TWO-COLOUR HOUSES

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1934, Page 15

TWO-COLOUR HOUSES

NEW, DECORATIONS

"Tvyo;-colour nouses"' iwill probably intrigue most;, women who are keen about decorating both, tie outside and inside of. their homes- .

News .cornea from the London correspondent of "The Bost" that a .young New Zealand architect, Mi. H. J. Spenee-Sales, soon after arriving;; in England* ia carry on Ins studies, submitted a design for. an architectural competition, in connection with the development of an. estate, in. Sussex. ; He took, the first prize .'of.' £~800, and; a house built, and decorated according to his, plan ia being "erected for a "modern homes" exhibition at G-idea Park, near Bpping Forest. } ■ A particular feature o-f this' house is the two-colour exterior decoration. The idea appears to be that all one. colour produces a monotonous effect. The newtreatment "brings a:-house to life"; the arrangement is to. have all the outsiclei walls that face one- way in; one: colour, while those at right, angles wilt be in another colour. The contrasting shades—which ' may be- greens- and greys, yellows and mauves, pinks' and! browns, accentuate the "mass," an 3 make the- house more interesting. ~,TTie; idea, can be carried out in coloured' cements, at no greater cost than for an ordinary one-colour house.

Mr. Spenee-Sales, does not claim, that the> idea is original. It is accepted in Germany, and lias b,een tried out im a weekend* cottage. at Paraparaumuy which is tinted greeny, black, and..red. The colour, scheme is only one of .tike important features. o£ tne winning, plan; there . are others of excellent form, and the sueces&. of. the New Zealandec will probably interest many people: Mr. Spence-Sales thinks, that there will be a revolution in; the prices of possible houses, as much more reasonable ideas are- coming' forward. There will be no expensive- excrescences, and; variety vrilj, be obtained \>y colour. He. states that in, the. slum areas the authorities, are putting: in excellent work and good materials,, but. that dJoes aot apply, to private" enterprise, which is: erecting^ places that will* probably need "scrapping" in twenty ; years' time. ■ - . . .