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Photograph of the front of the architect's bungalow with the floor plan below.

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BED ROOM

TERRACE

BED ROOM

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DRIVERS ROOM

GARAGE

Kitcue)

PANERY

DINING

ROOM

glazed tiles while the walls of the Dapor, bath and W. C. in the servants' quarters have waterproofed coloured cement plastering to the same height.

The planning of the architect's house includes a living room and dining room in one large open sec- tion, 18'6" wide and 32 ft. long, opening onto a large covered terrace leading out to the garden beyond. Wide folding and sliding doors and a wide window cover practically the whole wall between the living room and the terrace.

To the right of the living room is a study with a separate shower and bathroom and linen cupboards which enable it to be used as a spare bedroom. To the right of this living room are two bedrooms with bath

LIVING

ROOM

PORCH

STUDY ROOM

room between, each bedroom having a double wardrobe built into the wall. The pantry and kitchen, two separate rooms

of considerable dimensions, lead directly off the din- ing room and include a box room and a store room amongst its ameni- ties. The garage is placed between the kitchen and the servants' quarters which consist of a servant's room and a driver's room, opening onto a large yard where the servants' bath, W.C. and Dapor are located.

The design of the other bungalows is roughly Z-shaped, with the dining, living room combination occupying the stem, the two or three bedrooms, as the case may be, located in one arm and the servants' quarters in the lower wing. The general design is of the usual pitched roof over the

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4" brick walls reinforced with concrete sections. In the two-bed- room types there are two bathrooms side by side between the bedrooms, one with shower instead of a built-

in bath. Ample closet space, storeroom and box rooms, as well as miscellaneous cupboards, are also provided in these buildings. The three-bedroom types have two bathrooms conveniently accessible from any bedroom.

Ancther project by the same architect, Mr. K. Berkovits, involved the construction of two 2-storeyed houses for Mr. N. H. E. Nassin on Pasir Panjang Road, the design of which illustrates his versatility. They are comparatively small houses, but as will be seen from the photograph are attractive in concep- tion and effective in embellishment. Both houses differ somewhat in planning but in each case the ground floor contains a large combined living room, dining room and study, with the kitchen, garage, and service adjuncts in the rear portion of the building, and three bedrooms on the first floor connected by a central hall and separated by two bathrooms.

As will be seen by the section of the building, the house is constructed surmounted by a pitched roof with of a light reinforced concrete frame

wide overhanging eaves which afford protection from the sun and rain and add to the architectural character of the structure.

This type of roof is characteristic of construction in Malaya. Owing to the absence of typhoons these roofs can be constructed of compar- atively light timber sections and is

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