Welcome to the Glass Age

160 Particularly iconic are museums installed in the interior of the imposing cone-shaped glasshouses that represented a landmark in glass production areas, as the Gernheim Glassworks in Petershagen (D), and the Red House Glass Cone at Dudley (UK) (Figure 10.10). The symbolic force of these cone towers is so strong that modern structures destinated to host glass museums all around the world were build reproducing the shape, using glass and steel instead of brick and stone. The Museum of Glass at Tacoma (WA, US) and the GlazenHuis at Lommel (BE) are good examples of this influence. Glass has demonstrated the capacity to be a powerful tool for urban Figure 10.9. Tiffany Studios Wall Case and Mosaic Column, 35 Centuries Galleries, The Corning Museum of Glass , Corning. Source: Courtesy of The Corning Museum of Glass , NY. Figure 10.10. The Gernheim Glassworks in Petershagen (D). Source: Peter Hübbe/LWL (Industriemuseum Westphalian State Museum of Industrial Heritage , Dortmund.