HOUSE OF THE FUTURE

Taranaki Daily News, 4 March 1933, Page 16 (Supplement)

HOUSE OF THE FUTURE

TRANSPARENT WALLS. NO TAPS OR SINKS. Mr. G. G. Wornum, a British architect, described to the Architectural Association the house of the future, which has been designed by Mr. Buckminster Fuller, an American. The house has transparent walls, no baths or soap, pneumatic beds, cupboards and revolving shelves. There are no taps or sinks—only an air pressure hose which squirts 90 per cent air and 10 per cent water. This does away with the need for baths and soap. There are no windows. Light passes through the transparent walls and air from a cone on top of the house. Doors open by waving the hand in front of photo-electric cells. A machine con-

verts all sewage into methane gas for light and power. A house of the type can be erected anywhere regardless of drains, gas, or electric supply. There are vacuum units for cooking, and machines for washing dishes and launddry. All the machinery is fitted into an aluminium mast at the centre of the house. There is no need even for bedclothes. because the temperature of the air is controlled.