Hobbs's architecture: containing designs and ground plans for villas, cottages and other edifices, both suburban and rural, adapted to the United StatesWith rules for criticism, and introduction . OOR SECOND FLOOR. DESIGN CIX. SUBURBAN RESIDENCE. This suburban residence Is in the Franco-Italianstyle of architecture. Its proportions are extractedby the Ovo law of proportion, a law governing forms,character, and quantity. From a knowledge of thelaw above alluded to, there is a possibility of evolvingcombinations infinite in number, and beautiful in theirtype. We have always contended that beauty
Hobbs's architecture: containing designs and ground plans for villas, cottages and other edifices, both suburban and rural, adapted to the United StatesWith rules for criticism, and introduction . OOR SECOND FLOOR. DESIGN CIX. SUBURBAN RESIDENCE. This suburban residence Is in the Franco-Italianstyle of architecture. Its proportions are extractedby the Ovo law of proportion, a law governing forms,character, and quantity. From a knowledge of thelaw above alluded to, there is a possibility of evolvingcombinations infinite in number, and beautiful in theirtype. We have always contended that beauty is notnecessarily attendant upon high ornamentation orcostly combinations, as we see many large and costlybuildings entirely destitute of it, and many others,very simple, possessing it to a great degree. Fi7^st Floor.—V, vestibule ; H, hall, 12 feet wide ;P, parlor, 15 by 20 feet; D R, drawing-room, 15 by20 feet; D R, dining-room, 15 by 25 feet; K, kitchen,10 by 18 feet; S, study, 8 feet by 12 feet 6 inches ;C, conservatory. Second Floor.—C, chamber, 15 by 20 feet; C, cham-ber, 15 by 20 feet; C, chamber, 15 by 20 feet; D R,dressing-room, 8 by 10 feet ; B R, bath-room. (23^ DESIGN il j DR I I |fK 15 R f ^t v/ ??? » ? ti A P =§= FIRST FLOOR.
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