The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27
To Hold COMPETE
ton for Draughts.
men in Hope Of
DevelopingB ter
Types of DWELL
ings for Commu.
mites Near New
York

Of it's second Country Home Competi.
ton THE SUN extends to all architec.
,ural draughtsmen and to students Of
schools Of architecture in this part Of
4 the country an invitation to help
toward the betterment Of home CON-.
munities IN the suburbs Of New York.
The programme calls for designs and
floor plans for a dwelling that a be
erected for a sum not to exceed $4,000.
and for the four best solutions Of the
woblem as decided by a competent
jury Of practising architects THE Sun
will award prizes totalling $500.
A dwelling Of comparatively low
cost has been selected for the purposes
Of this competition because 1t repre-.
scnis "a building of most popular cost
and a type to which practically no
attention has beer paid by those upon
whom the duty rests Of developing the
suburbs Of New York. Architects. de-
velopers and builders have worked out
most attractive types Of homes for
hose who can AFFORD luxurious places.
hut they have had little time to devote
to the needs Of the ordinary mortal
who when ne has spent. say. $500 on
his completed residence has done
about all he can afford to do.
Solution of the home problem of
the multitudes is n OF the tasks that
,Ofront the coming generation Of
architects. on them devolves the re-
ment and design Of the thousands of
homes that will he erected during the
neNt twenty years in the great sec
tons that have been opened recently
to settlement. Just as architects of
,he present day have given character
and attractivenese to the more expen-
sive districts. 81 the younger genera
ton viii he called upon TO place COM
munit!es where people Of moderate
WtdUS WILL I'VE OIi II UdSlS w sltItiioS
sections in other cities.
To provide homes that are at once
attractive, we'll built and low priced
= the greatest problem that developers
heyc on their hands to-day. Even the
man who can spend but little on his
home construction has ideas Of COM
frt and convenience coup.ed with
architectural necessities which make
\ II impossible FOR him to go to the old
time country builder for his home.
THAT worthy, the s"archi;ect end
builder" no longer finds II possible IL
create 9 community OF homes from u
\. single stock plan. giving variety 10 his
settlement merely by painting one
hoasr gray. another white and another
yellow To-day buyers Of homes al
ready butt take no interest n a com.
uun.ty unless it possesses architec-
rural attractivrness and we'll arranged
houses. ami when it comes 10 putting
W his own home the average low
rr.c,l house builder demands just as
\ good arrangement and architecture
Lines ae the Inan who might spend ter
times as much.
Most men who build houses that
eos $4,000 to erect canno afford. OF
course, TO pay such architectural fees
AZ would he charged on an operation
OF that sort. such a man will buy al
The periodicals that tell of house build
irg, from which he will take a Of
suggestions to which he will couple
y his W desires. All these ideas and
suggestions he viii carry to ar
architect. to whom he will say that III
wants them all in n dwelling to cos,
not more than $4,000.
The result in every case is one OF
three things. The architect at once
blasts the prospective builders hopes
snl sends him away dissatisfied, In
which case the builder will go to some
II reputable designer. who will
pgom.sr him everything he wants a,
u stated price and then will load
Inn down with extr,, charges. TIT
t'ird result may be that the dwelling
!s finally built shorn Of most Of 1t,
Attractive features. @ dissatisfaction e
tc wne for all time.
even in the best communities Of
moderate priced homes where consid'
erablo money is spe~t every year tC
attract people from the cities nc ap'
y pfec.tble step has been made in thu
hettrrment Of architectural designs
In some few sections attractive plans
and cxterlors have been adapted tc
Cheaper construction. but the attemp
T. build "A house planned to cost SIS,
600 for 49, has usually resulted II
skImping here and there to the extern
that the house lacked all the charm
and individuality that the original de
s!gn"r intended II to have.
This inability to obtain proper homes
o reasonable prices has been thu
means Of keeping thousands Of fami
, Lee from hecomhg suburban residents
To-day many people find II necessar,
other 70 spend upward of $4,000 OF
\ 70 have 10 take a dwelling poorly de