AN ENGINEER'S RESIDENCE
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The main entrance hall looking towards the study.
When the engineer or architect builds himself a house, he saddles himself immediately with a very severe handicap. So much more is expected of him in the design and finish of the house that the result, no matter how satisfactory when compared with the ordinary standard, is apt to prove disappointing simply because of the mental attitude with which it is viewed. In a place like Hong Kong where there are decided limitations in the range of products available, the architect is seldom able to incorporate innova- tions and improvements he would like to have included in his house and which would have provided that additional touch which would have fulfilled all expectations.
A view of the residence showing
the terracing of the garden.
In Mr. S. E. Faber's house, however, the visitor im- mediately feels the effect of the application of skill, sound judgment and good taste, and that, without the assistance of bizarre innovations and conscious striving for unusual effects. The house has a charm and cosiness that is the result of the right things being in the right places and, although the house was completed only a short time ago, there is an entire absence of any feeling of "newness”.
Of the quality of construction work, little need be said, as Mr. Faber's well-known standard of excellence is obvious in everything one sees, but the design of the building merits special mention.
In the arrangement of the ground floor, for instance, every room has been carefully planned in regard to its function and its relationship with the rest of the house. Starting with the drawing room, which is beautifully proportioned and of generous dimensions, wide sliding doors lead to the dining room with its ancillary pantry and kitchen opening onto the service yard that is contained on the north side by two of the garage walls. There is direct access from the pantry to the main hall. Off the main entrance and stairhall there is a private study to which is attached a workshop. This workshop leads into a flower room, and thence to the conservatory which opens onto the large verandah that is also the outdoor terrace for the drawing room. Thus, every room on the ground floor is separated from, yet forms part of, the entire planning.
GARAGE
HALI
DEARING pow
VERANDAH
STUDY
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Left Ground floor plan and
(Above) First floor plan.
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