HOUSES OF GLASS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 771, 18 September 1929, Page 14

HOUSES OF GLASS

STRANGE DWELLINGS FOR NEXT GENERATION Houses built entirely of glass are j horrors that may have to he faced by the next generation, according to a i recent number of the British Archi- j tects’ Journal. The -walls of the new glass house s will apparently have some resernb- ■ lance to a Thermos flask, as they will be made of double thickness of glass j with a vacuum cavity between. Loss J of heat through the walls in cold j weather will be compensated by elec- ! trie heating. All the furniture will, j like that 'of a ship, be attached to j walls and floors. This latest result of modern ingenuity will make buying a : house an easy matter. since glass houses will be made in so simple a torm that “the whole outfit will probably be supplied from manufacturers’ stock on the day following receipt of j order and cheque.” Even a glass house may have its ; merits for. as the Architects' Journal | points out. although the perfect i “stained-glass” house will probably be ! speedily evolved, “as a material glass i will not easily adapt itself to the | Tudor style of dwelling.” j And. moreover, there is always the I hope that freight charges will defer j the coming of the glass house to New | Zealand until the indefinite distant I future