Glass Brick in Architecture
- 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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Crown Fountain is composed of glass brick towers.
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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.
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Glass block floor in the Michigan State Capitol
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