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2. Glass brick - Wikipedia

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   Glass block wall in Chicago. Glass blocks can provide light and serve as a decorative addition to an architectural structure, but hollow glass blocks are non load-bearing unless stated otherwise. Hollow glass wall blocks are manufactured as two separate halves and, while the glass is still molten, the two pieces are pressed together and annealed.

3. Architectural glass - Wikipedia

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   Glass block, also known as glass brick, is an architectural element made from glass used in areas where privacy or visual obscuration is desired while admitting light, such as underground parking garages, washrooms, and municipal swimming baths. Glass block was originally developed in the early 1900s to provide natural light in industrial ...

4. Glazing (window) - Wikipedia

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   Double-paned windows are the norm in new residential installations, as they offer substantial energy savings in comparison to single-paned glass. Each individual glass pane has poor insulation properties, with an R-value (insulation), or measure of an object's resistance to heat conduction, of 0.9. However, when two panes are placed in series ...

5. Parent blasts windows cut into South Western gender ... - AOL

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   The windows allow a view from the hallway into the gender-inclusive bathrooms at Emory Markle MS. The board president says it's for student safety. Parent blasts windows cut into South Western ...

6. Maison de Verre - Wikipedia

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   The Maison de Verre (French for House of Glass) was built from 1928 to 1932 in Paris, France. Constructed in the early modern style of architecture , the house's design emphasized three primary traits: honesty of materials, variable transparency of forms, and juxtaposition of "industrial" materials and fixtures with a more traditional style of ...

7. Atlanta’s Coolest New Hotel Has One of the City’s Best ...

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   After I freshened up, I wandered around the property, where vintage-inspired touches such as glass block windows, beamed ceilings, slat wood walls, and disco balls transported me to another (sleek ...