Show SMALL GLASS HOMES MAY MIAMI FLA will the small Arne american rican home soon become an 41 sll all gla glass hou house se that was the question pondered here by more than architects home builders a and nd contractors who witnessed for the first time a demonstration revealing how structural glasso Ss large window areas and extensive use of plate glass mirrors ca in increase interior light and com ft and give illusions of spacious ness and luxury in the low cost home these homes labeled by architects builders and contractors as a new design for or living signalled signal led the start of a 1940 trend in home design which architects believe will be reflected the country over as homebuilding home building progresses they con tain two and a quarter times as much glass as the average home in their price range START NEW BUILDING TREND the large window and door openings architects say in comb combination with a use of plate glass mirrors which reflect outdoor vistas serve to effect the longtime long time goal of bringing the outdoors indoors for or the homeowner home owner among the many modern features that lead these building experts to the belief that the all glass house may soon be here are sliding glass walls which permit opening up liv ing rooms to make them one with outdoor porches wide owning awning type windows plate glass mirrors over fireplaces and on bedroom doors and decorative uses of peach tinted plate glass mirrors directionally patterned fluted glass is used in a double paned window and in single thickness for sliding glass doors for china cabinets structural glass called vitro lite lines bathroom walls |