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  2. Early glassmaking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Glass was not pressed in the United States until the 1820s. [8] Until the 20th century, window glass production involved blowing a cylinder and flattening it. [ 9 ] Two major methods to make window glass, the crown method and the cylinder method , were used until the process was changed much later in the 1920s. [ 10 ]

  3. Glass House - Wikipedia

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    Glass House. The Glass House (or Johnson house) is a historic house museum on Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan, Connecticut, built in 1948–49. It was designed by architect Philip Johnson as his own residence. The New York Times has called the Glass House his "signature work".

  4. Settlement and community houses in the United States

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    Hull House, Chicago. Settlement and community houses in the United States were a vital part of the settlement movement, a progressive social movement that began in the mid-19th century in London with the intention of improving the quality of life in poor urban areas through education initiatives, food and shelter provisions, and assimilation and naturalization assistance.

  5. Antebellum architecture - Wikipedia

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    Barrington Hall is one classic example of an antebellum home.. Antebellum architecture (from Antebellum South, Latin for "pre-war") is the neoclassical architectural style characteristic of the 19th-century Southern United States, especially the Deep South, from after the birth of the United States with the American Revolution, to the start of the American Civil War. [1]

  6. People in Glass Houseboats: A Wave of the Future? - AOL

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    When San Francisco designer Joanna Borek-Clement thinks about futuristic homes, she's not thinking about moon pods or docking stations in space, but about the local marina. Borek-Clement has come ...

  7. Modern architecture - Wikipedia

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    Modern architecture emerged at the end of the 19th century from revolutions in technology, engineering, and building materials, and from a desire to break away from historical architectural styles and invent something that was purely functional and new. The revolution in materials came first, with the use of cast iron, drywall, plate glass, and ...

  8. Architectural glass - Wikipedia

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    Architectural glass. A building in Canterbury, England, which displays its long history in different building styles and glazing of every century from the 16th to the 20th included. Architectural glass is glass that is used as a building material.

  9. History of glass - Wikipedia

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    Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The history of glass-making dates back to at least 3,600 years ago in Mesopotamia. However, most writers claim that they may have been producing copies of glass objects from Egypt. [1] Other archaeological evidence suggests that the first true glass was made ...