Thursday, November 3, 1955
BROOKINGS - 11 ARBOR PILOT — BROOKINGS, OREGON
On the platform , a f u rth e r ele-
vation also of plywood) of from
four to seven inches is topped by
a low foam ru b b er cushion to
form a divan w ithout a rm s or.
back.
Adjoining the divan is a raised
plywood su rface about level w ith
the cushion serving as an end
table. T he w hole elem en t in the
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pilot model is 12-feet square,
m ounted on a conventional fram e
which is concealed by one-inch
horizontal louvers w hich m ake th e
platform ap p ear even low er.
A nother of the "Golden Id ea s”
on display in th? trav eling show
in the in d o ’r-outdoor kitchen de
veloped by Anshen & Allen, a
team of San Francisco arch itects.
This is p a rt ot an o verall con
cept for indoor-outdoor living are a
in 1. 'ping w ith the tren d tow ard
bleeding house and landscape. In
li s p i. m, an open outdoor ce n tral
patio ..arden is closed off by glass.
A rranged around this in a “U”
shape is an indoor barbeque area,
an all-purpose space (variously a
IV room, playroom ), a k itchen
area and a b reak fast area.
The en tire concept is accented
by a five-foot high indoor stone
h u t ' pie directly ahead of the
home entrance. T he w hole idea
fort for 1955. T his program of m akes a garden settin g out of th e
golden ideas
which the tra w lin g show to ply living-dining-w orking area.
Thv best of the w estern fir ply wood m illtow ns of th? Pacific
Also am ong the "Golden Id ea s”
wood in d u stry ’s "F ifty Golden N orthw est and N orP ern C alif displayed by the show is a new
Ideas In A rch itectu re” w ill be ornia is ju st one p art is ex p ect way of using the cu rren tly w asted
shown in a d ram atically lighted ed to spark an in n >ase of 10 w ith in -u all space This design by
color exhibit in th e Golden Jub- million feet i w eek in plywood Cheat. • breaks away from th e con
i ee in d u strial show opening here
cept th a t a wall is a flat plane.
sales.
November 4th for a one-day stay.
By w tening the joist s|»ace slig h t
In th' “Golden Id?.is" a re some ly. v lume within th » w all is
I t’s a free show w ith all th e
color and d ram a of a carnival. I t brand new w ays to use fir p ly converted i n t o d irectly usable
runs from 2 p m . to 9 p.m. at the wood in home design th at a re e x sto rag e space. T he idea includes
pected to find th eir way into gen let-down shelves and flat are a s
Brookings Plywood parking lot.
eral use because of p ractility and
of glass which break th » w all into
The display of Golden Ideas will
a rtistic m erit. Those include an
'x> of p articu la r in terest to home- adaption of a Japanese house an a ttra c tiv e visual p attern . This
owners, home buyers and o th ers which alm ost elim inates th e need concept uses T ex tu re O ne-Eleven
(grooved fir plywood) to provide
' ho are in terested in things th a t
for fu rn itu re. It uses, instead, is
supports for movable shelves.
"set th e pace” in arch itectu re.
lan d platform s defining traffic
Some
of the
a rc v radical ......
and
m e 01
m e ideas m
A nother of the ideas is a d ra m
■ sibly controversial. O th ers a re t>a , ,n s 111
IJesig cd b\ Chris Choate, a atic barbeque table built around
o u tstanding n e w
co nstruction
a Jap an ese habachi cooker. T his
methods S till others a re Ideas for l o t A n-i• "s arch itect, the p la t
delightful piece of fu rn itu re is
do-it-yourself item s ranging from forms a rc incorporated in a fo u r
built of a fir plywood specialty
way
plan
containing
new
ideas
an im aginative boat bed to an un
product th a t w as first conceived
for
a
sm
all
home.
The
island
units
usual sot of tria n g lu a r tum bling
as a panel for co ncrete form s.
includ'
a
conversion
platform
sep
blocks.
These a re panels surfaced w ith a
a
ra
tin
g
seating
and
traffic
cir
The ideas in the exhibit showing
h ere are m ost d ram atic of those culation. and su b stitu tin g for an high density resin fiber which is
unveiled at the plywod in d u stry ’s entire* fu rn itu re grouping: living glass sm ooth, agate hard, tough
historic Golden Jubilee annual room fu rn itu re in th - living room, and w ear resisttan t.
O th ers of the ‘‘Golden Ideas"
m eeting in Portland. Oregon, in end bedroom fu rn itu re in th at
a re expected to stir th e im agin
elem ent of the house.
June.
The fifty ideas honor th e 50th
A platform consists of 3/4-ineh ations of designers and home ow n
an n iversary of th e w est’s fir ply plywood surface r a il 'd six inches ers <o the possibilities inherent in
wood in d u stry being celeb rated above the floor Its main section the big, easy-to-use m odular pan
w ith a year-long prom otional ef- is cowered w ith thick carpeting. els of fir plywood.
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PLYWOOD’S Golden Ideas
See
new "Golden Ideas" for
indoor-outdoor living!
See
sound-color movies on
plywood manufacture.
See
2 pm . til 9 p. m.
See
AT
colorful "menagerie" of
fir plywood circus animals.
dramatic displays
depicting plywood industry's
growth and importance.
BRCOKSNGS PLYWOOD PARKING LOT
WHICH WE ARE PROUD TO PLAY A PART
it
50 YEARS OF
S
- 1955
R PLYWOOD - A CPOV 'KG, EXPANDING
INDUSTRY IS LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
Locally, our operal.R is engaged in the
jnufacture of venesr, w 'th a peak capacity
f around 4 m i l i i c n ------------ --------
This veneer is then shipped to our mother
ant, Oregon-Washington Plywood for the
nished product.
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★ ATTEND THE FREE SHOW
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Friday, November 4th — 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.
SEE H O W P L Y W O O D IS M A D E !
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REGON - WASHINGTON
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