DOI Heft:
No. 197 (August, 1909)
DOI Artikel:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20967#0231
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
illustrations of which are here given), and especi-
ally the two country houses designed for Dr.
Vassmer and Herr Friese, both of them admirably
exemplifying the combination of practicability with
aesthetic qualities, have made their name known
among wider circles.
The accompanying illustrations of the “Land-
haus Vassmer ” show that the architects appreciate
the beauty of quiet nooks, such as the loggia over
the main entrance and the veranda and terrace
outside the dining-room on the garden side. The
white of the external walls combines with the
red-tiled roof and broad expanse of green turf to
impart an aspect of cheerfulness to this house.
The plan (page 199) reveals a thoughtful distri-
bution of the apartments. As will be seen, the
entrance divides off the domestic offices from the
family apartments ; the latter consisting of a hall,
through which are reached the living - room
( Wohnzimmer), the dining-room (Speisezimmer),
measuring approximately 23 ft. by 15 ft., and
leading out of this the children’s day nursery.
On the other side of the dining-room is a servery
communicating with the kitchen, beyond which is
the larder, the remaining
offices being a wash-room
with direct access to the
garden, and an ironing-
room. From the house
which Messrs. Runge
and Scotland have de-
signed for Herr Friese,
we give two illustrations
of the principal bedroom,
reproduced from draw-
ings made by the archi-
tects. On each of the
two shorter sides of the
room are a pair of fixed
wardrobes or cupboards,
with drawer at the bottom
of each, and between
them are recesses respec-
tively intended for the
bed and the washstand.
That the practical con-
siderations which so
largely influence their
designs do not exclude
a feeling for decorative
effect is amply demon-
strated both in the design
of this bedroom and in
that of the living-room,
illustrated on p. 202, in
which elegance and com-
fort are aptly blended.
Here there are unmistak-
able reminiscences of the
best Empire form, but it
is in their shrewd blend-
ing of old and new, com-
bined with a cultivated
taste which does not
shrink from utilising con-
ventional motives, but
RUtNSE; SJSCOTtdirNDI/^RCHITEDTErS;_»BREMEN* -I90F
PRINCIPAL BEDROOM IN A COUNTRY HOUSE
DESIGNED BY RUNGE & SCOTLAND, ARCHITECTS
201
illustrations of which are here given), and especi-
ally the two country houses designed for Dr.
Vassmer and Herr Friese, both of them admirably
exemplifying the combination of practicability with
aesthetic qualities, have made their name known
among wider circles.
The accompanying illustrations of the “Land-
haus Vassmer ” show that the architects appreciate
the beauty of quiet nooks, such as the loggia over
the main entrance and the veranda and terrace
outside the dining-room on the garden side. The
white of the external walls combines with the
red-tiled roof and broad expanse of green turf to
impart an aspect of cheerfulness to this house.
The plan (page 199) reveals a thoughtful distri-
bution of the apartments. As will be seen, the
entrance divides off the domestic offices from the
family apartments ; the latter consisting of a hall,
through which are reached the living - room
( Wohnzimmer), the dining-room (Speisezimmer),
measuring approximately 23 ft. by 15 ft., and
leading out of this the children’s day nursery.
On the other side of the dining-room is a servery
communicating with the kitchen, beyond which is
the larder, the remaining
offices being a wash-room
with direct access to the
garden, and an ironing-
room. From the house
which Messrs. Runge
and Scotland have de-
signed for Herr Friese,
we give two illustrations
of the principal bedroom,
reproduced from draw-
ings made by the archi-
tects. On each of the
two shorter sides of the
room are a pair of fixed
wardrobes or cupboards,
with drawer at the bottom
of each, and between
them are recesses respec-
tively intended for the
bed and the washstand.
That the practical con-
siderations which so
largely influence their
designs do not exclude
a feeling for decorative
effect is amply demon-
strated both in the design
of this bedroom and in
that of the living-room,
illustrated on p. 202, in
which elegance and com-
fort are aptly blended.
Here there are unmistak-
able reminiscences of the
best Empire form, but it
is in their shrewd blend-
ing of old and new, com-
bined with a cultivated
taste which does not
shrink from utilising con-
ventional motives, but
RUtNSE; SJSCOTtdirNDI/^RCHITEDTErS;_»BREMEN* -I90F
PRINCIPAL BEDROOM IN A COUNTRY HOUSE
DESIGNED BY RUNGE & SCOTLAND, ARCHITECTS
201