Glass

Glass is a translucent material that allows a lot of different uses in architecture. Here in Venezuela, especially in Caracas, glass is mostly used in building facades and not as a structural material. One good example of a big glass facade is “Parque Cristal”, a building near Altamira square. Because we live in a tropical environment it is more likely that we use materials such as brick and concrete because of their thermal properties. This is why buildings in Caracas tend to use glass on windows and details and not on the entire body of them.