A new development in industrial construction has just been used for the first time in Canada in a building put up by one of the large tobacco companies, This is the use of glass blocks instead of windows, Together with provision for alr= conditioned ventilation, There are a number of advantage claimed for this architectural scheme, 'The cost of construction is said to be lower, as there are no expensive window frames to provide for. Thi bricks are laid much the same as would be ordinary bricks, although a special cement has to be' used. Then the lighting is equalized, for as. light passes through the blocks it Jdiffused, and glare is reduced. The advantages of air-conditioning in the Interior of such a building need hardly be stressed; particularly where the handling and packaging of tobacco is concerned, controlled temperature and humidity are much to be desired,
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