| Show CURVES INCREASE HOME BUIlDING COST Architect Explains Vf Ways ays of I Lessening Expenditures and Improving Design S Whether r you are building a a. bung bungalow l low w. w c cottage or large l. two story home there Is econom economy in compactness s Few people realize that turning corners costs costs mane money and that every projection from the main wall ox on a home homr represents a L greats great In Increase In crease In cost than is at first s says s 's Arthur C. C Clausen in the Omaha World Herald When projecting a n wing out from th the tho j SIde fide of a house houe one not lIot only adds tho the expense of ot the additional material and tho the ordinary ordinal labor lubor required to put in that certain amount of material but there l lit is a Waste of material and labor r In cut cut- cutI tin ting Ung and fitting around the corners corner especially es os es- If the tho projection Is In the form of or a a. by bay window There Is also a considerable consid consid- erable crable extra amount of or material and labor used in fn the tho roof for th the shaping of hips and valleys 8 not only requiring more labor and waste of ot material in the roof rafter and straight roof work but the additional nips hips and valleys must be tle e very ery carefully hinds to keep out the tho w weather successfully success success- fully and work requiring special caro care requires res extra time which means extra exp n a Curves Cunes on any an part rt of a building whether in the form fOrD of a 11 pa bayS bay tower or cUr e curved j parts to porches are also bO Ver very iery expensive o Most of the tha millwork both Inside arid and out Hit to such curves especially If tho hey thoy are arc c of oC small radius lisa hat to be shaped by tho various ou different processes of or the mill and bro brought to to the building exactly to fit It Sometimes an nn exact fit tit It not hot made mado th the first time and certain parts of ot the tIle have havo to be mado made over o The glass Jn In window widow on curves Is ver very exp expensive e and alto altogether anything any any- thing with curves cunos in homo home building proves pro a luxury which few con afford und and which all 1411 11 can dispense o with and save Bavo the tue moue mou money to USe lUle to a better bolter advantage o Should Govern When a man can an afford to start out and build a home which will meet hi Ideas Uleas in every respect regardless of or what It ii l may cost there Is no objection to h how nan many wings ving projections bays bas orioles s. towers and th the curves that he ma may use 1 the they are arc designed In h harmony with the entire exterior The Tho average e man however howe can little afford to pay for tor many things not absolutely necessary to his pleasure and comfort In the thc building of or a U home homo nn and l It is therefore best foi 01 him to ke keep p It a as aN simple as possible hlo anil bl bo contented with two ba windows o as 08 a relief r to what ll might o otherwise bo be a plain cx exterior trIo r The Tue rectangular 1 house or what we t Often term as a square house whether square or 1 not hot hn has the tho leapt leal number of corners and the vist number of hr breaks In th the roof This applies to bungalows as al well UK K two story o Is n not t a plea to mako make building bald plain plIa and still in appearance appeal but not to n mako then them cx- cx p mh oi J nol not nota a a bit hit more attractive by the tlc addition of or too many hays bays orioles s to turrets and ami other things to commonly seen i on 0 houses houKes bult built out proper guidance It Is IP the common experience nce of most architects that clients when bringing their first tentative C au At a basis on which the architect Is to nape tip up th the house hous that will b heft suit theIr tutu and lind nd net needs s 's tho they thoy find rind upon the sketch all the little twists mid and turns turn to be found In the neighborhood In Iri which tho the man lives Il who Is' Is There ar arf arc many things thing which appear well on certain houses but which would n nat t. t appear well It If not similarly lo lo- lo rated atM on other houses houses- e especially when hen overdone overdone- Should Limit Dormers A r very common mistake in the thi designIng design design- In big Ing of homeM hollIes la ill either too many man or op too to largo large dormers upon th tin tin- root roof All 11 roofs c ceN thosa of ot t tb te 1 low lo gambrel roofed cottage type should have dormers upon th to relieve the monotony slId and give a finished appearance appt The Tue dormers should not bo be fo so closely built and In such num num- bers hers as to 10 tat sUggest a niU In hous houses upon the roof n neither should single sin sin- gle ide Ie dormers dormen be built of or such size as s to su suggest a 11 small house on top of a II house There is 1 a certain proportion for tor which rules cannot bo be laid down since It varies according to th th st style lc and size sizo of ot each home When properly designed and located dormers dormer add odd con ld er bly to tho the attractiveness of ot the ex ex cx- tenor as as' as aswell well as IU adding light and ond air tp to the attic but when they are poorly designed designed de de- de signed or or as is often otten tho the case not de designed de- de signed at all aU allbut but left to the crude taste of ot some BOrne carpenter who may be ba a good workman but no artist t the tha o. o entire ap ap- prance of a home from an attractive standpoint Is III often ruined In the tile southern parts where the climate is 15 warm building compactly has no et ef- feet upon the tho heating but butt butIn in northern climates where the cost of ot fuel is Quito quite an Item of expense each year the saving In the fuel bill by building compactly is s considerable l |
