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Film clip: government architect, state housing

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Film clip: Gordon Wilson (1940s Government Architect)

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The house plans prepared allow for much variation in design while conforming to generous standards of space and equipment. These [points to a plan] are typical state house plans: two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a sun room. This [points to another plan] has three bedrooms: the living room, the kitchen, the meal space with large windows facing into the sun.

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Film clip: government architect, state housing, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/video/government-architect, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated