Thanks to progress, our life and being are changing dramatically. Moving forward applies to all industries, from entertainment, transportation, fashion design to interior design.

Therefore, everything that is now at the peak of popularity was considered fantastic and unreal some 10-15 years ago. This position includes glass wall, which occupies a dominant place in the design of modern interiors.

Stylish and practical design aspect

Glass walls in the house are very common today. This fashion trend is not suitable for every interior style, but it perfectly complements high-tech, modern, minimalism. This solution will be appropriate for rooms that require additional lighting, space zoning, adding style and certain accents to the interior. House with glass wall facing the backyard with a spectacularly arranged landscape will bring maximum positive emotions. This arrangement allows you to control the games of children in the sandbox or on a swing. The use of glass details in the interior creates its own flavor, overshadowing the rest of the design. Lightweight glass structures with a competent device become the main focus in the decoration of any room.

Diversity

The industry produces ready-made glass walls and partitions for the house, which differ in size, fastening method, intended use, level of light transmission. Specialists can make a glass structure according to their design. Installation of glass walls is carried out from:

• solid or modular panels;
• hollow blocks;
• inserts;
• bottles, cans;
• columns with water;
• sliding and folding modules.

During installation, you should be responsible for the fastening, follow the safety rules.

Glass decoration

Glass differs among themselves in quality, transparency level, color scheme, forms. It can be a solid canvas with transparent, tempered glass, squares or triangles of matte or colored color, glossy design. Do not forget about the well-known glass blocks, from which you can lay out a real work of art. Each type of glass wall in the house forms its own, special atmosphere, its own style, charming design... Glasses are decorated with colored films, relief drawings, photo printing, stickers. They are treated with a laser, sand under high pressure, chemicals... A partition with illumination, blinds mounted inside, and a waterfall looks spectacular.

Application

The glass wall is suitable for any space. It looks spectacular on the veranda and in the kitchen, in the hall and corridor, in the bathroom and in the office. With a glass wall, you can make interesting design and it is beneficial to “zone” the space. Often they install a glass wall in a house to separate the kitchen in a studio room. Transparent or matte partition will suit workplace for the student, will separate sleeping place, will arrange an area for watching TV. Such a wall will divide one large room two. Designers know how to harmoniously install a light screen that will decorate the room, make it different from others, functional and original. Look at the proposed photos, maybe they will become an impetus for the arrangement in your home.

Advantages of a glass wall in the house

Room decoration glass partition- a modern, fashionable accent that has a lot of advantages:

• additional natural lighting;
• beauty;
• functionality;
• unusualness;
• space;
• compactness;
• strength;
• ease of installation;
• the possibility of complementing any interior;
• ease of care.

Output

Glass wall design should be comfortable and safe, functional and beautiful. To do this, choose structures made of high-quality, tempered glass with a reliable type of fastening.

There is something incredibly mystical and exciting about glass houses. Of course, the very notion “ glass House”Does not imply that everything is made of glass without exception. It's just that floor-to-ceiling windows can change any traditional house... We offer an overview of amazing houses around the world, striking with an abundance of glass and light.

The Stuttgard-based Werner Sobek Design studio has brought to life the Haus D10 project in Biberach an der Ries in southern Germany. The built glass house looks very organic and lively. The outdoor dining and living areas allow guests to enjoy amazing garden views.

Covered by the vast flat roof an inner courtyard surrounds the house, combining indoor and outdoor spaces. The first floor of the house rises above the ground, and the basement is hidden underground. The living room is on the ground floor, all other rooms are in the basement. All the required energy is generated right there thanks to the photovoltaic panels on the roof and the ground source heat pump.

The uniquely shaped glass house was built in Italy. The amazing thing about it is that you don't have to completely think about wall decor. Situated on a hillside, on the shores of Lake Lugano, the house consists of two spaces, organized at different levels according to the characteristics of the landscape. The polygonal pavilion houses the dining and living room, kitchen and utility rooms, while the lower level houses the bedrooms, bathrooms and a garage. Each level has a separate entrance. The architects paid great attention to the problem of ecology, therefore, geothermal energy, a roof garden, and a rainwater collection system are used.

Everything additional functions pavilions are concentrated in the central lacquered wooden block, which serves as a kind of wall separating the kitchen from the living room. The block contains a bathroom, kitchen, stairs, all mechanical, technological and audiovisual equipment.

