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View of the showroom from the lobby
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Another photograph of the showroom
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letters across the front of the building The building also has been fitted with of colours, the primrose is cheerful and stand out boldly in red during daylight; several kinds of flooring, electrical fittings the dark red gives depth to a room. at night, illumination from behind by and wiring. The showroom has a mosaic colour scheme has been used most suc- neon lights make the names show up in tile floor, the first floor Semastic ther- cessfully in domestic architecture, and in silhouette against a light pink background. moplastic tiles, and the second floor..
office is a an
welcome change from th Semtex vinyl tiles; all are in different usual cream, and brown or forest green. China Engineers, or their associate com- colour combinations.
In the reception room and conference panies, are agents for many types of
on the first floor are "Race" con- flooring, wall tiles, electrical fittings, The interior decoration is both colour-
and temporary chairs modern furniture, bathroom and kitchen- ful and restful. The showroom walls are
tables in bright colours. Similar furniture has been chosen for the new International Airport at Paya Lebar, Singapore.
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ware; in addition. they are electrical painted saxe blue, primrose yellow and engineers. One of the difficulties in ar- light plum. Office walls have alternate ranging the showroom was to cover this panels of grey and primrose, in an 'Opal' wide range of products and services. Sup matt finish emulsion paint, while doors The building is air-conditioned through. port was forthcoming from many of the are painted with a glossy dark red enamel. out by a Sturtevant air-conditioning plant. principals in the form of models, photo- The colours were chosen to make the The latest automatic private branch tele- graphs and samples. Ingenious metal offices look as spacious and light as pos- phone exchange switchboard has racks, based on a cube (or module) of sible; to look bright and cheery and still installed. two feet, allow for changing displays of be restful to the eyes. The soft blue-toned all types of objects.
grey is one of the most restful and cool
AND CEMENT
been
The architects were Messrs. Y. T. Leg
& Co.
NEW PLASTER and cemenT BONDING FLUID
Recently introduced to the local plaster- feature of modern practice. Painted con- PLASTAWELD if their product could be ing trade was a new plaster and cement crete or brickwork is often sufficiently true used instead of bitumen. After extensive bonding fluid. Applied very easily by to take a neat skim, but the normal bond tests, it was found that this worked quite brush ог spray gun, the manufacturers between paint and water-setting plaster is well. The bonding fluid is applied to claim that PLASTAWELD ensures a per- too weak and uncertain. PLASTAWELD the bricks and allowed to dry: the manently secure bond between all types of enables plastering to be done on all paint coloured sand is also mixed with the fluid gypsum plaster and painted work, smooth ed surfaces, on hardboard, asbestos mill- and applied to the wall. The sand holds board and on smooth concrete without perfectly and the bonding fluid acts as a further precautions.
cement or concrete, glazed bricks or tiles, metals and other non-porous surfaces.
moisture barrier.
It would appear that this product has a
Another use for this product is being When ordinary gypsum plasters are number of distinct advantages,
developed in Great Britain. There, many mixed with PLASTAWELD for filling un among which are: the elimination of the costly, houses have what is known as a pebble- small holes or cracks, there is, of course, dash finish; this consists of a light cement no need to use the very expensive wood laborious and irritating tasks of hacking
mixture applied to a brick wall with a fillers which are on the market, as these and raking-out of joints; provided it is
lot of small pebbles thrown or blown on. allowed to dry out after application,
shrink after a time. It is claimed, how- plastering may be carried out at any time A variation of this is the use of colour- ever, that any plaster mixed with it will thereafter, up to two weeks; it can be ed sands dark green, red and brown. not shrink and the small filled patches applied to damp walls with impunity; it etc. and a number of houses are being will remain firmly bonded. does not deteriorate or disintegrate with completed with this decorative finish. The time and is unaffected by temperature or old method of applying the sand was to The new plaster and cement bonding humidity.
coat the bricks with bitumen, which was fluid has a covering capacity of from Not the least benefit is the elimination being thrown on.
sticky enough to retain the sand after to 120 square yards per gallon according Apart from being cost to the suction of the surfaces being treat- of noise and dust-an immense advantage ly, this was not entirely satisfactory and ed. It is a product of J. Manger & Son when dealing with hospitals, schools and it was necessary to add another ingredient Limited, manufacturers of the world fa-
to make the sand adhere properly.
mous Mangers Sugar Soap and Quickstryp
similar institutions.
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Two very well known architects in paint removers. The local agents are
the manufacturers of Humphreys, Boyle & Co., Ltd.
The application of neat finishing coats direct to certain surfaces is an increasing England
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