Nighttime issues with glass curtain walls: Reflection is stronger than transmission

Nighttime glass curtain wall building, showing the most realistic state of glass at night: most glass surfaces, due to the indoor-outdoor brightness difference, become a dark mirror, reflecting the lights of opposite buildings, the light trails of street traffic, and the night sky, rather than revealing the interior. Only a few floors with particularly bright interiors allow a view through to the internal ceilings and beams. Reflected images and transmitted interior views appear intertwined on the same facade, making the building's surface appear unstable and difficult to interpret in terms of depth. The glass division lines and mullions are cut off and misaligned in the reflections. The overall color palette is a mix of cool blue and orange-yellow. Avoid: depicting the glass as completely transparent, eliminating reflections, adding light strips to the exterior wall, making every interior floor equally bright.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

夜間的玻璃帷幕大樓,呈現玻璃在夜裡最真實的狀態:大部分的玻璃面因為室內外亮度差,變成一面深色的鏡子,映出對面建築的燈光、街道的車流光帶與夜空,而不是透出室內。只有少數幾層室內特別亮的樓層可以看穿到內部的天花與樑柱。反射的影像與透射的內景在同一片立面上交錯出現,讓建築的表面顯得不穩定、難以判讀深度。玻璃的分割線與豎框在反射中被切斷、錯位。整體色調是冷藍與橘黃的混合。避免:把玻璃畫成完全透明、消除反射、在外牆加裝燈條、讓室內每層都一樣亮。