Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-06
ARCHITECTS FOR MODEL HOMES
STUDY PLANS WITH BUILDERS
House Campaign Considered by Selected Groups
at Get-Together Luncheon.

One of the most comprehensive for
ward steps in local building circles
took place this afternoon when the
nine architects chosen to design the
ideal homes TO be built for the demon
stration sponsored by The Star met
with the nine builders whose sites
we're chosen for the erection of these
houses
At this luncheon meeting at the
cosmos Club nine architects and nine
builders each bent on producing a
standard in the type assigned to them
gathered and spent several hours dis
GUESSING problems and ideas which will
result Ill the broader education of the
general public in respect to home
building and which will be of valuable
assistance hereafter to the builders of
Washington who are trying to make
the National Capital the most beauti-
full residential city in the world.
Those at Meeting.
Those who met to discuss the plans
governing The Stars model homes
demonstration included the general
supervisory committee. consisting of
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Raymond \. Wheeler chairman: Ru-
fus s. Lusk, secretary of the Operative
Builders Association, and Horace w.
feaSlec. chairman of the architects
advisory committee. representing the
Washington Chapter of the American
Institute Of Architects. The nine
architects commissioned to design the
various types of houses. Robert f..
BereSford. =. G. Adams. Ward Brown,
Victor Mendeleff. DeloS II. smith w.
ii. l. Fleming. G.. l.. Rodier. ]. Wilmer
Smith and Louis Justement were
present, as we'll as members of the
following firms who are to erect the
various houses: The Stambaush Con
struCtion Co, Ruby Lee Nlinar Hedges
& Middleton. L. T.. Breuninger & Sons,
W. C. and A. n Miller. w Walter
Vaughn, G. II. Small & Co. Walter
DUNCAN and the Cafritz Construc-
ton Co
These men. who will lend every eff
fort to make the projected ideal homes
of great benefit TO the city. discussed
practically every angle of the under
taking so that both the builders and
the architects would have II sound
knowledge Of the underlying purposes
or the demonstration prior to begin
ming of the preliminary sketches to be
drawn by the architects.
Not only did the two groups discuss
the questions involved collectively.
hut the architect assigned to each in
dividual project discussed the problem
of his particular type with the builder
who is to erect il.
Many Ideas Presented
4 vast number of ideas were fur
nlshed AZ the meeting. Announcement
was made by Mr.. Peaslee that a
special committee of TWO landsca pc
architects would he assigned To look
after the landscaping. Their work
will not merely he to plant shrubs and
bushes, but they will take into CON
sideration the contour OF the ground
and the entire landscape features of
the location. John II. Small. is chair
man of this committee and Miss Rose
Greedy is the other member.
A consulting architect for the en-
cheering construction features of the
houses viii be at the service of both
The builders and the architects
After the designs have been com
pleted and the builders and architects
have approved them in every detail
and the work of erecting the model
homes has begun. an interior aeeorat-