Architect: JEROME WOOD, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK FEATURES: Modified ranch design, three bedrooms . . . Interesting exterior combines horizontal and vertical siding . . . Natural fireplace . . . Breakfast space in kitchen . . . Disappearing stairway to attic storage. Breezeway can be finished as playroom.
Architect: ROBERT ELKINGTON, A.I.A.; PAT EICKMEIER, A.I.T., ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
FEATURES: This two-story four-bedroom house is contemporary design at its best . . . Planned especially for terraced or below-street-level lot . . . Entire rear wall of first floor is series of glass-panel doors, providing exceptional view, light, and ventilation ... All bedrooms have window-wall, shaded by wide overhang of roof and extended sidewalls . . . Twin baths on second floor, lavatory on first . . . Natural fireplace.
Architect: ARTHUR POSTREGNA, A.I.A., CHICAGO, ILL.
Features: Attractive three-bedroom home with compact, efficient room arrangement . . . Folding partition between living room and kitchen provides expansible dining area . . . Sheltered side entrance. Plan without basement has storage room in garage.
Architect: W. H. YAHN, PORTLAND, OREGON
FEATURES: Well-planned two-bedroom home . . . Brick chimney and planting boxes accent distinctive design of front entry . . . Natural fireplace . . . In Plan 2, without basement, note added inside storage space and tool room at rear of carport.
Architect: HOWARD IRWIN, A.I.A., EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
FEATURES: Distinctive ranch design, with kitchen in front and spacious living-dining room overlooking gar-den . . . Bedrooms are unusually large . . . Multi-use room, separated from living room by folding parttion, can be used as third bedroom, den, or TV room . . . Natural fireplace . . . Extra lavatory . . . Efficient U-shaped kitchen with snack bar . . . Note Plan 2, without basement, has large storage closet off breezeway.
Architect: EDWARD MARKS, A.I.A., SKOKIE, ILLINOIS
FEATURES: New tri-level design, unusually attractive and practical . . . Living-dining area, kitchen and powder room on ground floor level . . . Three bedrooms and bath on upper level . . . Garage, space for utilities and laundry, storage, and room for recreation, TV, or den on lower level . . . Note twin closets in entry hall, broom closet adjacent to kitchen, and large linen storage . . . Natural fireplace.
Architect: G. MILTON SMALL, A.I.A., RALEIGH, N.C.
In designing this strikingly attractive ranch-style home, the architect had in mind the family that enjoys the out-doors — from both inside and outside. The two front bedrooms have full-height windows and sliding glass door that opens to the private enclosed terrace and garden. Rear window wall has sliding glass doors to master bedroom, family room and living room. The long, sweeping roof covers living area, large open porch, and two-car port, achieving beautiful overall unity and simplicity of line. The dining room can be separated from the family area by the ceiling-high sliding doors. Natural fireplace. Master bedroom has separate dressing room and its own bath. All bedrooms have wardrobe closets and built-in trays. Plans available with or without basement.
Architect: EDWARD H. FICKETT, A.I.A., LOS ANGELES, CAL.
FEATURES: Modern three-bedroom ranch plan with distinctive California charm — so attractive and well-designed that it will be a perfect home in any climate, any setting . . . Deepset, sheltered entrance, flanked by planting . . . Living-dining room has window wall overlooking garden, opens to terrace . . . Sloping ceiling throughout . . . Natural fireplace . . . Ultra-modern kitchen with built-in oven and range . . . Family room has own entrance to play area . . . Two-car garage with storage space.
Architect: EDWIN C. BRUNO, A.I.A., SKOKIE, ILLINOIS
FEATURES: Contemporary design with three bedrooms plus a multi-use room that can be used as study, TV room, nursery or sewing room . . . Folding partition between living room and dining area . . . Living room has sloping ceiling and corner fireplace . . . In plan 2, without basement, large storage closets are provided off hall and dining area.
Architect: W. H. YAHN, PORTLAND, OREGON
FEATURES: Compact, efficient modified ranch plan .. . Large chimney, extended to form planting box, and corner windows focus interest on sheltered side entrance . . . Den can be used as third bedroom . . . Master bedroom has separate lavatory . . . Living-dining area has studio type ceiling, is full width of house, has windows on three walls, is exceptionally light and well-ventilated . . . Natural fireplace . . . Snack bar in kitchen . . . Storage space in carport.
Architect: EDWARD MARKS, A.I.A., SKOKIE, ILLINOIS
FEATURES: Outstanding Western-type ranch design with unusual opportunities for adapting to specific family needs . . . Den, separated from living room by folding partition, can serve as guest bedroom; family room is excellently located for use as future bedroom, by adding wardrobe-partition, thus providing four bed-rooms, all with cross-ventilation . .. Natural fireplace . . . Extra lavatory . . . Large storage room at rear of carport.
THE great new developments of American industry for war will result in great new benefits when victory is won. And one of these will be a "miracle home" with undreamed-of comforts and conveniences for the Average American.
In it, you will enjoy livability on a scale unknown even to the wealthiest family today ! Ingenious new electrical servants .. . Manufactured weather ..."Climate-proof" engineering to safeguard comfort and health. Yet your "miracle home" will be very low in cost, thanks to revolutionary advances in design, materials and construction born of the building industry's vast war experience.
What's more, ownership of this home will be remarkably easy. For you will enjoy the fruits of financing plans that will make your home as easy to buy as an automobile. Far in the future ? Not at all ! It's so close that you can earmark your War Bonds to use as a down payment. And the more bonds you buy, the sooner this "miracle home" will be yours. It is part of the blue prints of the new and better America.
AS AMERICA DRIVES FORWARD under war's incentive, the products of our future greatness are being shaped. New wonders are coming from the men of science and industry. Revolutionary progress in medicine, plastics, transportation, communications. Housing will undergo tremendous change. Smoky slums will disappear. And out of undreamed of progress and invention will emerge your "Miracle Home" of tomorrow.
These "Miracle Homes" are not just idle dreams. They are the actual blueprints of America's future. Homes priced for millions. Providing jobs for millions. Homes worth fighting for — working for —saving for.
And you can start planning and buying this "Miracle Home" of tomorrow with the War Bonds you buy today. Vision your own "Miracle Home" of the future. Rooms that change size—doors that open automatically—walls that swing wide to the garden—a "built-in" television screen. Indoor air of "June morning" freshness. Air free of odors and impurities. Winter chill and summer heat shut out heating costs minimized by improved insulation. And a miracle kitchen where mechanical servants do the hard work.
Not a "rich man's home"—for this "Miracle Home" will be well within reach of the average family—with a world of comforts unknown even in the wealthiest homes of yesterday—produced by American industry, the free enterprise of free men!
