1. Gla
María Virginia Millán & Elisa Rendo
ss

2. Definition
Production
History
Types and Uses
Advantages and
Disadvantages
References

3. Defini
tion
Glass is a rigid material
typically brittle and
transparent used in
architecture to
connect places, lets
light pass and gives a
aesthetical look.

4. how is it
produced?

5. Man-made glass
Glaze on ceramic
History vessels
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Early times Glass vessels
6000 BC
3000 BC 1500BC
Stone Age
Natural glass
Fulgurites
Obsidian

6. Rome Easier, faster, cheaper
Blowing glass
Transparent
Painting and gilding
Different colors
Designs in high relief
1400 -1200 BC 30 BC
Greece
Architectural
details

7. Cristallo glass
Lacework patterns
Colorless, thin and
variety of shapes
Middle Age Venice, Roman Empire
1100 AC 1200 AC
Stained glass
Colored pieces
Windows
Patterns or images

8. Lead oxide
Optical instruments
Lead glass
1500 AC 1600 AC
Northern Europe
Factories
establishment

9. High walls and glass
roofs
Office buildings
Glass as a structure
Dematerialization
Modern times
1800 AC 1900 AC - Nowadays
Use in
big-scale-architecture
Large sheets
Walls of glass
Iron introduction

10. How many types
of glass do you
know?

11. Types and
uses
of glass
“Ordinary” sheet glass Toughened (safety glass)
Float glass (plate) Laminated glass
Energy efficient glass Wired glass
Self-cleaning glass Mirror glass
Patterned (obscured glass)

12. Advantage
s
Heat retention, lighting
and energy saving
Openness
Space saving
Beautification
Decoration
Versatility
Lightweight

13. Weak at earthquakes
High maintenance
required
Costly
disadvanta Insecurity

14. Referen
ces
http://www.texasglass.com/glass_facts/history_of_Glass.htm
http://wiki.answers.com/Q Why_is_glass_used_in_architecture_and_interior_design
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/The-
History-of-Glass-in-Architecture/608542
https://lie.asignaturas.usb.ve/pluginfile.php/3
557/mod_resource/content/0/glass.pdf