The overlapped house by Chinese architects Neri and Hu consists of two L-shaped halves forming a courtyard in the middle. The authors took the traditional type of houses in northern China as a basis. Three families live on its three floors, with one of the floors hidden underground.

The glass house is located in an amazing place, where only a wall of trees protects it from passers-by. The authors of the project embodied in it one of the main architectural principles Less is better. So they have minimized the materials used. The concept was taken from the Farnsworth house built by Mies van der Rohe. The only difference is symmetry and foundation.

The entire space of the house is surrounded by glass, the frame forms a cube and is limited only by a black painted metal frame. It creates an amazing feeling of being under a roof, but still outside the house.

An original glass house of interesting shape with blue walls. It has glass walls and a ceiling through which a maximum of natural light comes in. It was built by Wiel Arets Architects from Maastricht.

The glass house in California boasts not only beauty, but also its size. Architect Jonathan Segal Lemperle Residence has built a home on an oceanfront plot in La Jolla. The authors managed to create a connection between the interior and the exterior thanks to the large-scale use of glass and the construction of terraces. House area 445 square meters.

The interesting shape of the glass house looks almost futuristic. The house is dug to a depth of 2 meters, the roof is insulated and covered with grass. This miracle was created by the architects Bercy Chen Studio, who decided to modernize the traditional home of Native North Americans - a pit with a roof. But despite the seeming primitivism of housing, all modern technologies are used in it: built-in HVAC system for heating, ventilation and air conditioning, water heating.

In the autonomous community of Christiania near Copenhagen stands strange house... Its walls are built from old windows, and the whole house is made of used materials. It is original, unique and functional. Once upon a time there were military barracks on this territory. When the military left, homeless people moved here, who showed their maximum Creative skills... Local authorities have tried several times to demolish all of these creations, but residents have stated that they are an integral part of Denmark's cultural heritage.

The house is located in a densely built area of ​​Long Island (New York). It is 510 square meters and has six bedrooms, six bathrooms that overlook the sand dunes that surround the Atlantic. In order to have a wonderful view from each window, it was decided to build a “house on legs”. Downstairs, they arranged a place for four cars and a glass entrance hall. From here, a glass staircase leads to one of two floors.

Those who have nothing to hide can try to live in a transparent house called “House NA”. There is a lot of light and air in it, but there are no secluded places at all. The authors of the project work for Sou Fujimoto Architects. The concept of life on a tree is taken as a basis. House area 85 square meters.

During the design and construction of a private house, everyone wants his future home to be not only functional and reliable, but also attractive in appearance. For the implementation of a luxury private home, there are many different design ideas and solutions that can make the building unique in appearance. Recently, houses in a modern style with panoramic windows have become very popular.

However, recently the most original idea glass houses became. Until recently, the crystal palace existed only in imagination and fairy tales, but now it is a reality that can be realized thanks to high modern technologies. New types of heavy-duty glass have the same technical, physical and operational properties as popular building materials, so a glass house is not only a dream, but also a reality.

Glass strength

Besides the chic appearance private house, made of glass will have another advantage - saving time for its construction. Glass forms are produced at a fantastic speed, which makes it possible to build a house like in a fairy tale in a minimum period of time. It should be noted that the glass walls have perfect sound insulation, retain heat well inside the room, are soft and quiet to use. Operating temperature range - from -40 to +50 degrees Celsius.

During construction, glass walls are easy to dock, easy and safe to move. Modern material is different long term service due to high strength. Caring for the glass walls of the building is not difficult, it is similar to caring for simple glasses... Modern fittings building material can be completely different, glasses are: transparent, colored, matte, mirrored, embossed, etc.

Modern design of glass houses

A house made of glass is the home of a modern and progressive person who has no fear of openness. The owner of the property will always be able to enjoy the surrounding landscape, sunrise and sunset. The glass house is new sensations, feelings that conquer the mind. Such a building will give a feeling of airiness and fabulousness, because it will never be boring here. It may seem to many that the building is fragile and delicate, but in reality everything is far from the case, because for construction, laminated pressed or tempered glass is used, which has high strength and reliability.

At the moment, a glass house is a rarity that not everyone can afford, and many are still afraid of this idea. However, the fashion for such buildings is actively gaining momentum in the countries of America, where there is already whole line glass houses. The most famous architect who is involved in their construction and design is Philip Johnson.

