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Not your 70s glass
The Real Deal reports on the ever more frequent use of glass curtain walls in recent new developments. In Living in glass houses, shunning stone Richard Meier is credited with popularizing glass with his numerous downtown projects and One Prospect Park which will be a “15-story glass tower with 119 condos”. Philip Johnson’s Urban Glass House is another cited example.
André Balazs, explains that its use was inspired by better developed technology in Europe and wonders if it’s becoming overused in NYC and given that our buidings are so close together privacy becomes a real problem: “The proximity to your neighbor in full tilt glass is problematic for some people. Also, I think the truth is, unless you provide for the window closure, these buildings can look like a tenement house in Hong Kong.”
