WHERE THE GARDEN IS THE CENTER OF
THE HOUSE: DEVELOPMENT OF A PIC-
TURESQUE ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA: BY GODDARD M. WHITE


)EN and home have until recently been regarded
his country, at least, as having distinct identities,
even where they have been brought into close
mony with each other and linked by porches and
golas, vines and shrubs, the feeling of a separate
tence has been more or less retained. Within


             the last few years, however, this point of view has
undergone considerable revision. People are coming not only to
plan their home and grounds together, as a unified whole, but to
arrange the building and planting in such intimate relationship that
one actually does not know where the garden leaves off and the


    THE WINDSOR HOUSE WITH ITS PERGOLA ENTRANCE AND ROOF-LOGGIA: DESIGNED
BY
    MEAD AND REGAN.
house begins. They are finding that it is possible to provide, in
addition to, or in place of, the familiar veranda, terrace or balcony,
the less usual but equally delightful plant-filled patio, the sheltered
courtyard with vine-clad cloisters, the roof garden with its airy
height and refreshing view. In other words, they are beginning to
take full advantage of the opportunities for open-air living that
our warm summers offer, infusing into American dwellings something
of the architectural and garden beauty of the Orient.


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