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span, there is a full view of the sea approaches to Hong Kong's harbour and its area of 1.000 square feet gives ample room for all activities. It is cut off from the study and the dining room by walls pierced by steel framed opening windows set just over waist height. There is a
four-inch drop from the living room floor level to the verandah, access to which is by steel framed sliding glass doors of heavy section.
Normally in the warm weather these sliding doors and the windows to the dining room and the study
are kept open to receive the prevail-
ing winds. The draught is encourag- ed to other portions of the bungalow by means of louvre windows set high in the wall between the en- trance hall, the dining room and the study, and the doors between living room and entrance hall to drive are kept open. In this way air is always circulating through all portions of the house. When the
the wind the opposite direction the same breeze but in reverse operates.
is The main living room not separated by walls from the study on the right or from the dining room on the left. The separation is
marked to the eye and to use by the arches over the imaginary dividing lines between the three portions.
Top In the upper right wall of the ▸ study can be seen one of the ventila- ting louvres whice ensure a current of air at all times.
Bottom
Looking from the dining room through the living room, with sliding doors to the verandah on the left, into the study. The eccentric arches are plainly seen together with the varying planes of the ceiling.
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THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER-VOLUME 18, NUMBER 3
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