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... Lee comes up with the ideas ‘to include blocks of flats in the state housing program’ where he stated that with the different sizes of incorporate flats, it can ‘accommodate families or even single people’, furthermore, ‘large social rooms’ was also included and private ‘terrace garden’ were even provided. ... With all these under the scheme and the existing of high-rise flats, he believed the housing standard in New Zealand can improve. Blocks of flats were not foreign in New Zealand and can be found in 1920 where the whole concept of the flat were ‘originated’ from British, European and North American cities with the housing “often overcrowded and unsanitary with inadequate natural light and air, unsafe structures and high rents. ...
Berhampore Flats were the first blocks of flats project to be completed by the Department of Housing Construction under the leadership of architect Francis Gordon Wilson. Built of reinforced concrete, Berhampore Flats consisted of 50 flats with a community hall on the center of the site and 11 garages were also included.
Approximate Word count = 833
Approximate Pages = 3.3
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