Glass Blocks and Etched Glass

A close-up of the facade of a staircase in an Art Deco building, with a vertical glass block wall extending from the ground to the top floor, framed on both sides by fluted pilasters of white stucco. The main entrance on the ground floor is a wooden door with etched glass, featuring sandblasted fan and antelope patterns. Sunlight passing through the glass blocks is softened into a grid of light. Avoid: using modern transparent large glass instead of glass blocks, etched patterns of flowers or religious figures, colored glass blocks, dirty or damaged glass surfaces.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟裝飾藝術建築樓梯間立面的近景,一道從地面延伸到頂層的垂直玻璃磚牆,兩側以白色灰泥的溝槽壁柱收邊;一樓入口的大門則是嵌著蝕刻玻璃的木門,玻璃上以噴砂刻出扇形與羚羊的圖案。陽光穿過玻璃磚時被柔化成一格格的光。避免:使用現代的透明大玻璃取代玻璃磚、蝕刻圖案是花草或宗教人物、玻璃磚是彩色的、玻璃表面髒污破損。