A photographic print of Housing, Post War, Houses - Ministry of Works - Experimental Types

2-DAY HOUSE BUILT By R. GORDON CUMMINGS NUMBER EIGHT in the range of pre-fabricated bungalows is now going up. It is the Orlit. Soon after daybreak yesterday work began on the Ministry of Works secret site behind the Tate Gallery. By 1.30 p.m. the framework was up and everything set to put on the asbestos roof and fill in the walls. It will be finished some time to-day. When I saw the skeleton yesterday riveters and drills were clattering away. At the far end of the secret "pen" finishing touches were being put to the Phoenix, design of the "Mulberry" men. In between were two other models still on the secret list - the Spooner and Universal. 25,000 A Year Over the other side of a high wooden fence people were inspecting the original models, the Arcon, Tarran, Uni-Seco and Portal Mark II. Framework of the Orlit is steel with concrete posts and steel roof stanchions. Walls are made from foam slag inside and stone-faced concrete slabs outside. Captain C. Ramsden, managing director of Orlit, Ltd., told me that production can begin in a very short time. "I have offered to turn out 25,000 in 12 months," he said. Late last night lights were burning in a big office suite in Victoria. The "Mulberry" men were making last-minute changes in the Phoenix, which the Government has just adopted.