Here’s Home That Gives Owner Pride
A paper feature highlights an American Institute of Architects endorsed, government backed home plan service. It outlines a practical non profit public service providing detailed blueprints and specifications through the Home Building Editor, with the US Bureau information department supporting architects.
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American Institute of Architects
Department of Commerce
United States
United States Bureau
Colonial type home dignified by spaciousness
A design from the Architects' Small House Service Bureau presents plan 6-H-7 for a six room colonial style one and a half story house. Highlights include a 14 by 22 foot living room, dining room with built in china closet, kitchen with double windows, rear porch, three bedrooms and bath on the second floor, solid brick or tile walls, west or north facing layout, and a 45 foot lot requirement.
Geometry Rules for Dutch Colonial Housing Designs
The article argues that space in houses follows geometric laws like abstract space in geometry books. Architects must plan multiple spatial possibilities, considering three dimensions and potential fourth dimensions. It warns against demanding full width bedrooms in gambrel roofed Dutch Colonial homes, attributing such flaws to geometry rather than the architect.
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