Glass Project 2

For my second glass project in Chicago, I designed and located a piece of glass in the wall between my kitchen and spare bedroom.

The design for the glass is a copy of the railing in Reliance Building on Washington and State in downtown Chicago. This building is historically significant in the development of Chicago architecture. It also has quite an interesting history. It currently holds the Hotel Burnham and Atwood Cafe. You can read more about the building at the following link: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Reliance_Building.html

The central and repeated design in the window is a Gothic clover. The main textured glass used in the piece is the same pattern as the original glass on the privacy windows located in the halls of the building.

Architecture is such a big part of what makes Chicago grand! It is nice to have a piece of that history in my apartment.