ABSTRACT
Glass has been known in the history of architecture since the ancient as the material with exceptional transparency that is enabling parts of the buildings or building elements to transmit daylight into the interior of the buildings creating more intricate, humane and healthier interior living conditions. Its intrinsic transparency has enabled the border between inside and outside as a primary conceptual and spatial relation of the architectural object to be brought to its utmost disappearance. The de-materialization of the solid envelope of the buildings by the use of glass has rattled the imagination of the designers and architects ever since. The industrial revolution and the development of novel components and technologies for production of the glass have reinforced and broaden the possibilities for its architectural use. The use of glass for structural elements has challenged the very basics of the architectural structures and esthetics inducing new design philosophy and novel designs of building structures, envelopes and architectural elements unprecedented in history of architecture.
