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Show amount of sunshine in the living rooms, or by t lie presence of trees ilutt are to be retained in the garden. The material of which the house is to be built will also influence the design, de-sign, and this will be governed in great measure by the building material that is most easily obtained in the neighborhood. He who builds in the country is not restrained by the convention wind i i j M jj Second Floor Plari Mr. Willi. ini A. Kadfon! will answer i qui. . st lona find k'ive advice Kkp;iO OK COST on ail subject:-) pertaining lo the subject of lilllldillj? I'ur tile 1'Klil.Ta of thin ij'.-r. On account of his wid:; experience expe-rience as Kdilor, Aullior and Manufacturer, Manufac-turer, he Is. u'lLhout doubt, the Idhest antliririry on all these Bubjects. Adflress f.ll inonirics lo William A. Radford, Xo. !M Klfili Avi:', Chicago. 111., and only enclose en-close two-cent stamp 'or rtply. 'I lie. most noticimblo thing in architecture archi-tecture arid building at the present time Is Ihe popular interest seen on all sides in regard to the planning and designing of houses, especially (hose In suburban and country neighborhoods. neighbor-hoods. The American "Home" has always al-ways been more than a tradition, and this home we always think of as being be-ing located in the country or in the outskirts of the old home village. At the present time we are just in the midst ot a revaval of domestic architecture, archi-tecture, especially in regard to suburban sub-urban building. The dwelling house that is at once comely and convenient seems likely lo become the typical house of rural America, and even in the towns the leaven has begun, to work. It is apt to Ijo in the country rather than the town (hat this worthier type rf domestic architecture nourishes. 7110 town house is apt lo be cramped by the narrowness of its site, by the limitations ot its outlook, by the building build-ing line and by the character of the neighboring houses. It may in itself be an excellent piece of work, but the surroundings are not favorable to it. In the country, conditions favor the firchitect, not by making his task an easy one, but by investing it with interest. in-terest. On a narrow rectangular plot, wedged in between existing houses and gardens on three sides and a roadway road-way on (he fourth,' an architect may indeed exhibit skill in minimizing the inherent defect of the site, but it is not surprising that he should feel little enthusiasm for such a task. As a matter of fact, he is seldom called call-ed upon to undertake it; still the owners and builders commonly consider con-sider that there is little call for the special skill of the architect in dealing with these commonplace city conditions. condi-tions. In the country, on the other hand, the problems of building even small rules in the towns as to placing the best rooms in the front of the house If the house faces the north he wil. probably place the principal livinn rooms at the back, so they may get ait much sunshine as possible. There is nc re-ison why the back elevation of acoun try or suburban dwelling should not be just as attractive as the front eleva tion. The style of building -which give rise to the jibe about Queen Annt: fronts and Mary Ann backs" is abso lutely without excuse in the country. The typical country house tends tc breadth rather than height. The broad and low house seems to fit dowr more comfortably on its site and helps that sense of restfulness which is so much to be desired. The accom panying design illustrates such -a resi - .i - ' ' :- . . . ' : : , ' '. ....VI .i ; houses, are so varied, so complex and 50 interesting that architectural skill :.s essential if the buildings are to be ' anything like a success. To put up souses in a beautiful country district -!rom plans prepared by an architect i who has not made a special study of j the planning and design of medium '. sized country houses would be some- thing approaching a social crime. The dence at its best. It is broad, comfortable com-fortable and inviting in appearance outwardly, and the interior arrangement arrange-ment is just what we would expect from the hospitable exterior. From the broad porch, extending clear across the front of the house, one enters en-ters a large central reception hall. The entire space to the left is given over to a living room, 13 by 23 feet in size, with an open fireplace and built-in book shelves at the far end. The homelike comfort and cheer of a room of this kind, with the entire family drawn about a crackling .fire on the hearth of a winter's night, cannot be overestimated. Opening lo the right from the central cen-tral hall is the dining room. Wide cased openings connect both living room and dining room with the central-hall, central-hall, giving an effect of spaciousness unusual in a house cf this size. The kitchen is well placed for convenient housekeeping. On the second floor four good sized bedrooms are pro. vided, besides a bathroom and linen room and an abundance of clothes closets. This is a gambrel roof house, slightly slight-ly colonial in design. It presents a dignified and attractive appearance, and at the same time is economical to build. The estimated cost of this house is $3,503. . i i - t jj ! I! First Floor Plan nwakened and increasing good sense if the building public should not allow this to occur. The designing of a suitable home ' residence lor a rural location is always al-ways an interesting problem, since Each site presents difficulties and advantages ad-vantages of its own. The design of 1 house should be governed by the nature na-ture of its site, whether on a hiiltop, du a hillside, on thu open table-hind, ' or In a valley; by the views of the j lurrounding country it is thought to Dbtain from the principal rooms, by the desire to obtain the maximum ', |