CONTENTS 



I TOMORROW'S WORLD i 



War-production techniques have created the tools 

 and equipment necessary for the manufacture of 

 startlingly new articles for civilian use after the war 

 . . . Clues to the future: Extraordinary new metals 

 that will transform cars, trains, and ships . . . Elec- 

 tronic "watchmen" . . . Fabulous plastics . . . New 

 uses for paper, wood, and glass . . . World trans- 

 portation by air . . . Private flying . . . New agri- 

 cultural techniques . . . Population shifts. 



II A CASTLE FOR EVERY MAN 1 2 



The prefabricated house . . . The War Set the Pace 

 . . . Standardization? . . . The Circular House . . . 

 Buy Your Home Rent Your Land . . . Tradition 

 Takes a Back Seat . . . Trading in Your Old Rooms 

 . . . Apartments of Tomorrow . . . Design Your 

 Own Apartment . . . Problems Ahead. 



III LITTLE MIRACLES 29 



Appliances of tomorrow . . . Modern Lighting 

 Equipment . . ."Laundering" the Air . . . Smoke- 

 less Furnaces . . . Soundproofing . . . Proper 

 Acoustics . . . Radiant Heating . . . Built-in Furni- 

 ture . . . Mass-Produced Closets . . . Small Items 

 That Mean Comfort ... A Modern Bathroom 

 . . . Refrigerator Drawers . . . The Hamby 

 "Kitchenless House." 



IV CARS OF THE 1960*8 42 



Materials used in the manufacture of war planes will 

 be used in the automobiles of the future . . . New 

 Low Prices . . . Old Ideas Die Slowly ... En- 

 gines Move Back . . . New Metals for New Motors 

 . . . Renaissance of the Diesels . . . Jeeps for the 

 Farm . . . The Plastic Car . . . New Gasoline 



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