Exploring materials: Glass

"The history of architecture is the history of the struggle for the window."
                                                                                               
                                                                                                          Le Corbusier

//definition
Glass is an amorphous solid material that exhibits a glass transition. Glasses are typically brittle and can be optically transparent. Glasses are used for centuries in windows, kitchen materials or decoration things. Architectural glass is a glass that is used as transparent material in the building envelope.


//production
-the raw materials( sand, potash or rather soda and lime.)
-the heat energy
-the technical conditions

                                                             diagrams of glass productions

//sound insulation
-pane weight
-pane stiffness
-pane configuration
-width of cavity
-type of gas infill

Here are some full-glass made structures;


Glass House by Carlo Santambrogio&Ennio Arosio
Milano/ Italy
                 

               




Glass House by Philip Johnson
Connecticut/ USA

Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe

Illinois/ USA

Crystal Cathedral by Philip Johnson

Philadelphia/ USA