PART II 



THE ESTATE 



The estate as expressing the owner's desires — Physical elements of the 

 ESTATE — The house — EflFect of interior arrangements on house form — House 

 form as affected by choice of style — Location and orientation of house — The 

 house terrace — The forecourt — The garden as a unit of the estate 



— Pleasure buildings — House service areas — Estate service buildings 

 AND AREAS — The grecnhousc — Reserve and vegetable gardens — Tennis courts 

 and areas for other recreations — The open lawn — Tree-shaded areas 



— Natural character units — Access — Approach roads — Paths — The 

 DESIGN of the WHOLE ESTATE — Choice of site for an estate — Apportionment 

 of estate area into the units required. 



In developing a piece of land for his home in the suburbs or in the The Estate 

 country, a man expects the property to satisfy certain fairly definite ^/" q^I^^^J^^ 

 desires. Often he has been a city dweller, who has been looking Desires 

 forward through half a lifetime to this fruition of his work and Increas- 

 ing prosperity. For him commonly his out-of-town property represents 

 ease, leisure, space, outdoor beauty, — something to be paid for and 

 enjoyed, but seldom something which itself produces any considerable 

 income. 



Often, whether country bred or city bred, the landowner intends to 

 use his property wholly or dominantly as a source of revenue. This 

 commonly entails the use of a considerable area of land, if the ordinary 

 agricultural operations are to be carried on at a profit. But some part 

 of the whole area must be set aside for comfortable and civilized living, 

 and in every part enjoyment may be a by-product if not the end pri- 

 marily sought. As landscape architects, we are more directly in- 

 terested in those considerations, economic and esthetic, which concern 

 the pleasant living of the owner, rather than in those relating to the 

 earning capacity of his land. But though there is more scope for the 

 designer's fancy in those estates whose owners can afford to seek en- 



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