Glass

=GLASS= In the past glass was mainly used for windows to allow some air and light in to rooms. Today glass is used in exterior and interior architecture. There are some houses in which all of the walls are actually glass. Such high quantities of glass previously compromised other aspects such as the heating and cooling requirements. Often glass architecture would incur high heating costs in winter and cooling costs in summer. Fortunately such great progress has been made in the glass industry that we now have access a variety of different kinds of glass each with fantastic benefits. One such example is glass with spectrally-selective qualities, which allows light to stream into the house without being harmful or degenerative to occupants and their belongings.



Glass is a really elegant and sophisticated material. Glass is used in the construction of several elements of interior and exterior architecture in Caracas. In the case of interior architecture, it’s used for staircases, elevated walkways, doors and traditional walls. In the case of exterior architecture, it’s used for façades, windows, skyscrapers and other structures. We can see many glass façades delimiting important avenues like “Av. Francisco de Miranda” in Chacao. One very famous example of building with glass in Caracas is “Parque Cristal”. However I think that interior design with glass in Caracas is fine but exterior design is not because the weather of this tropical city doesn’t help. Many biologists and geographers say that “Parque Cristal” damages the park “Parque del Este”. The glass façades reflect the sunshine intensely. So, I think that exterior design with glass doesn’t operate.
 * The use of glass in architecture and urban planning in Caracas[[image:1993_alcock_pq_cristal.jpg align="left"]] **

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