Studio: international art (55.1912)

Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture

the first-named, which
would probably cost con-
siderably more than ^ioo
to build. Two really
picturesque designs are
those of M. Diserens, of
Lausanne, and M. Milla,
and the plans of both are
well thought out; the
former introduces an
itendage, or drying-room,
with sides which are
louvres from floor to ceil-
ing. Into this room the
clothes pass from the
lessive, or washing-room,

and thence to the
repassage, or iron-
ing-room. In the
other the drying-
room (here called
a sechage) does
service as the
ironing-room.
The provision of
a special drying-
room in a building

which he estimates could,
be carried out for less
than Ri-oo. His ironing-
tables are rather narrow,
but a good idea in his
plan is that of keeping
the wet floor of the wash-
house a couple of steps
below the level of the
ironing and finishing
room. The designs of
Mr. Macfarlane and Mr.
Tarney are also of a
simple character, but the
semicircular ironing-table
shown in the plan of the
former would, we think,
be found inconvenient in
practice. Of a more
elaborate or substantial
character are the designs
of Mr. Clarke, Mr. Urqu-
hart, and Mr. Raymond-
Berrow, especially that of
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DESIGN FOR A PRIVATE LAUNDRY

BY T. J. RAYMOND-BERROW