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Show ! The Weekly Supplement To The Rocky Mountain Review WM !- iU ' . 5 f '- 5X;J. .. tfl v2 , 1,,- xs X 1 - ' K. , r- f&f ,&.. fcj Ui $V i I I (. ! 'V , is 1 i fr ' . v v H r r 1 4 al H? fi- i fe t ' 1 f ,f ms i. p y A. $ ? & i fe - h sr && j xl, V r ' & KIMBALL HOME: BUILT AROUND ENVIROMENT by Pat Kendig Creativity is crammed into almost every square foot of the distinctive Ranch Snow Kimball home at 1062 South Fifteenth East. Each facet of the home, from its canti- levered , construction to the very furnishings of its interior conform to the interests, talents and personalities of its occupants because it 1ms been designed by andfor them. a contractor ,r Mr. Kimball, with some architectural train; for ing; was design consultant his home in collaboration with James ,W. Christopher, of Brixen and Christopher, San Francisco. The home is constructed of bleached and stained cedar wood imported from Canada and adheres to the West Coast school of architecture in feeling. IN IRIX form to conventional dimensions. die Kimball home has been built to accommodate its environment. inIt rests on sixty-fo- ot verted steel trusses and is As few of the cantilevered. existing trees and shrubs were removed as necessary. The trunk of a cottonwood tree grows a bare three feet from We were never the house. The lot is on the canyon of quite sure what relationship heart the runs through that our city's residential district. the finished product would Instead of hauling in tons m k"' (Continued on page B2) ' fill dirt to make the lot con , V ' ? Sr- - |