THE BUNGALOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 31, 6 February 1925, Page 11

THE BUNGALOW.

AN ELASTIC TERM. ITS OIUfJIK DEFIXKD. T1,,. following artirlc. dealing with the bungalow type of dwelling, tnk-ii from a Melbourne paper, is applicable to New Zealand. There is only a vujrue idea ■■eneiiilly of what kind of dwelling "li.uild propOl 'v he culled a l.iinpnl. w [My* the writer). Kor that matter we in Australia lieve Grayed widely from the ,-orrect names for all kind- oi duelThe Universal Villa. Kor i-xiimplP. wr cominnnly „-,. ,i,, word villa to describe any kind,,, dwelli,,., In Knglnnd small dwelling* ln.vr ■ihv-ivs been known as iottnpi-«. A ••house" i- "enenilly known Urn-it .is .i M.iisi.ntinl Inmily 11lI 'S , ' r llliUl ;l ;.,.u»v>'-»»'' ho - v " , " 1,1,al ""■''■ ;n " ""'"■ '"'l'leiv w.- lmvi! imported "villii" fiorn ~.l lv Orisiiuilly tlir iiami' bH.. 11?1 ..l 10 „ ~,,,,,iry properly. ( irem lmd an ovtcnsiv .-1.11111 ry "villa. fo-day i. word villa in Knglaml. according i.. \velHiter. is npp««-l V I" 1 -" ,n 7 ll; " 11 -tentious rural or suburban lesulenoi-, I'.Vt.Mi iihirml i" extensive tsrouiid*. - ' In A I,nrn,- I hi" 'erni is l.Uislll.V 11-ed it. 11 rmn'd ... do-rilw all sorts ~f 1,,,,,.,-----hit nuiv or may IK.t lw "prelenl n.n.." niid liave grounds no -miter than an „ v . ncl In a 40ft frOlltOJW. Tile word bungalow i- often hm-,1 wiili great impartiality. An Indian Bungalow. •]■ oive every country it- due. ihc ter m bungalow'did not ori»inar.- in \ncrica. nor are we ~,K-btod ... Amen. ;.„, architects for the Bret bungalow. The word i« uf I"' 1 " Bnti~h origin, beins "rived from the Hindu "bunslH. whiili inpnns "of Bengal." , and was originally .allied to the lightly-built onc-*toreyoJ

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