When creating a building from glass, you can make not only walls, but also steps, partitions, stairs or gates. More daring people take serious steps using a glass floor and roof. With all this, you need to remember that such a building will not only look gorgeous, but also be expensive, because only select professionals, of whom there are very few, will be able to implement such a project.

The rooms of the glass house are filled with light, making them seem more spacious and airy. And sitting in a chair, you can enjoy the whisper of the leaves outside the window, the clouds floating by or the surrounding landscape.

The first idea for a glass building came from the Englishman Joseph Paxton, who built a glass pavilion in 1851. This idea seemed crazy then, but already 80 years later, a glass house appeared, the design of which was created by French architects. It was this house that made this direction famous and popular, because rather the most courageous connoisseurs of beauty began to erect similar buildings for permanent residence in them.

The construction of a glass house is based on frame technology, which is used in German half-timbered houses. Fachwerk translated from German language- a cell, a rigid wooden frame, which includes braces and beams that form large sectors. The half-timbered construction has not only an attractive appearance, but also increases the reliability and stability of the building.

The advantages of a glass house

Among the main positive aspects glass buildings are distinguished by the following advantages:

• Original, modern and attractive appearance. Such buildings will become ideal solution for extravagant and extraordinary personalities who want to express their originality.
• Glass possesses unique qualities, due to which the interior design has no restrictions other than financial ones.
• Usage modern technologies when building a private house. The use of sealed and energy-saving materials, solar collectors, systems " smart House" etc. Due to all this, a building of the highest quality and reliability is obtained.
• Relatively fast construction.
• Saving energy - there is always a lot of natural light here. This creates a comfortable and pleasant atmosphere... Using special glass you can protect yourself from ultraviolet rays, we will reduce the cost of heating and air conditioning.
• Excellent communication system hidden inside the structure.
• High degree of fire safety.
• Service life - 100 years or more.
• Resistant to moisture and corrosion.

Disadvantages of building made of glass

Like any building, a glass house is not without its drawbacks. In his case, experts highlight the following negative points:

• High price - only high-tech materials are used for construction, which greatly affects the final cost of construction.
• High cleaning costs outer surface glasses from snow. When cooled by inside condensation is formed, which can be eliminated using expensive desiccants.
• A transparent house is not suitable for everyone, because there is no sense of security in it, it seems that you are always in full view of everyone, and not everyone will like it.

“All the locals think that I'm freezing behind glass walls, and I'm warm,” says Vadim, the owner unusual house... He "invented" it and built it himself: without technical education and building skills. It turned out like in the pictures of glossy magazines - colorful, spacious, light. The most modern engineering solutions were used in the house, while the owner managed to save considerable sums (only on some glass systems - 6 thousand euros).

Atypical project

Vadim says that when creating the project, he already had an idea of ​​what he wanted, so he drew the house in detail on his own. The glazing systems were borrowed from the magazine and "implanted" into the project (further the narration will go from the first person).

- When they ask me how you mastered it all, built it, created it, how you thought it up, I answer that this is the material realization of my inner world. I am the same as this house: voluminous, spacious, roomy, with character and modern style, lightweight and comfortable. And at the same time budgetary and tight-fisted, like all Belarusians.

According to this project, they built

Designer Daria Lapitskaya helped me in designing. I coordinated all decisions and ideas with her, asked her for comments on every issue related to aesthetics and design. Believe it or not, the project itself was drawn on A4 sheet. Already when the house needed to be put into operation, an architectural project was needed. It was made in the architecture of the city from a finished building.

House layout

Foundation

The house was built in the Kobrin region, in the village, on 22 acres. The geometry of the plot is quite convenient: 53 × 40 meters, the horizon level difference is 45 cm. The project of the house was "planted" on a plot oriented to the cardinal points.

The trenches were dug with a chain tractor, then the dimensional accuracy was corrected with shovels. I was lucky with the materials for the foundation: concrete columns 50 * 50 cm in size with a huge margin of safety (they used to keep a concrete roof at one of the industries). I saved a lot on concrete, but I had to bear the costs of loading, unloading, laying the columns and their delivery. The rest of the trench was filled with concrete from a mixer. For greater savings, I bought several concrete breaking machines (instead of rubble stone), also with industrial production... As a result, the savings on concrete turned out to be very decent.

