Before the war, modern architects cried for "houses that work." This month FORTUNE predicts that postwar houses will work with great efficiency. FORTUNE gives several facts, makes many prophecies. Facts:
> Rooms can be warmed by "radiant" heating—a carefully placed system of hot air or hot-water pipes concealed behind walls, floors and ceilings. Result: almost no drafts, less dust trouble, more even temperature. In 1929 Washington's handsome red-brick British Embassy installed one of the first radiant systems in the U.S. On party nights guests discovered they could dance longer, with less fatigue.
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