2-Compact Comfort for The Keys .


 This cottage being built on Key Vaca will
 overlook the ocean to the southeast and will
 give its owners, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Barrows,
 the sort of simple comfort and uncomplicated
 relaxation they are seeking after a busy indus-
 trial career near Chicago. They know the Keys.
 They like the climate, the scenery, the pace
 and informality of Keys living. For their retire-
 ment home this house was deliberately de-
 signed as "beachcomber's paradise" in which
 modern comforts are merged with the practical
 whimsy of simple in some cases almost
 elemental materials and structure.
 Like its fishing-shanty inspiration, the
 structure is all-wood except for the great
 over hanging roof which has been designed as
 a standing-seam custom-fabricated membrane
 of galvanized iron sheet, coated on the outside
 with white epoxy. But all wood will be pres-
 sure-treated against insects and mildew. Floor
 will be 2x4s spiked solid over beams, set 3'-6"
 above grade and covered with heavy coco
 matting.. Creasoted posts support two beam
 bands, one at the perimeter, the other inside
 at the roof break. Roof framing is of 2x4s on
 edge, spaced 35Y" o.c. Walls are all wood
 jalousies and louvered doors to permit com-
 plete openness when desired and ventilation
 control at all times.
AUGUST, 1959


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