Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-28 | Page 14 | Here's That House Built of Glass-

c 9 HERES HERE'S THAT HOUSE BUILT OF GLASS CLASS But Birt It T Takes al es More Than Stones to Break It By MARY M MARGARET T MBRIDE 4 i iThe The old adage da about people who who ho II live Jive in glass hous houses s. s was one me that had to be taken figuratively be because because because be- be cause until lately whoever heard Q of anybody really living in a glass glasshouse i house Now though it looks as asif if pretty soon nobody would live in anything else ehe Especially since since i t the te e builders have found on a way to td I combine glass and privacy For Forthe Forthe i the new glass blocks of which I h houses uses may be bem made de are translucent trans translucent l lucent cent yet yet- not transparent The blocks ar are used both inside I and outside Inside shadowed corners corners cor cor- ners are are brightened with set-in set j I mirrored background an and glass j shelving panels or pillars j Good Garden Walls 1 The rhe place ou can havethe have havethe the most fun with glass indoors j however is with the bar and recreation recreation rec rec- room The front of the bar may be made most inexpensively inexpensively j of a gl glass s block with a i wooden counter laid atop and colored lights behind the glass Because it deadens S sound glass is especially Ideal for fori recreation rooms where lots of whoopee is being raised Among the utilitarian measures J I for the housekeeper per where glass is isa a help are that tha supply lighting through gl glass ss blocks for tor laundries furnace rooms and storage storage stor star age space Besides s its use in the actual house structure gl glass s-s s is also handy outdoors outdoors' In gardens and courtyards used as u a splash wall and base for the fountain as a border for garden paths and as a fence Blocks Stand tand Big Load One advant advantage gc of a glass fence in the garden would be the fact tact that hat while e the passerby could not ot look Jook in low Jow growing plants and shrubs could continue to get light Tho The new blocks are resistant to fire and nd impervious to tho the a at attacks at- at tacks of moisture acids and vermin ver ver- min mm Glass docs does not absorb odors odor either which either which may mean mean that there will be less Jess smell of cabbage In the home when w we all live in hi crystal houses bouses Glass sounds fragile frag trag- lie ile but tests tests' made by scientists indicate that the thc blocks will stand pressure of f pounds j I l 4 I. I j i I 7 T 14 pc K I Ir ik 7 4 3 c 7 4 I L w 2 I r L y yV few y rs f 4 S 4 AU 4 I A V I I c fI 1 4 9 0 4 p m 4 Extensive use of glAss class blocks in place of windows in this Miami l Resell Bench Fla home below acm dem demonstrates the possibility ty of glass class s houses Although admitting 86 per percent percent I cent mt of the tho light the blocks do not sacrifice privacy Noto Koto how well 4 lighted lighted- the study above is iJ al although although although al- al I though the bloe blocks used in the window win window dow low are not tra transparent j ai