Part 60 cm above the ground was laid out with demler blocks, moreover, in a double wall: outside facing block brown 10 cm thick, then an air cushion 5 cm and standard block 20 cm thick.

Looking ahead, I note that I really wanted to build a foundation for German technology, with insulation, waterproofing, but at that time it was prohibitively expensive and laborious, and this design the above-ground part of the foundation made it possible to avoid "cold bridges" in the area of ​​the junction of walls with floors and significantly reduce the cost of the project. The foundation is covered with white sand and compacted, with water shrinkage. Before the walls were erected, the foundation was given time to "mature" for a whole year.

Foundation advice: even if it sounds trite, it must be reinforced (I know that some builders do not). On my own I would recommend to lay a small gravel pad, 5 cm thick and tamp it. In the case of construction without a project engineering systems provide plugs in the foundation for the holes for the introduction of communications. When buying demler blocks, be careful when choosing a manufacturer, since I almost bought blocks from one private trader, instead of cement, which had one dye, and they crumbled right in my hands.

Old log house or expensive blocks?

According to the material for the walls, there was a choice between gas silicate blocks and wooden beams from an old village house (on realt.tut.by there is just about this topic, and I fully support and share the author's conclusions). The fact is that at that time (2010 - the time of erection of the walls) gas silicate was for some reason extremely expensive, so I was looking for a solution how to save money. But there was a "planned collapse" of the ruble, and the blocks became more accessible. As a result, I bought the GSB of the Berezovsky plant, measuring 60 * 30 * 30, considering the thickness of 30 cm to be quite sufficient for our latitude with the future prospect of insulation. The blocks came in perfect quality, so the installation was easy and simple. My friend laid the blocks, at prices below market prices at that time, I was his assistant. I had to take a direct part in the construction for several reasons. I immediately planned to fill in a warm (hidden) armored belt around the perimeter of the walls, and U-blocks were not on sale at that time. So I cut them myself out of building blocks using a long drill and a grinder. Except me, none of the tested hired helpers succeeded in this operation.

In the end, I saved on the utility room, on U-blocks, and at the same time checked the quality of my friend's work when laying. Yes, the presence of the customer on site allows you to raise the quality of the work performed and avoid irreparable mistakes by the builders, especially if the project is complex.

Geometry lessons

If we somehow coped with the walls, then the roof was my headache. It is 8-slope, hip, combined with two reverse slopes, a second light. I'll be honest: a drawing (if you can call it a drawing) on ​​a sheet of A4 was drawn by one country guy with 8 classes behind him. I just turned out to be a talented person in this area.

However, none of professional builders according to this drawing, he did not want to take on the roof, even for a lot of money. As a result, the roof was assembled by the guys from the village.

The rafter system is assembled from pine lumber. Only in one place (above the dining room, in the area of ​​the reverse slope) an I-beam was laid for additional rigidity of the structure. It is located at the edges of the walls in the dining room, and in order not to suddenly destroy the edges of the walls under pressure, the corresponding unloading heels were poured into the gas silicate.

Waste OSB

The village roofers turned out to be talented guys. And the payment was taken from me at that moment absolutely by market prices, without the "allowance" for the complexity and level of responsibility. The material was cut so competently that only a few strips and small pieces remained out of 240 m2 OSB, in the total area not exceeding 2 square meters(!!!). After work, I myself came to their aid as an assistant and spotter. Designer Daria also approved of the design in terms of proportions and geometry.

The release of the roof on the walls is 95 cm, which at that time was outlandish, but now it is already done everywhere. I recommend that everyone under construction use wide roof gaps, but do not lose sight of the proportions of the entire roof and building. This keeps the walls and foundation dry. It has been noticed that even with oblique rain, the façade is only partially wetted.

For such a complex roofing, from all roofing materials with minimal waste and reliability, there could only be, so I bought a tile "Technonikol", the "Jazz" collection. She lay on the OSB-slab according to all the rules: with a lining carpet, lubrication of starts, steam films from the inside, installation of aerators and other nuances. The finishing elements are made of matte brown tin to prevent glare in the sun.

The Hanter gutter system was installed immediately. Water discharge is provided by five risers with direct outlet to the local storm and drainage system. The filing of the overhangs of the roof was realized with the soffit of the Brest production "Vox". The soffit is fixed on 5 * 5 cm rails. Then this allowed me to relatively easily and painlessly implement stylish illumination of terraces, a welcome light in the parking lot and on the porch of the house.

