the capital cost will not be as much as
he would pay for a month's house-hire at a seaside
resort, while he may be certain that his children
will not return home with germs of typhoid, be-
gotten of defective drains.
Bungalows may be built with either brick, rubble,
or stud walls. If with stud walls, they can be
covered with tiles or weather-boarding, creosoted,
stained and varnished or oiled, or they may be
"rough cast." Inside, the walls should be
plastered. Experience, however, teaches us that
it is warmer and drier in winter and cooler in
summer to have stud walls covered in the manner
described than to have thin brick walls. The roofs
can be tiled or slated, or covered with shingles. A pig 3__._an artist's bungalow, with studio
very useful and economical arrangement in the furniture is quite in keeping
planning is the Hall sitting-room. It does away with wood or bamboo _urni ^ ^ building) and is
a great amount of passage space, and it should be with the genera 1 ^
ventilated, and warmed. It is cheaper also to have ^^^J^^^V^
a house of two stories, with the bedrooms partly in of giving ^
the roof, than to have all the rooms on one floor. „\,.j,t-
The sanitary arrangements must of course receive
our greatest attention.
With all these conditions, however, bungalows
are very cheap in comparison with houses, as
great aim in the designs is simplicity, while toe
planning may be somewhat different, wnere
allowed by the local authorities, the walls may also
be of wood, and there is nothing in reality warmer
or more durable when properly used, as our old
manor-houses testify. Those who live in cities
feel more and more the necessity for a breath ot
country air to keep them up to the strain of modern
life, and though they may like for a time to take
their ease in an inn, they soon sigh for the comforts
of their own house and belongings. A bungalow list's bungalow, with studio
enables paterfamilias to enjoy his brief holidays it ^ ^ ^ variety of
sitting-room can Je & yery
purposes and it can and
effective feature. Large verauu
f • h„ne with blinds, can be
balconies, hung wit ^
&Ttm idtve direct light,
farge bay -ndows are preferable per-
tafstoValconies, because a. t* space
more suitable to our character
The furnishing should be m c
description. Austrian
fig. i.—an artist's bungalow with studio
comfort and at a moderate expense, for the year's
interest on the capital cost will not be as much as
he would pay for a month's house-hire at a seaside
resort, while he may be certain that his children
will not return home with germs of typhoid, be-
gotten of defective drains.
Bungalows may be built with either brick, rubble,
or stud walls. If with stud walls, they can be
covered with tiles or weather-boarding, creosoted,
stained and varnished or oiled, or they may be
"rough cast." Inside, the walls should be
plastered. Experience, however, teaches us that
it is warmer and drier in winter and cooler in
summer to have stud walls covered in the manner
described than to have thin brick walls. The roofs
can be tiled or slated, or covered with shingles. A pig 3__._an artist's bungalow, with studio
very useful and economical arrangement in the furniture is quite in keeping
planning is the Hall sitting-room. It does away with wood or bamboo _urni ^ ^ building) and is
a great amount of passage space, and it should be with the genera 1 ^