The sun., 1919-09-07
Good One
Can Be Built for
$5,OOO-- The Pure
Type Found Only
in India

fiat pitched, two plane roof. There Is
generally a balcony in the gable ends
and sawed out openings between ada
cent boards serve as means of decora-
tions.
The bungalows at Park Hill were
built of California redwood Their roofs
were given a slant instead of a fiat
pitch to meet the needs of the climate
They were larger than the ordinary
suburban bungalow, having ten rooms.
Bungalows which are an adaptation
Of the Adirondack bungalow or noun
tain resort cottage are approved by
Kenneth G. How OF Bates q How, S5
West Thirty ninth street. Although be
has never designed a bungalow which
was meant for permanent home, Mr..
How sees no reason why summer
camps of the type he has planned could
not be adapted for suburban use. sub.
stituting shingles or stucco for logs.
Bungalows OF more elaborate sort
are those designed by Aymar Embury I'd
at Southern Pines, s. c. Indeed they
are more modified Colonial houses than
bungalows, Although they are six room
houses they would cost from $4,000 to
$4,000 to build to-day
These bungalows depart widely from
the definition Of bungalow given in
various English architectural publca-
tions. although the bungalow house
owes its origin to British architects
The modern bungalow, as the British
architect sees it, is "a little country
| house. homely cosy, little place with
verandas, balconies, oriels and bay win
dows, while the plan is so arranged az
to insure complete comfort with a feel
ing Of rusticity and ease. " These
definitions are generally followed by the
statement that of course the bungalow
is merely designed as a summer week
end retreat.
| Pure Type Found Only In India.
The true bungalow is found on,y IN
India. although 1t Is not of native
origin. 1t Is n building, or rather a
group of buildings, erected along the
main roads Of travel by the British
Government 1t Is used as an inn. II
consists OF a large central building d.
| Vided in the middle by n hall sepArat-
| Ing large rooms. The kitchen IL in a
separate building that is reached by
covered passageway The sleeping
quarters are In separate buildings. Tho
bedrooms are arranged on one sids
along a~narrow hall. The whole group
| OF buildings forms n low rambling Wlsd
with wide verandas overhanging caves
| anu llOOlS VI SlOlt OF concrete. ll'Flo
| is never a second story in the real
| bungalow and there are never any
dormer windows TO break the long roof
| planes that seem to come down, pat cu-
larry at corners, nearly TO the ground
! When the bungalow was trauspiJutcd
TO England it was modified tu III lie
cooler climate. II was there that tae
second story and d6rmer windows were
added.
The first bungalows in America wers
ramshacltle, although picturcsulo affairs.
They We're loosely constructed aul rus
tic In the extreme. They were suited
only for warm climates or for summer
| cottages
California was the first part OF no
! country TO realize the possihtliHr- Of
the bungalow. The Spanish mission
type or architecture combined rffec-
| lively with the true bungalow type md
the patio house of Southern california
was the result
The Colonial bungalow may q. ..u'i
the only distinctive ror-Cal'H
bungalow in America, discOuuuuE 80
Adirondack lodge, which has unt as1
copied largely for permaucu. ne
II lis an adaptation of the sul ast
homes of New England and is su r-s-
tul because of the low, rambling s.1l3St
bungalow lines of the original