Glass brick
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Crown Fountain is composed of glass brick towers.
Glass brick labyrinths, used to obscure clear visual line of sight into women's washroom on the left, and men's washroom on the right.
Glass block floor in the Michigan State Capitol
Glass brick, also known as glass block, is an architectural element made from glass. Glass bricks provide visual obscuration while admitting light. The glass block was originally developed in the early 1900s to provide natural light in industrial factories.
[edit] Glass brick in architecture
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- Crown Fountain in Chicago, USA.
- Maison de Verre (French for House of Glass) in Paris, France
- Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan
- Hermes Store in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan by Renzo Piano
- Streamline Moderne
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