Word: breezeways
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...roof shelter, then skillfully combined the whole series of circles and rectangles into a floor plan that he hoped would not only be practical but also allow for the whims of the owners. At the center is a circular living-dining area with fireplace. Two screened patios provide a breezeway; the corner bedrooms can be isolated by sliding glass walls and curtains or thrown open so that the house can be used to its perimeters as one free-flowing area for living and entertainment. Said the jury: "The most memorable image of all the houses we have seen...
...major in the U.S. Army Air Forces in charge of designing air-base facilities. Faced with the commission for a hotel in the tropics. Stone chose the hilltop site two miles northeast of Panama City, decided to let the rooms air-condition themselves by making each one an open breezeway with its own cantilevered balcony. When Stone told Frank Lloyd Wright he was building a hotel without corridors, without windows and without doors, the shrewd old man opined: "Ed, sounds like you've got something there." Wright was right. El Panama (now the El Panama Hilton...
Joint Enterprise. Linda Mar's is no ordinary public school. Five weeks ago, it was no more than another valley lot. Now the Oddstad School stood ready for its pupils: an odd combination of eleven standard one-story houses linked by a breezeway, with interiors converted into light, airy classrooms, the kitchen in one serving as a teachers' lunchroom. Last week there was work yet to be done; carpenters were still nailing on roof shingles; there was no electricity; the kindergarten's blocks had not arrived. But months ahead of schedule, Linda Mar's children...
...opening day last week, stocky Builder Oddstad watched the children streaming into his school with obvious delight. "This is the thing to do," said he. "It's up to builders to take the initiative." Near by, under the school's breezeway, Mrs. Robert Blomberg finally broke away from her weeping five-year-old daughter Kathlene. Said Mrs. Blomberg: "She's been dreaming of nothing but school for weeks. Now all she can say is, 'I want to go home.' " An hour later, tears dry, Kathlene was happily drawing her first picture in kindergarten. An unorthodox...
...doors. Inside, Noyes put a central core with heating plant, bathroom, kitchenette and storage closet, divided the remaining space into a roomy living-dining area on one side, two bedrooms on the other. For large families, says Noyes, "you can just blow another bubble and connect it with a breezeway...