International studio (35.1908)

Studio- Talk

Albin Muller strives to
impart a comfortable
appearance to the warming
apparatus used in German
houses, and how far he
has been successful here
may be judged to some
extent from the illustra-
tion on p. 307, which
shows the casing for the
heating apparatus at the
right hand side. The
two bedrooms illustrated
do not call for detailed
notice. In both design
and workmanship they are
excellent. The accumu-
lation of dust is prevented


BEDROOM IN POLISHED MAPLE


FOUNTAIN COURT AT HESSIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION, DARMSTADT
GENERAL DESIGN BY BAUINSPEKTOR JOST, BAD NAUHEIM. PLASTIC DECO-
RATION AND FOUNTAIN FIGURES BY H. JOBST. TERRA-COTTA WORK EXE-
CUTED BY GROSSHERZOGLICHE KERAMISCHE MANUFAKTUR, DARMSTADT
306

DESIGNED BY PROF. ALBIN MULLER
EXECUTED BY L. ALTER

as far as possible by the smooth
finish of the wood, and the
same end is furthered by the
wardrobes being built into the
walls. It need hardly be pointed
out that where inlay is used for
the decoration of furniture, a
considerable advantage results
in so far as dust accumulation
is concerned, a fact showing
that questions of design have a
greater bearing on domestic
economy and hygiene than is
generally supposed.

The workman’s cottage de-
signed by Prof. Olbrich (see
illustration on p. 308) was
briefly referred to by me when
speaking of the “ Kleinwoh-
nungs-Kolonie,” which forms
such an interesting feature of
this exhibition. The accom-
modation consists of a large
living room and a kitchen on
the ground floor and two
bedrooms, bath, etc., in the
attic storey, and there is also
cellarage. The cost of building
this cottage at the place for
which it is intended is 4,000
marks (£200). The illustra-