Publication Overview
- A dramatic survey of buildings from all over the world that make use of glass to bring light into the home
- 200 stunning photographs show all aspects of the building design
- First paperback edition
Of all the materials put at architects' disposal by the furnace of the Industrial Revolution, glass can perhaps lay claim to be the most influential. Concrete and steel have certainly played their part in shaping our modern world, making possible the towering skyscrapers and soaring bridges, but somehow it is glass that captures the imagination with a sensuous quality all of its own.
Glass House follows the application of glass in the home through 40 projects: from the white modernist 'sun spans' of the 1930s, with their health-conscious objectives, through the pioneering post-war period to the precision engineered 'crystal palaces' of the present.
The intertwining strands of technical innovation, social evolution and aesthetic aspiration make Glass House a window into modern architectural thinking.
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