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