Fused Glass

The idea was to produce a very low cost glass block with thermal insulating properties from broken waste glass that could be a safe infill for gabion walls.

The experiments that Ian Ritchie Architects carried out in 1993 were a direct result of being invited to compete for Glasbau Seele's proposed new factory in Germany (which we subsequently won) and an awareness of the existing European glass mountains.

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The Authors

Mr. Ian Ritchie Architect Ian Ritchie Architects Ian Ritchie, born 1947 in Hove, Great Britain. Director of Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd and co-founded Rice Francis Ritchie (RFR) design engineers, Paris; these practices have realised and contributed t... Read more