980 Frank C. Hill House
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This one-story split-level single-family home in the Westlake com-munity, built in 1910, was designed in the Craftsman style by Albert R. Walker and John C. Vawter for attorney and businessman Frank C. Hill. Walker later partnered with Percy A. Eisen to design landmarks such as the Oviatt Build-ing (HCM #195). This L-shaped bungalow has a low pitched gable roof with flared tips often seen in Japanese architecture. (Description from: City of Los Angeles - Office of Historic Resources)
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RI - Newport: Isaac Bell House
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The Isaac Bell House is one of the best surviving examples of shingle style architecture in the country. The house was designed by the firm of McKim, Mead and White in 1883 for Isaac Bell Jr., a wealthy cotton broker and investor. The home history includes being split up into apartments and serving as a nursing home. After passing through a succession of owners, the Isaac Bell House was purchased by the Preservation Society in 1996.
The Shingle Style was pioneered in the design of the William Watts Sherman House also located in Newport RI. This style of Victorian architecture popular in the late nineteenth century and named after the decorative shingles used on the exterior. The Isaac Bell House provides an example of this style through its unpainted wood shingles, simple window & trim details and multiple level porches. It combines elements of the English Arts and crafts philosophy with colonial American details. This home features a Japanese-inspired open floor plan and bamboo-style porch columns. Details include inglenook fireplaces, natural rattan wall coverings, wall paneling and narrow band wooden floors.
National Register #72000022 (1972)
Split Level House Type 1A (Janz Crescent, Griffith)
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This photo comes from the report 'Housing Review 1961 - 400 Series Designs' to examine and analyse thirteen houses designs by the Commonwealth Department of Works erected in Downer in 1961.
The report also includes photographs of Government housing located in other Canberra suburbs.
Split Level House Type 3 (left) & House Type 1A (Janz Crescent, Griffith)
Image by ArchivesACT
This photo comes from the report 'Housing Review 1961 - 400 Series Designs' to examine and analyse thirteen houses designs by the Commonwealth Department of Works erected in Downer in 1961.
The report also includes photographs of Government housing located in other Canberra suburbs.
Rough Model of Hut Structure
Image by Earthworm
Inspired by Deek's book I have taken his upside down A-frame idea and made it into a split level fort with Xena here showing the scale. Wouldn't you know I had to pick the most difficult design. One that he hasn't built himself so no one really knows if it will work. His version is tied to a full size deck and has buttresses, but I'm enamored of the elegance of this minimalist design.
The challenge in building this structure, besides the demands of the arduous geometry, is anchoring each set of beams. I found this footing gadget that you bury without having to pour concrete that might work. And I can also tie one side to the tree. I've also seen pictures of an upside down pyramid shaped roof deck made of bamboo that was anchored with tension wires to the ground.
I can imagine building this by myself like a giant piece of furniture maybe with one other person to help hold it up. An adobe hut would be too labor intensive so better if you have lots of people to help. Also too permanent plus it scars the land with all that digging for mud. Same with the sandbag houses. An underground house is just too much digging. And straw bale has too big a footprint. This structure would sit lightly on the site. It would be sided with plywood or scrap wood.
There is no floor space to speak of, but who needs floor space when you have a loft, a desk, enough room for a chair and plenty of storage space.
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