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Mogczine Builds Wood Reseqrch Home in Bellevue, Woshington

The wood research home designed by Seattle Architect Paul Hayden Kirk, FAIA, in Bellevue, Washington, will introduce a wholly new method of component construction for wood, according to Edith Brazwell Evans, editor-in-chief of Living For Young Homemakers and chairman of the Basic Materials Research and Desigrl committee which is sponsoring the home.

Planned as a method for decreasing'the cost of moderate-cost home construction, and at the same time allowing for the individual planning which many young families have not been able to afford until now, the new system makes use of factory manufactured components which can be assembled on the building site exactly to suit the needs and tastes of prospective purchasers.

Stressed floor panels, factory- or job-built in the home's basic module, are desigred to be supported on g:lued, laminate columns; thus greatly reducing the cost of the foundation and landscaping and allowing homeowners to place their homes almost exacily as they choose.

Siding and interior wall surfacing for the construction panels is made of a new product trade-named Nu-Lock and developed by the \ileyerhaeuser Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, a cosponsor of the Research and Desigrr prog'ram in wood and a member of the Basic Materials Research and Desig:n Committee. NuLock is made of solid /a", knot-free strips of wood, glued on all four sides into a continuous panel to suit the home plan.

Also sponsoring the program is the Andersen Corporation of Bayport, Minnesota, with whom Mr. Kirk has worked to develop a new method window placement. Standard wood-framed windows manufactured by Andersen are used in banks to create window panels which, alternating with the wood panels, are a design feature of the home.

A striking feature of the home is the use of new wood products, many of which were developed at the suggestion of Mr. Kirk, during the research phase of his work for the committee. Floors, for instance, are "tiled" with compressed blocks of wood chips which can be used in patterns for a parquet efrect which retain all of the character and color of wood. Decks are covered with especially designed compressed particle board panels, systematical- ly drilled to allow uniform drainage.

Finishes used through the home are ',natural', ones, designed to protect the wood without disguising its basic character. The exterior of the home has a subdued gTeenish tone, almost ,,protective coloration" for its wooded site.

"fn exploiting the full character of wood, Mr. Kirk has sought for a 'natural' architectural expression which makes the home a part of its landscape, instead of a landmark,', Mrs. Evans explains.

The wood research home is the second of six homes to be built in a nation-wide research and home building program undertaken by the Basic Materials Research and Desigrr progTam. Other basic materials being researched by the committee include glass products, structural clay products, aluminum products and Portland cement products.

Dqve Hill Joins Mullin Lumber Co.

Dave Hill, formerly with the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. as a field man, has joined the Mullin Lumber Company, Los Angeles, as sales manager, announces Orrie W. Hamilton, SCRLA executive vice-president.