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Sunday, October 2, 2016

G L A S S B L O C K S . . . and Bruno Taut's GLASHAUS

1960s clear Lego blocks were a child's version of architectural GLASS BLOCKS ...
adults can play with the real thing
  
  GLASS BLOCKS
     
a a 1952 hospital with glass blocks
a 1952 hospital
             
GLASS BLOCKS
       
1937 gas station photo
  this 1937 gas station had glass blocks with interior lighting
see full size
  
 GLASS BLOCKS
  
1958 train station glass block skylight photograph
a 1958 glass block skylight
  
  GLASS BLOCKS
  
1956 glass blocks illustration
 1956 ... fluted glass makes for refracted neighbors       see full size
    
 GLASS BLOCKS
    
1938 giant glass block interior architecture photograph
1938 glass blocks on the skylight walls and floor,  curved architectural glass
with a massive stained glass logo,  and a large indoor tree!
 
 GLASS BLOCKS
   
1938 glass blocks with color lighting photograph
1938 glass blocks with lights behind created an  amazing but inexpensive effect for a
theater or storefront
 
 GLASS BLOCKS
    
1938 glass block structure Italy photograph
a 1938 office lobby,  Italy       see full size
  
  GLASS BLOCKS
  
giant 1938 office glass block window photograph
1938       see full size
  
  GLASS BLOCKS
         
1942 vintage glass block interior photgraph
1942       see full size
  
GLASS BLOCKS
   
1950 restaurant interior photograph
a glass block lunch counter in a multi-mirrored area ...  
"Ready for your bill Hon?"
   
 GLASS BLOCKS
     


glass block video (20 seconds, no sound)      click arrow to play
   
GLASS BLOCKS
     
BRUNO TAUT'S GLASHOUSE
in 1914 Bruno Taut built a glass pavilion to showcase the 
German glass industry       see full size
  
     
BRUNO TAUT GLASHOUSE 1914 photograph of interior waterfall
leather shoes scuffed the stairs       see full size
    

  we can see the photographer in those foreground spheres       see full size
  
     
BRUNO TAUT GLASHOUSE 1914 photograph of upper interior
  sadly the glass house was dismantled,  but could
it have survived two world wars?       see full size
  
   
BRUNO TAUT GLASHOUSE 1914 photograph of glass block stairs
Bruno Taut's Glashouse       see full size
   
GLASS BLOCKS
    
USA pavilion at the 1937 Paris Expo Internationale
at the 1937 Paris Expo Internationale
    
GLASS BLOCKS
    
a glassblock tower at the 1939 New York World's Fair New York
at the 1939 New York World's Fair
     
GLASS BLOCKS
     
1938 glassblock exterior divider screens, Germany
1938  Germany
    
  GLASS BLOCKS
      
a 1930 glass block store, the Netherlands
a 1930 glass block store,  the Netherlands
   
GLASS BLOCKS
    
1949 schoolroom glass block windows, a photograph with students
a 1949 schoolroom with glass block windows       see full size
    
GLASS BLOCKS
    
a 1933 interior glass column top
a 1933 interior glass column top
     
GLASS BLOCKS
    
1933 glass block trim over the elevators in the Empire State Building
1933 glass block trim over the elevators in the Empire State Building
    
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