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CEMENT HOUSE SHOWING CRAFTSMAN IDEA OF HALF-TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
Published in The Craftsman, August, 1906.
EXTERIOR VIEW SHOWING STRUCTURAL USE OF TIMBERS AND THE \VAY WINDO\VS ARE BANDED TOGETHER.

A house that typifies to rather an unusual recesses or projections on the outside, the degree the Craftsman idea of con- attractiveness of the exterior depending enstruction is shown here. It is a per- tirely upon the proportions of mass and feet square in plan and is designed spacing. It is a building which should attain with the utmost simplicity. There are no bays, the maximum of durability for cement con-
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