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World-Wide ConstructionSYDNEY. NEW ALBANY. AND NEW YORK.Sydney.This delightful home the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hinder, of Nelson Gardens- is the site of the one-time Hinder stables. It is now a spacious studio home, complete to the last wish for gracious living.The old .paved stable vard is now a courtyard with guava trees shading one end. the last reminders of the orchard of the old homestead.The studio itself is divided into two self-contained sections, used independently by the owners, for both Mr. and Mrs. Hinder are artists of international calibre.The house proper consists ot four and one-half rooms lit by floor to ceiling windows (see illustration), and a patio as big as the house.New Albany. U.S.A.Presenting the new look tn prefab rication. the T-shaped dwelling do-HOME VARIATIONS.(Top) Studio hoiiM, rebuilt (rout ihr sublet ot lh« old Hinder mansion in Sydney (CentreI New look in preUbrication is seen in this U.S. Colonial type ranch house. (Bottom) Final units in hu«e N.Y. co-oper-| ative housing development are now occupied, marking 23 years of planning and construction.pictcd in our centre illustration is Gunnison Homes Inc. (New Albany. Indiana. U.S.A.). latest contribution to prcfabrication.Up to now. Gunnisons claim, pre-fabrication has meant the concentration upon economy units turned out with little consideration for the aesthetic. But now design is becoming more important, and the new model departs from the usual rectangular shape so common with prefabs.This one features a wide, low-slung rooflinc. picture window's, overhanging caves, and oversized chimney.The 1952 models also include a full-sized porch, brcczeway, and low-cost garage.New York. U.S.A.The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America arc feeling very proud of themselves, for the final units of their vast co-operative housing development arc now' occupied.This marks the culmination of 25 years of planning and construction, and the development (see photo, bottom) now houses nearly 10,000 person4- in about 2500 units, erected at a cost of XA8.9 20,00.The Amalgamated Houses, as they are called, were started in New York's Bronx in 1926. and the units have been built without recourse to government or other aids beyond the organisation's own initiative and enterprise.The first project was completed in 1927-28. containing 318 units and 1187 rooms. New projects were added steadily in the Bronx in 1929. 1931. and in 1941. Since the war. new projects have been added almost annually.GUIDING LIGHT.One of the summer attractions in-Eastbourne (U.K.) is a visit to Beachv Head's 142ft. lighthouse, of which a birds’-evc-vicw is obtained from the top of the clitf. The task of ensuring that the 274,000 candle-power beam flashes its friendly warning in all weathers keeps the crew busy There arc four of them, of whom three are on duty at a time, working an 8-week stretch with a month ashore. The light is visible for 16 miles in good conditions, and a warning explosive is electrically fired every five minutes in fog.
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Sydney Construction
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Wed, Jul 09, 1952
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