Split Designed for Narrow Lot
FOR THOSE who have discovered most dream houses suffer sudden deflation when the dreamer trys to buy a lot wide enough for the dream, hereÛªs a design guaranteed to survive the test of size.</br></br>Even though itÛªs a split level with seven rooms and Vk. baths, the width is only 32'4". ThatÛªs narrow enough to fit on a 50-foot lot anywhere, on a 45-foot under many building codes and perhaps even on a 40-foot plot m some localities.</br></br>ÛÏWe have had more inquiries,Û says architect Lester Cohen m explaining the background of House of the Week B-51, ÛÏfor a narrow lot split with the traditional room arrangement than for any other house plan in our office."</br></br>Cohen achieved the remarkably narrow width in this split by stretching the levels deeper than usual, keeping the rooms in line, and devising an un-.usual and attractive stairway system among the four levels.</br></br>lot homes, its entrance is cen- Living area of the bedroom balcony of the bedroom sectored right m the middle of and living levels is 1290 sq. ft. tion above, the front, not set back along More bargain space (526 sq. The big recreation room on the side of the house. And by ft.) is added on the grade level, the lower level is another of emphasizing the horizontal The living room is 19x13, the extra features of B-51. It lines of the design, the archi- with the open rail overlook- can be reached either from tect has minimized the appear- ing the entry foyer making the front foyer or from the ance. of narrowness.	the room appear wider. The rear yard through sliding glass