Glass Houses
Maison de Verre, designed by Pierre Chareau in 1932.
The glass brick craze started in 1930s and 40s, then reappeared in the 80s, but I rarely see it in current designs. It carries a certain nostalgia, maybe because the bathroom in my childhood home was adorned with it. I started off my time in a what you would consider a family home. In the daylight I’d dance in the bathtub waving my sister down in the backyard and when it was dark you’d see the shadows of our existence behind the glass walls. I like the transparency and distortion, nothing to see yet, all you see is not all you get. Regardless of it all, everything in this space is beautiful. The kind of beautiful that makes you feel small.
Maison de Verre, designed by Pierre Chareau in 1932.
The glass brick craze started in 1930s and 40s, then reappeared in the 80s, but I rarely see it in current designs. It carries a certain nostalgia, maybe because the bathroom in my childhood home was adorned with it. I started off my time in a what you would consider a family home. In the daylight I’d dance in the bathtub waving my sister down in the backyard and when it was dark you’d see the shadows of our existence behind the glass walls. I like the transparency and distortion, nothing to see yet, all you see is not all you get. Regardless of it all, everything in this space is beautiful. The kind of beautiful that makes you feel small.