. Houses for town or country. andsome houses aresituated are broad and well-shaded and admirablyadapted to the use of automobiles—a conveyancewhich will be extremely effective in confirming theuse of this type of dwelling. Each house is a unit,and is generally surrounded by sufficient land toenable the architect to enhance his design by appro-priate landscape arrangements. It is possible undersuch conditions to give a personal and domestic at-mosphere to the individual house; which is justwhat is happening in the West—particularly in thelarge Middle Western cities. The design of these building
. Houses for town or country. andsome houses aresituated are broad and well-shaded and admirablyadapted to the use of automobiles—a conveyancewhich will be extremely effective in confirming theuse of this type of dwelling. Each house is a unit,and is generally surrounded by sufficient land toenable the architect to enhance his design by appro-priate landscape arrangements. It is possible undersuch conditions to give a personal and domestic at-mosphere to the individual house; which is justwhat is happening in the West—particularly in thelarge Middle Western cities. The design of these buildings is beginning to showcertain definite characteristics. The use of brick isvery general except in a few of the most expensivehouses, and in many cases even these expensivehouses are no exception to this rule. Whereverbrick is used, it is generally well used. The historicdomestic styles appropriate to brick constructionare, of course, the Georgian and Jacobean, so thatwhen it is asserted that the great majority of these 26. AMERICAN COUNTRY HOUSES
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