Evening star., 1929-06-25
HOME DESIGN PRIZE
LIST TOTALs29,0[O
The Star Co-operates With
Home Owners Institute in
National Contest.

For moderate priced homes, the Wash
tngton Evening Star today .cders fur
tsier contribution to the cause OF better,
more artistic and more comfortable
home building In this area. The Wash
ington Star, IN cooperation with the
Home Owners Institute of New York
and Chicago, and Is leading newspapers
throughout the United states, is spon,
sorina the largest contest for small
homes ever developed in the building
construction field.
The $4,000 prize money, the largest
sum ever offered in such contest, will
be awarded to ~ regional and national
prize winners In the 1929 National Bet
ter Homes Architectural Competition.
The contest is open TO architects, archi-
tectural craftsmen and students. more
than 5000 of whom have been at work
on designs for several months, 1t was
explained this morning By Frederick
Vernon Murphy, prominent member of
the washington Chapter of the Amer
lean Institute of Architects and dean
of the School of Architecture of the
Catholic University Of America, who is
chairman of the Washington regional
Jury of award for the competition.
Peassae Is On Washington Jury.
Horace w. Peaslee, president of the
Washington Chapter. A. I. A., also a
member Of the washington jury OF
award. announced that full support Of
the contest has been urged by c. Her
president of the American Institute OF
Architects, following an investigation OF
the program and rules made by Arthur
Wallace Rice r. A. l. A., OF Boston, as
chairman of the national committee on
competitions of the American Institute
of Architects, who reported favorably
The complete personnel of the Wash
ington jury of awards viii be announced
within q few days.
The country has been divided into
13 regional districts. In each district
three prizes of $500 each will be award
ed, and the 80 winning plans then will
be submitted to a national jury OF
award, which will confer the first grand
prize of $1,000, the second grand prize
Of $1,000 and the third grand prize of
$500. The competition closes Sunday,
June so, at midnight.
Five states in This Region.
The washington Star will receive the
region, designated as region No. in
the national competition. which in
cludes the District of Columbia and
five States-Maryland, Delaware, Viz
ginia, West Virginia and North Caro-
Gria. At this time 143 architects, drafts
men and students have entered the
competition in the Washington region,
of whom 81 are registered from the
District of Columbia. The other en-
tries from this region are as follows:
North Carolina, 33; Virginia, 80; Mary
land, Is; West Virginia, IL, and Della
ware f.
From every State in the country en-
tries have been received at national
headquarters, In New York City, and
from Canada, Cuba, the Hawaiian Is
lands and Mexico, according to L. Por-
ter Moore, president Of Home owners
Institute. More than 5000 entries had
been received. Mr.. Moore said, which is
almost four times the number of con-
testarltS ever before entered in any ar
chitecturaI competition.
RAYMOND M. Hood. president of the
New York Architectural League and
member Of the architectural commission
for the Chicago World Fair. who Is
chairman of the national committee
for arrangements for the competition
and heads the national jury OF award,
points out In the program announce
T11ent as prepared for competitors, that
methods Of construction, architectural
treatment and general planning vary
EO0SlQCIAQly
sections of the United States, due to
Climatic conditions and the types OF
materials available for building pur-
T,cses. and II is for these reasons that
the competition is being conducted re-
gionally.
Prize Designs to Be Published.
when the prize designs have been Sc
iected IN the washington region, these
and the honorary mention designs as
selected by the washington jury OF
award viii be published IN Inc WASH
inetnn Star. A public exhibit OF all de-
sir1s submitted In the Washington
region will be arranged for in Washing
ton, with the cooperation Of the Wash
ineton Chapter of the American 1nsti-
t1te of Architects. the Home Owners
Institute and The Washington Star.
The competition program and rules
provide that a competitor may submit
one or as many designs as he desires.
All designs must come under one OF the
two following classifications:
Class A-Six principal rooms, includ-
ifr at least three bedrooms, two batn
rooms and at the option Of the de-
SiRner an additional lavatory. Tne
house design in this class shall not con-
tain over 81 900 cubic feet. to be built
on an inside lot, assuming a lot OF not
less than 40-foot frontage and not more
than so feet, and not less than 100 feet
in depth.
Glass B--Seven principal rooms. in
cluding at least four master bedrooms,
two bathrooms and ore lavatory. A
breakfast nook is desirable. The house
designed in this class shall not contain
over $1,000 cubic feet, but the designer
has the privilege of adding ZOO cubic
feet for the purpose of providing one
additional servants bedroom or 2.400
cubic feet for two servants rooms. The
frontage shall not exceed so feet and
the depth not less than 100 feet. An
inside lot must be selected also.
Must Include Two-Car Garage.
Each dwelling design must include a
two-car garage, which may be de-
tacfed, semi-attached or planned as an
integral part of the dwelling. An addi-
&annal allowance Of 5000 cubic feet is
provided If tlM garage is q part of the
0velling or 1900 cubic feet If built
separately.
A model basement, with complete
laundry and liyable room, such as q
recreation room, billiard room, radio
room, den, music room, children's play
room or workshop, must be planned.
Careful consideration will be given in
! the provision of an efficiency kitchen,
to the modern facilities for electrical
and gas service, extension telephone
service, radio and other domestic utility
systems for labor-saving and efficiency
in the home, as well as the practical
arrangement Of plumbing equipment in
bathrooms, kitchen and laundry by the
juries in awarding the prizes in the
various regions and nationally.
Endorsement Of the 1929 national bet
ter homes architectural competition has
been given by the National Association
of Real Estate Boards through its presi.
dent, Henry H. Culver of Culver City
Calf IN hisl etter of Endorsement Mr.
Culver declared that he was "eratified