Studio: international art (81.1921)

DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE AND DECORATION

has been kept in view throughout. The
lounge hall, measuring 20 ft. by 14 ft.
6 in., is the largest apartment and has a
verandah on the south side. The walls
of all the rooms are to be panelled in
small panels stained and waxed, and the
ceiling beams are to be laid flat and left
exposed. The elliptical bungalows de-
signed by Mr. Adams, one of which we
illustrate, differ widely in construction
and design from accepted methods. Con-
struction throughout is with pre-cast
concrete blocks, erected after the manner
of Gothic vaults, but without ribs, and
the buildings are, of course, fireproof.
There are, as he points out, no voids or
waste spaces, the outer and inner forms
being identical. The tiles are nailed direct

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doorway. designed
by helweg moller

The high cost of building, which in
England was until quite recently estimated
to be roughly three times the pre-war
cost—an advance, however, which seems
moderate compared with that which has
taken place in Germany, where, according
to a professional journal, the wages of
some classes of building operatives have
increased tenfold—has naturally led not a
few architects to devote attention to the
possibilities of economic construction. In
this connection interest attaches to the de-
signs of Mr. Maurice Adams, of which we
give illustrations. In the case of the
Sevenoaks bungalow, intended for a
menage without a resident servant, the
plan admits of various modifications, but ____„„„ „„„„„„„

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economy both in construction and upkeep byJ helweg moller

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