Facing the glass

This glass is widely used for the facade and interior of the building. Glass finishing materials are highly decorative (bright colors, shiny surface), a large weather resistance and durability. In addition to the special finishing of glass, as described below, the functions of the finishing material in modern architecture does float glass coated with a film, plate glass, etc.

Glass cladding panels (stemalit) in the form of horizontal structural elements positioned between the rows of windows of multistory buildings. The inner surface of a thick float glass is applied by heating an opaque coating of ceramic enamels of various colors, part of a whole glass. Coverage area is protected by a thin layer of aluminum, applied in a vacuum. Stemalit widely used for lining the walls of public buildings (eg, of CMEA stemalitom faced buildings and hotels in Moscow on Aeroflot).

Marble is a 12 mm thick sheets of colored glass jamming with polished front surface and a grooved back. Glass can be monotonous, but it can also mimic marble, it is used for cladding facades and interiors of public buildings, as well as the device window sills, cap tables, shelves.