The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18

oft9inatef IN intiI sAFt"o' h'N@a
meats tnprri -ni ious Substitute tor
Expensive Cottage Compact ana
Convenient Bpnions OF Architects.
The bungalow appears To- bs the purple
COW " architecture Very few New York
architects ,e.rn To nave built one. and they
would al. rather So. than huild one.
Il don't know what | should do II ]
were asked to build bungalow, one
architect s-aid To TIRE Sun reporter. but
I now have no very definite idea oi what
such building IL. know that the word
comes from India and means small
house. usually with "A matched or tiled
roof. But the original Significance Of
the word Is slight nowadays for us. ]
ut one time supposed that bungalow
had only one story. hut | soon saw pic-
lures Of them with two stories. | sup
posed 10 was "A low building stretching
over the earth. hut later saw bungalows
that looked lik. Swiss chalet. Then |
supposed they were made of wood. hut |
now hear that they are as "a matter of
fact built IN all materials. from stone to
brick. In TACT many Of the so-called
bungalows that have seen seem To be
at the remotest. first cousins 60 an ordi-
nary cottage Perhaps one story cottage
with its dominating dimensions length
and breadth rather than height IL what
a bungalow has come Ia mean"
There ara much more definite d~scrip-
tions. however. Of "A bungalow than this
architect admitted Probably the fact
that the bungalow was first built in tho
West. and in southern California has heen
produced in its beat estate. has led Eastern
architecte To be a little snobbish about II
They like 60 remain ignorant Of some
thing which II not created was at least
brought to its highest expression Of archi-
iectural style by their colleagu in the
Vest. One definition Of "A bungalow that
comes from this quarter is that the diff
ference between the inside and outside
Of such a house must be- reduced Ia u
minimum. IL will ba seen. however.
that this description applies more properly
TO bungalows built i'll a climate very
different from our own
As matter OF fact rhe bungalow seems
to be any kind OF small mex pensive villa.
most frequently of wood. IN which the
architect makes a deliberate attempt AT
picturesqueness rather than the rigidiry
OF outline that used 10 be characteristic
OF inexpensive houses
Undoubtedly the houses bNilt IN India
and other tropical countries for the Use
OF foreigners who went there and built
these modest structures TO house -hern
during their temporary stay were tn"
prototypes Of our suburban villa to-day
thar We call nv the same name our
bungalows since they migrated eastward
from California have acquired charac-
teristics which the houses they are
modelled on could never have possessed
IL was all very well for the builders of
California bungalows 10 keep in mind
the characteristics Of these habirations,
a. they were built for warm climates
The plentiful supply of shade. the neces-
ssry arrangement for the abundance OF
air and the imperative. cheapness in CON
struction could well h. kept IN mind
Apartments large but few ia number.
many doors and windows. the rather
casual arrangement OF all domestic de-
tails were almost a. appropriate to the
California home they WERE 70 those
put Up IN India. but they would never