ABSTRACT
The history of glass walls and of architectural interest in bringing light and exterior space into buildings or, conversely, of extending the inside spaces to the outside is filled with varied and creative inspiration, from the intricate sta ined glass windows of medieval Gothic cathedrals to the pure fluidity of space found in both Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion and Phillip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. If there has been a common theme to this story over time, however, it has been to make use of contemporary technological developments in order to try and minimize as much as possible the intervening structure that is needed to support the very thin and fragile sheets of glass that are manufactured to maximize transparency.
