Studio: international art (54.1912)

Designs for Seaside Bungalows

room should be large
enough to allow for
diners to sit round a
table, and for the at-
tendant maid to have
room to circulate
while waiting at table ?
This competitor's
arrangement of sit-
out space on a
portion of the roof,
which is kept flat
for that purpose,
is commendable, but

nursery, and at the rear are the open kitchen
court, kitchen and offices. The scheme is open to
one or two criticisms of minor importance, but on
the whole we congratulate the author on the design,
which is full of fresh thought and originality. We
think that " Melos " can be taken as having demon-
strated the possibility of the building not exceeding
the limit of cost. The domed roofs forming the
distinctive features of his design are a local method
of building adopted for facility and economy, and,
as he points out on his drawing, are slight in
thickness and built without
centering. The stones would
be " won" on the site, and
except for doors and windows
there is no interior woodwork.
On the whole, we are inclined
to think that an equivalent of
about 6d. a foot ought to be
sufficient for a building which
is more apparently costly than
actually so.

" Nemo's" set is a pretty
one, but when will picturesque
planners realise that a dining- design for seaside bungalow

3caj or hit

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