Studio: international art (79.1920)

THE REVIVAL OF THE WOODEN HOUSE


HOUSE, HOLTE, DENMARK. COS-
MUS BRAJSTRUP, ARCHITECT

regions, never they call it, and it is quite
serviceable, but comes more expensive. In
German mountain districts tarred paper,
a kind of home-made roofing felt, has been
used for centuries and found quite effi-
cient. The sward, however, requires a
certain somewhat shallow slope, not too
flat and certainly not too steep. Conse-
quently there is not much room for first-
floor accommodation ; and where such is
required, the walls must be made higher.

The plans and drawings reproduced will

demonstrate the wide scope in a timbered
house as regards size and lines, but some
fundamental principles will be found to
prevail in most of them. The roof, it
must be remembered, serves as ceiling in
the one-storied houses, and with its gentle
slope the outer wall need barely be 6 feet
high. There are two distinct advantages
in having all the rooms on the ground
floor : it is cheaper and one avoids the
noise and footfall of people overhead, for
these timbered houses convey sound in a

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