Sexy Glass Block

1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-3-0356-3138-8
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 120 mm x 190 mm

Glass blocks have long been part of the architectural vocabulary, yet in recent decades architects and designers have reimagined their potential in striking new ways. This book, based in the instagram collection sexyglassblock, explores the renewed use of glass blocks in contemporary architecture, focusing on projects from the 2000s to today. After a concise overview of the material’s history and development, it presents a curated selection of international works that demonstrate how glass blocks shape space, modulate light, provide privacy, define boundaries, and enrich architectural expression. Across a wide range of scales, contexts, and building types, the book highlights the versatility of a material that is both familiar and constantly reinvented, revealing how contemporary architecture is giving glass blocks new relevance and meaning.

• Luminous, spacious, transparent, serene, ethereal
• Best Glass Block Architecture Projects from 2000s to today
• 25 global projects

Autoren/Hrsg.

Happel, Abigail

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Design: Einzelne Designer
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gestaltung, Darstellung, Bautechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architekten & Architekturbüros
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Innenarchitektur, Architekturdesign
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Möbel (Kunst, Design)

Über Autor(innen)

Abby Happel is an architectural designer, marketing professional, and emerging author whose work connects architecture, communication, and digital media. With experience at leading design firms and a Master of Architecture from UC Berkeley, she brings a fresh, informed perspective to contemporary architecture and design culture.