| Glass partitions? If you consider this to be something | | | | becomes lighter and looks not as a long dark room, but |
| featureless and office-like, you still know very little | | | | as part of the system of connected vessels. The |
| about ability of glass to create warmth and comfort! | | | | same effect can be achieved by building the |
| Today you will hardly be surprised by the panoramic | | | | transparent partition between the tiny anteroom and |
| glazing - the megalopolis residents are accustomed | | | | sole dwelling room: if necessary, apartments can be |
| that the apartment can have one or even few fully | | | | visually insulated by Roman shades or screen. Unlike |
| transparent external walls. Architects successfully use | | | | ordinary glass, glass blocks are less transparent and a |
| glass in the interior of municipal housing and achieve | | | | little distort the image, making it less evident and |
| shocking results. | | | | mysteriously diffusing it. Therefore, even if you do not |
| Glass partitions are often used: in shopping and office | | | | decorate the wall from transparent bricks at all, you do |
| centers, fitness clubs, private interior. And no wonder! In | | | | not feel yourself as in an aquarium. |
| fact, glass is ideally suitable for partitioning of | | | | Modern glass blocks can be mat, coloured and |
| apartments. | | | | grooved. Nowadays designer salons also offer glass |
| You divide apartment space according to your desire. | | | | bricks, on the surface of which the picture from the |
| As a result, you obtain a functional and comfortable | | | | smallest coloured glass bubbles is formed. Such glass |
| area. Daylight comes freely and makes rooms brighter. | | | | blocks can be elements for whole pictures with |
| Furniture from stainless steel well underlines modern | | | | landscapes, abstract pictures, images of animals or |
| design of apartments. One of main features of glass | | | | birds and even portraits. A particular type of glass |
| partitions is safety. Their composition includes 10 mm | | | | blocks is blocks that imitate the structure of the natural |
| hard-tempered glass. Tempering allows increasing | | | | stone (for example, marble, malachite, granite, agate), |
| durability of glass by 5-7 times and makes it safe after | | | | linen or jean fabric, mica, sun glints on water. The |
| breakage - glass scatters into small pieces. Usage of | | | | recent novelty of the market is glass blocks from the |
| the high-impact film forms the "triplex effect" - glass | | | | "baked" coloured glass. In fact, every block is a |
| fragments remain on the film. | | | | multicoloured stained glass, which changes depending |
| Strictly speaking, glass blocks are actively used as the | | | | on the time of day and illumination. Though the process |
| fully-featured construction material for a long time. | | | | of manufacturing of such glass blocks is very |
| Modern glass blocks did not loose their excellent | | | | complicated and costly. |
| technical properties (durability, fire and moisture | | | | It is possible to build single-colour and mosaic walls |
| resistance, unique heat and sound insulation), but also | | | | from coloured glass blocks. Meanwhile producers offer |
| became beautiful. And today only few interior | | | | "bricks" of various tinctures - from pale-beige and |
| designers do not include at least few glass "bricks". | | | | greenish to brightly-orange, cornflower blue, navy blue |
| Transparent walls are appropriate both to housing with | | | | and violet. Clearly, such bright tones practically fully hide |
| large area and to a small apartment. Nowadays glass | | | | everything that takes place on the other side of the |
| blocks are used for decoration of ceilings, floors and | | | | glass wall, however, at the same time such partitions |
| stairs (sometimes even stages), for enclosure of | | | | admit natural light and in darkness look like the magic |
| winter gardens, for construction of columns, partitions. If | | | | lantern due to illumination. |
| to glaze, for example, part of narrow corridor, it | | | | |