Glass

= The used of glass in architecture in Caracas. = = = = =   The glass is a hard, fragile, transparent and amorphous material that is used to do windows, bottles and a great variety of products. Nowadays it is very used as material of construction because it’s acoustic insulation and resistance. In Caracas we can see many buildings that have glass in their structure. The technique of the laminate is used mainly, uniting two leaves or more of glass by the PVB lamina interposition (polivinil butiral). According to the number of lamina major will be obtained security according to is the requirement. In case of breakage, the broken glass pieces are adhered to the PVB lamina, maintaining the integrity of the glass and avoiding their fall. This type of technique we can observe it in windows, walls and doors of enterprise buildings, where the glass is used as a means of acoustic insulation, and to be able to observe the outside. Similarly we can observe the glass in the structures of the banks, used like protection bullet-proof. Some examples of these structures are: the Polar Tower and the Banesco Tower in Caracas.