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 . by this howthe building will look when viewed is the process by which almost all architects getup their designs, which when finished often provegreat failures. To design right we design In per-spective, where the proportion, slopes of roof, heightand size of objects are changed to the person geometrical drawings are with us merely modeswhereby the workman can have a gui
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 . by this howthe building will look when viewed is the process by which almost all architects getup their designs, which when finished often provegreat failures. To design right we design In per-spective, where the proportion, slopes of roof, heightand size of objects are changed to the person geometrical drawings are with us merely modeswhereby the workman can have a guide and scale toget out his work from. As a rule this truth must beacknowledged, that if a line or geometrical drawingis beautiful, the structure when built will be ugly andall out of proportion, and without feeling, as they arenot what they appear to be. First Floor.—A, vestibule ; B, hall, lo feet wide;C, parlor, i6 by 30 feet; D, library, 15 by 18 feet;E, dining-room, 16 by 21 feet; G, china-closet; H,pantry; I, kitchen, 14 by 16 feet; J, scullery, 11 by16 feet; K, carriage-porch ; L, front porch. Second Floor.—M, chambers ; N, dressing-room ;O, hall; P, bath-room.(236) DESIGN FIKST FLOOR 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 fe
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