34 ~- North Share News — Sunday, November 28, 1999

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March, 1962 — Canadians
will be living in circles ifa
new... housing ‘trend
unveiled here recently
lives up to the architect's
. expectations.
’. A model home, creat-
ed for'the 1962 National
Home’ Show, and intend-
d. to reflect the. show’s
- theme “New Dimensions
_in | Living,” has a com-
pletely circular living-din-
ing -and -kitchen. area,

topped. with .a domed.

architect

>. calls ‘it

“Vision ’62.”
It will be built for the

Home Show to be held in

the Coliseum, Exhibition
Grounds, Toronto,
March 30 to April 7 by
C.S. Shipp and Son Ltd.
' The Shipp company
will also build the first
version of the house to be
offered for sale, on a site
in the western Toronto
suburbs.

A scale model of the
home —was~ recently

‘unveiled to press, radio,
‘television and magazine

representatives.

In addition to the
domed, circular enter-
tainment area, there is an
arc-shaped “quiet zone”
accommodating the bed-
rooms. This is connected
to the domed section by
an enclosed bridge or
passage-way which: also
serves as the foyer and
family room.

Why circular rooms?

“It’s a rebellion,” says

architect Kohl.

“I am rebelling against
the monotony of conven-
tion, so Pm moving into
a circle.

e Living In Circles

“The circle is sheer
delight. It suggests the
cycle of life, the wedding
band, the beginning and
end, the alpha and
omega.”

A more down-
to-earth expla-
nation:

“The cir-
culation of
people within
the area. for
eating, enter-
taining aad

‘serving lends -

itself best to a
circle.”