The Washington times., 1937-03-06
Awarded Prize
In Magazine
Contest
Maritime Design Used
For Architecture
OF Bungalow

PROMINENT among Gne aTCnl
tectural plans given a Specia
award in the ninth annual small
house competition conducted by
House Beautiful, the monthly
magazine, is a design for a week
end" home.
The design, by Gardner A
Daley, of San Francisco, is now
translated into reality, since q
bungalow has been built from the
specifications at Woodside, Cal.
Commenting on the plans, House
Beautiful declared:
ut would be hard to find a
better example of the new idea
in holiday houses than this. 1t
depends not so much on its lOca.
tiOn to dictate its design and
equipment as upon the owners
desire for a weekend and guest
house to serve as q sort Of recre-
atiOnal G. H. @.
RESEMBLES SHIP
"The nautical aspect Of the
place has nothing to do with
the ocean, though the flying
bridge at the prov overlOOks the
yet unbuilt swimming pool. The
StarbOard side Ito preserve the
salt flavor for another minute)
OverlOOks the tennis court, both
from the wide promenade and
the sun deck above it.
I'm particular, the place Sug-
geStS the utmost in comfort and
pleasant ease, with a SmartneSS
characteristic of this alert age.
"The construction is interest
ing, in many ways novel, and
will be taken up in due course.
1t is the plan which stands out
as particularly notable. The
living room. for so compact a
house, is huge, with an added
feeling of size gained by the
semicircular bay across its end.
The same room. with q mini
mum Of struggle, serves also as
a dining room and a spare bed
room. with one built-in bed in
a spacious aIcove and another
day bed next the fireplace
ready to do double duty.
KITCHEN CONVENIENT
Zone Of the happieSt features
of the plan is found at the
kitchen end. This compact de-
parEment and the bedroom pas
sage beside it are closed off
by q panel Of three flush doors
which, when in place, leave this
end Of the living room unclut-
tered.
"Yet the bedroom door may
be opened without disturbing
the kitchen panels and the
kitchen panels without disturb
ing the other. A nice trick,
you will agree, for a single door
opening.
"Most Of the furniture which
does not need to be moved is
built-in, as is all the storage
equipment. This factor makes
It lust so much easier to start
and stop the operation Of the
house. And by way of prOvid-
ing access to the bath from
both bedroom and living room
with a minimum Of intrusion
upon either, a nice arrange
ment of corridor and doors is
provided, as witness the floor
plan.
WOOD FRAME USED
"An unusual method of light
ing the small dressing room be-
tween bedroom and bath is the
use of glass bricks set into the
ceiling in q channeled iron
frame. These are flush with
the deck above and in no way
break up the usable surface OF
the roof.
"The house is of wood frame,
with diagonal wood sheathing
and horizontal boards of re-
sawn redwood on building paper
outside that. The interior walls
are Of three-quarter-inch inSu.
lating board. The windows are
of sugar pine, with inside
screens. Brown jaSpe linOleum
is laid over One-quarter-inch
semi-hard quarter-bOard for the
floors. The roof is Of asphalt
composition, covered with min
eral surfacing and laid over one
uuarter.inch board on the jOiSts.
Below these are quilt inSula-
tiOn and the finish material Of
the walls.
"In the kitchenette and bath,
a novel procedure has been fol-
lowed. Studs were spaced two
feet on centerS and hard board
in fOur-fOOt panels was ce-
mented with butt joints to mar
row strips of the same mate
rial"