American homes and gardens . s stately design Mr. Knight has been fortunate inobtaining a house that partakes quite as much of this char-acter as could be expected. And in this, surely, is the chief reason for its success. Asuccessful house should not only be good to look at, but itshould be manifestly suited to the needs of its owner and tothe requirements of the environment in which it is Newport cottage can not, by its very nature, be an insig-nificant or unimportant structure. Neither, on the otherhand, need it be, as many of them are, glaringly is Mr. Knights rare go
American homes and gardens . s stately design Mr. Knight has been fortunate inobtaining a house that partakes quite as much of this char-acter as could be expected. And in this, surely, is the chief reason for its success. Asuccessful house should not only be good to look at, but itshould be manifestly suited to the needs of its owner and tothe requirements of the environment in which it is Newport cottage can not, by its very nature, be an insig-nificant or unimportant structure. Neither, on the otherhand, need it be, as many of them are, glaringly is Mr. Knights rare good fortune to have obtained ahouse of abounding architectural excellence, of real dignity,of ample size, and withal so delightfully simple and good thatit stands in a class almost alone. This is an achievement ofno small importance. It is not often so admirably achievedin a building of this size in so admirable a manner. August, 1906 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 85 Some Modern Concrete Country Houses By Francis Durando Nichols. XF. of the most important subjects amongthe building trades of the present day, andone which has aroused a pronounced in-terest in laymen as well as architects, isthe building of reinforced concrete advent of concrete in house-buildingis a matter of some moment to all classes. The chief mat-ter of concern, however, is whether the concrete house ispracticable; a glance at the houses illustrated herewith inthis series should convince the skeptical as to that concrete house has made its appearance, and it hasundoubtedly come to stay. As an economical method ofbuilding it is a remarkable success. The advantages of concrete over frame structures aremany. In the first place concrete is absolutely fireproof;in the second place it effects an economy in heating, becauseit retains warmth much better than does a frame structure;and in the third place the cost of repairs is materially les-sened, because concrete, if properly mixed and applied, isp
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