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THf: HOUSE OF THE WEEK
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Split Level Tops In Economy
By DAVID L. BOWEN
Prospective homeowners hunt
ing for a house design that yields
maximum usable space at mini
mum cost have a vested interest
in the split level design.
Because it manages to make
completely livable nearly half the
space wasted as basement under
a ranch, anyone building a split
gets a built-in bonus. In B-55 in
the House of the Week series
this bonus is paid in the form
of a luxurious reception foyer, a
family room with lavatory, and a
garage.
Tliesc features, gained at littlr
extra cost, spell the difference
between "just another house"
and a home of distinction. Hie
most remarkable tiling about this
home of distinction is that the
area of the six rooms and bath
.on bedroom and living levels is
only 1.098 square feet. If this!
were a ranch, that would be the
entire house. Thanks to the space
bonus of the split. Architect Ru
dolph Matern gained 288 addi
tional square feet of space for
use as familv room, reception foy
er and grade level lavatory. The
single car garage is on this
same level, but not included in
the square footage total.
Other features are a "freshen
up nook" near the main bath, a
covered porch off the living room
and terrace off the dining room,
a breakfast balcony, living room
fireplace and dramatic entrance
way. Long planters, a bow window,
light overhang of the bedroom
level and pierced brick screens
give balance and interest to the
front facade. The side porch con
tributes substantially to the ap
pearance of generous width. Di
mensions of the house itself are
4U' 8" in width by 26' 3" in
depth. Side porch adds 10' to the
width.
Additional Dttoilt
Tlic imposing doublc-doored en
trance foyer is room size and has
a 7-foot bank of closets. Slate
floor, planters and the brick wall
SPLIT WITH DISTINCTION: There are only 1,098 sq; ft.
of space on bedroom and living levels of this small spilt
level, but the home has a character all Its own. Among
extending from indoors to the
outdoors add lo the luxurious im
pression. A louvered door opens to
family room through wood pon
ded wall at the rear, of the foyer.
In addition to serving as a glam
orous reception hall for guests be-'
fore they move up the wide ear-i
peted steps to. the formal living
area, the foyer acts as a central
traffic hub among garage, base
ment and family room.
An appearance of even greater
length is added to the 20-foot liv
ing room by the sliding glass
doors leading to the side porcn
From the center of the living
room a similar long sight line
extends across the dining room
to the terrace and bevend.
A kitchen breakfast balcony
overlooks the family room to form
another large open area, this one
reserved for family activities. The
strategically located kitchen
serves formal, informal and out
door dining areas with equal dis
patch. ;
All facilities for family activi
ties are focused in the rear of the
house for privacy, but with good
access to all other zones, the
lavatory off the family room has
an outside door nearby to increase
its usefulness and keep tracking
from the outside to a minimum.
Three bedrooms with ample clos
ets are "concentrated in a quiet
zone above. All can be entered
from an efficiently short hall at
the head of the stairs.
The freshen-up nook on the bed
room level a vanity top w ith lav
atory and splayed mirror walls
is an unusual extra feature for a
small home. It's intended both for
guest use and as a temper-saving
overflow, facility for the morning
rush hour.
B-5S STATISTICS
This small split- level has
1,098 sq. ft. of habitable area
on living and bedroom levels,
with an extra 288 sq. ft. of
"bonus" s d a c a on the grode
level. There are seven rooms,
with a luxuriously large re
ception foyer and l-'s baths.
Over - all width. Including
covered side porch, is 53'8".
Without the porch the house
is 43' 8" wide. Depth is
26" 3".
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GRAND FOYER: This artist's view looks from just outside the wide open double front
doors across the 8' x 10' foyer Into the family room at rear and living room up the
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Mafh Class Rescheduled, At Campus
OREGON STATE COLLEGE -
A second seven-week summer in
stiluto for 50 matheinntically gift
ed high school boys will be given
at Oregon State College this year.
It will be one of only two
three such programs sponsored in
the U.S. by tlie National Sci
ence Foundation.
' OSC held a similar experimen
tal program for SO high school
"math whizTry a year ngo with
students attending from N e v
York City, Alaska, and points be
tween. Inquiries about the pro
gram were received from 546
high school students.
Robert L. Brown of Mulin was
one of the 50 high school students
enrolled in last years institute.
High scliool sophomores and
juniors will be selected for the
institute, according to Dr. Robert
E. Gaskell, professor of matlie-'
matics, who will be in charge
again this summer. Students
picked will receive study grants
covering a part of their expenses.
OSC received a grant of $16,560
from National Science Foundation'
to conduct the special program,
which is designed to enrich live
mathematics background of the
gifted students. The scven-wcekjsignments.
course will include a taste -oi
everything" in advanced modem,
mathematics, Gaskell said, and
its application in science, engi
necring and industry.
It will cover such topics as nu
merical analysis, linear algebra.
electronic computer design and
logic, and group theory. A typical
weekly schedule will include 16
hours of math lectures and class
discussion, 6 hours of liiboratory
work, and special study periods
to allow students to do daily as-
special features are a large recreation foyer, breakfast
balcony overlooking family room, living room and dining
room terraces and the lovely exterior appearance.
living level
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FLOOR PLANS: Breakfast balcony glamorizes the kitchen-family
room area at the rear while combination of
large reception foyer, wide steps up to the living room,
fireplace, bow window and covered porch accomplish
same feat in the front of the house.
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