‘'For some reason the powers that be have decided that every house be different in design,” said Mr. W. Gray Young, commenting on the Government housing scheme in his presidential address to the New Zealand Institute of Architects. “This I think is definitely a mistake for two reasons,” he said. “It makes the scheme more expensive, and they are going to lose something in architectural effect. Those of us who have seen some of the housing schemes abroad know how effective a grouping of houses of the same design round a court or square can be. This is >reatly lost if each house has a different facade. The housing scheme has been rushed through to alleviate the shortage of houses, but with more time to consider the question the Housing Department, which has some excellent officers, may alter its ideas.”
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4960, 25 February 1937, Page 2
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