Glass houses: Architecture of transparency

An overview of fifty exceptional architect houses that highlight the incomparable beauty of glass and its infinite creative potential A selection of the most incredible glass houses designed by big names in international architecture - This work presents gems of modernist architecture such as the Glass House by Pierre Chareau and Bernard Bijvoet and the Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, as well as a selection of remarkable contemporary houses - Photographs highlight the unique qualities that glass brings to residential architecture - Urban houses, forest cabins, villas by the sea or lake, mountain chalets... Each construction is designed to dialogue with its environment