House and Garden 
THE HOME OF ARTURO BANDINI, ESQ., PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, SHOWING INSPIRATION FROM THE “ADOBE” 
these walls been cemented to give the appear¬ 
ance of solid construction the effect would at 
least have been pleasing, however much of a 
deception it might have been in reality. 
Other “creations” are long, rambling, many 
gabled, two-storied houses complicated in both 
plan and design, having more early English 
feeling with their half-timbered gables and 
Elizabethan details than any other—yet are 
referred to as “bungalows.” 
The roof lines of a bungalow should be as 
unbroken as possible and dormers permitted 
only for ventilation if this cannot be obtained 
in another manner. 
Still other houses, characterized as bunga¬ 
lows, are charming ones built around an inner 
court or open patio; low one-story houses with 
floors only a few inches above the grade level 
—beautiful and most admirably adapted to 
the climatic conditions of the country, but they 
are not bungalows—but the development of the 
abode of the “Hacienda,” or, the “Villino of 
Italy” into delightful modern homes in which 
simplicity of living may be indulged in, or 
where the more complicated mode of daily life 
exacted by social ambitions may be installed. 
The old Spanish or Mexican ranch houses 
were usually built around three sides of a 
square, with wide-covered brick-paved corri¬ 
dors facing the court yard. The various rooms 
and apartments all opened off from these cor¬ 
ridors and the floors were only a few inches 
above the brick paving. The dry air and earth 
made the slightest ventilation under the floor 
sufficient to prevent deterioration of the tim¬ 
bers. The roofs were generally flat but some 
DINING-ROOM IN THE HOME OF ARTURO BANDINI, ESQ. 
LIVING-ROOM IN THE HOME OF ARTURO BANDINI, ESQ. 
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