Mr. and Mrs. Breuer visit the property of Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins

Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins invited a young couple interested in building to spend a day in their new house. They discovered the good points of this house, its comfort, its easy operation. The young couple was certain a modern house would be stiff as a theater lobby and just as impersonal. When they saw it, they were delighted with its warmth and airiness, surprised by the feeling of ample space on the inside even though the house is actually not large. 

Mr. Breuer says there are four devices which make any room seem larger: 

1) Horizontal window openings which extend interior space to air, sky, deck or garden. 

2) Elimination of unnecessary doors and partitions which cut up space. (In this house, the living room and dining room are separated only by the central fireplace, and even that is open on two sides.) 

3) Interior planes extended to the outdoors carry the eye beyond the enclosed area. 

4) Simple, continuous elements give an impression of greater sweep-one bookcase wall instead of a scattering throughout the room; one large window in place of many little ones.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | Augsut 1947