The Netherlands: People in glass house – finally

By Bernard Hulsman 2001-09-18T00:00:00

The house is in Leerdam, the hometown of the Dutch glass industry, and was commissioned by local housing foundation GWL Koopwoningen. Young Amsterdam-based architect Kruunenberg en Van der Erve won the 1995 competition with a design for a villa made of 10,000 panes of glass, each 1cm thick. The panes ...

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