"I thought I'd give up glass structures"

All windows and doors are made of a five-chamber profile, with external lamination "dark oak" and fittings "Roto". From the inside, the profile was left white. Double-glazed windows, two-chamber, on an 8 mm frame, with low-emission glasses. Two children's and one bathrooms have windows standard sizes- 150 * 150cm. In the master bedroom, instead of a window, a double-leaf, hinged glass door, with symmetrical doors, 155 × 240 cm in size.Two identical windows measuring 95 × 145 cm are installed in the second bathroom and kitchen.

The entrance door is also glass, hinged, 150 × 220 cm. It is asymmetrical in width of the sashes: the entrance sash is 80 cm wide, the second auxiliary sash is 63 cm.

The swing door design allows you to easily bring any furniture into the house. At the same time, such a door is an element of a barrier-free environment - a person in a wheelchair can easily enter the house.

The glass system in the dining room - two stained glass windows, three meters high, installed at an angle of 90 degrees.

When it came to installing a transparent wall glass system, the roofing didn't seem so complicated anymore. It was necessary to solve the problem of how to close the opening of a large bay window with glass: the height from the larger side is 512 cm, from the smaller side - 350 cm. Width - 390 cm. This glass wall hung over my head with a "sword of Damocles" for almost a year. Implement it with PVC profile I was afraid - a large area, a huge sail load during the wind, "breathing" of the structure when opening and closing the doors.

It was decided to assemble it from an aluminum system. I turned to a well-known Minsk company that had experience working with such material. Sent the dimensions of the opening. But when I received the answer, I was very upset - the price was “atomic”. I called my designer, who was in charge of the project, and explained that there was a miscalculation in the project, in particular, the glass system of a large bay window was financially overwhelming ... On the same day I decided to lay the wall with gas silicate blocks and insert windows three times smaller.

The designer, on the other hand, showed technical and professional audacity: he categorically refused my proposal to lay the opening by two-thirds. Daria did not accept my attempt to divide the structure into two parts, placing a concrete lintel in the middle. The verdict was as follows: the structure should be from floor to ceiling, without crossbars and lintels, light and floating, fragmented into no more than 8 parts. And she proposed a new solution: we install the frame from metal, durable, 100 by 50 mm, with a wall of at least 5 mm, we buy only overhead elements of the glazing system, I do the installation myself, I order double-glazed windows under required sizes... And so it was done. He welded the frame from the pipes and painted it. The glazing system was implemented on an AGS 500 aluminum profile with a thermal break, bought in Minsk. It was assembled and installed independently. In order to further limit heat loss and prevent sintering and galvanization of metals among themselves, he laid a paronite strip between iron and aluminum, thereby creating another thermal breaking line.

But I had to tinker with double-glazed windows - none of the companies wanted to take on double-glazed windows with a height of 2500 mm - then most manufacturers did not have technical capability... And no one wanted to tinker with such bulky packages manually.

The director of the Steklolit company came to the rescue, who agreed to make such bags under his own responsibility. Now this is normal, but then it was a wonder. Double-glazed windows are made on the 16th frame, two-chamber with low-emission glass. Made specifically on Friday evening, so as not to stop the production process in the cutting shop. Everything was ready on Saturday. He also installed double-glazed windows on his own.

Here we took up the lamination of aluminum decorative overlays glass system in the color of "dark oak" - no one else wanted to do this. The laminating engineer gave his word that the coating will not "peel off" under any circumstances. Restrained. As a result, the frames of all glass systems, windows and doors are of the same color.

Due to the fact that steel racks were used, and not aluminum, the system of aluminum profiles was purchased directly from the importer, and not from the dealer, double-glazed windows were purchased without space surcharges for complexity, and I did all the assembly and installation work myself, I saved about 6,000 euros ... These are the most significant savings in the entire construction of my house.

I am grateful to designer Daria for her support and ideas, for adapting the project to Belarusian realities, for her professional audacity. It was very difficult to decide on the implementation of all these ideas. It was hard to be an innovator: in the yard in 2008, two-slope houses were peacefully built around, they were lined with white silicate brick, arched openings were arranged in the corridors, and here - a glass facade. Fellow villagers, acquaintances, passers-by opened their mouths, curious whether I would die there and how to walk in such a house in shorts? But I wanted to be like there, in the West, like in the pictures of glossy magazines - colorful, spacious, light.