Skylight
Videos
A skylight is a light-permitting structure or window, usually made of transparent or translucent glass, that forms all or part of the roof space of a building for daylighting and ventilation purposes.
Skylight in the rotunda of Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro
Oculus of the Pantheon, Rome, an open skylight
Skylight in the vault in the Chapel of the Constable of the Burgos Cathedral, a glazed closed skylight from the 15th century
Solar-powered venting skylight in Southern California
Glass brick
Videos
Glass brick, also known as glass block, is an architectural element made from glass. The appearance of glass blocks can vary in color, size, texture and form. Glass bricks provide visual obscuration w
Exterior view of the illuminated facade of Maison Hermès in Tokyo, made of glass bricks.
Mouth-blown glass bricks at sewage treatment plant (Mannheim, Germany 1903)
Vault lights made of load-bearing glass bricks and embedded into a sidewalk in Burlington House, London.
A Greyhound station located in Richmond, Virginia and constructed 1938-1939. Curved glass blocks are prominent along the front exterior of the building, demonstrating the Streamline Moderne architectural style endemic to the period.