Global Showcase: Eight Buildings Featuring Glass Bricks and Blocks

From a privacy-conscious home in Japan to a vaulted greenhouse in Chile, this roundup spotlights buildings from around the world that are brightened by luminous glass bricks and blocks.

Popularised in the 1930s, glass bricks and blocks can be found in architecture around the world, typically in the form of facades and windows, but also internally as partitions and screens.