Studio: international art (79.1920)

THE REVIVAL OF THE WOODEN HOUSE

SOUTH-WEST AND SOUTH-EAST ELE-
VATIONS OF MR. ERIK ANDERSEN'S
TIMBER HOUSE NEAR HORNBCEK
PAUL RICHARDT, ARCHITECT

Under the beams I would place orphine,
as maidens did of old on Midsummer’s
Eve to see whether they should be married
soon, and on the roof the quaint and suc-
culent aygreen (house-leek) which feels
perfectly at home there. a a a
But I am afraid I am sadly digressing,
through my love of old-time gardens ; I
only wish the excellent houses, here de-
picted, were shown in the midst of such
gardens, and I must ask the reader to
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make allowances and to conjure up in
imagination what a sweet picture they will
make in such surroundings. a a
It will be observed that the three tim-
bered houses, of which illustrations are
given here from the architect’s drawings,
though differing materially in design and
dimensions, have some leading traits in
common. In the first place they are all
low, with all or in any case the bulk of
their accommodation on the ground floor.