架构师提供的文本描述。由皮埃尔·查罗和伯纳德·毕沃埃共同设计的“玻璃之家”是早期现代建筑设计中的一个里程碑。

Text description provided by the architects. Designed by Pierre Chareau and Bernard Bijvoet, the Maison de Verre translated as “House of Glass,” is a milestone in early modern architectural design. 

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这座房子建于1932年，采用各种工业和机械装置，与传统的家居装饰风格并置，所有这些都是在透明和轻盈的外墙下进行的。

Built in 1932, the house uses various industrial and mechanical fixtures juxtaposed with a traditional style of home furnishings all under the transparency and lightness of the façade. 

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由于无法驱逐顶层的一名老年妇女，这所房子被刻在一套现有公寓的下面。因此，房子使用骨架钢结构，允许一个自由的计划和使用无所不在的轻质材料，如玻璃和玻璃块。

Unable to expel an elderly woman on the top floor, the house was engraved underneath an existing apartment. As such, the house uses skeleton frame steel construction allowing a free plan and the use of omnipresent lightweight materials, such as glass and glass block.

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这个房子的一个有趣的方面是无处不在的机械装置。在一楼是让·达尔萨斯医生的一套医疗套房。

An interesting aspect of this house is the ubiquitous mechanical fixtures. On the ground floor was a medical suite for Dr. Jean Dalsace. 

这种不寻常的循环安排是由一个旋转的屏幕解决的，它在白天对病人隐藏私人楼梯，但在夜间设置楼梯。

This unusual circulation arrangement was resolved by a rotating screen which hid the private stairs from patients during the day, but framed the stairs at night. 

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其他机械部件包括从厨房到餐厅的架空手推车，从私人客厅到卧室的楼梯，以及复杂的浴室橱柜和设备。

Other mechanical components include an overhead trolley from the kitchen to dining room, a retracting stair from the private sitting room to a bedroom, and complex bathroom cupboards and fittings.

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空间分割内部是可定制的滑动，折叠，和旋转屏幕在玻璃，板材或穿孔金属。

Spatial division inside is customizable by the use of sliding, folding, and rotating screens in glass, sheet or perforated metal.

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材料的诚实，各种形式的透明，以及“工业”材料与传统家居装饰的并置，使得梅森·德弗雷成为20世纪建筑的里程碑。

The honesty of materials, variable transparency of forms, and the juxtaposition of “industrial” materials and traditional home décor makes Maison de Verre a landmark in 20th century architecture.