glass blocks
See-through building bricks
Glass blocks are translucent building units made of thick glass, used in walls, windows, and partitions.
They admit light while obscuring visibility, offering privacy in bathrooms, stairwells, and exterior walls: The shower was enclosed with glass blocks.
Popular in mid-century and 1980s architecture, they create a distinctive gridded, luminous effect.
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- see throughDiscern despite disguise
- natural lightIllumination from the sun
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
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