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30 Newbridge Pl. Fletcher House. Hall & Mackenzie

Humphrey Hall desingned this Japanese influenced home for construction company owner John Fletcher. The home was built in 1964 as an advertisement for employing the services of an architect and the quality of good construction.


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2 Responses to “30 Newbridge Pl. Fletcher House. Hall & Mackenzie”

  1. John HOPKINS Says:
    December 13th, 2015 at 4:27 pm

    As a 46-year Japan resident, I would like to know what, about this house, is ‘Japanese’–with its liberal use of white-painted concrete block. Yes, there are shôji inside, but that is just a detail. The fireplace could not be less Japanese. A MODERN Japanese house of the period would have been reinforced concrete.

  2. John HOPKINS Says:
    December 13th, 2015 at 4:29 pm

    Oh yes–the line of windows under the eaves…above the un-Japanese concrete block wall (which would be untreated cypress in traditional Japanese architecture).

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