There is an infinite combination of possibilities, just for windows; single glass, insulated, tinted, gas filled, the space between panes, clear, reflective, different woods, aluminum, vinyl.
The skylight window's grid, with its alternating panes of clear and frosted glass, subdivided her view of the church into a series of smaller pictures.
The narrow stained-glass windows, picturesque relics of a time when Long Islanders felt a lot safer, have been replaced by large panes of clear glass that send a strong message: Whatever happens inside the Seacrest will be seen.
On a pane of clear glass, a mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus) carefully eyes a piece of shrimp.
The external illuminance on the window pane under clear sky conditions is a function of the sun's position, photometric properties of the materials, geometrical relationships, and sky luminance distribution.
That, however, was only a trick of the eye: wet autumn leaves, glinting through clear panes as the sun broke through the clouds.
The color will be applied as a baked-in layer of ground glass and pigment on one side of clear panes, executed by a prominent firm in Munich.
Others will be flashed-glass abrasion (clear panes fused with colored ones which are scraped away to various results), glass fusing (combining layers of different-colored glass), sandblasting, and a traditional procedure called Schwarzlot, the manipulation of black enamel with hand tools that yield delectable names in translation: expellers, draggers, pestles, quills.
Once you've decided on the type of window, there are more choices: double-glazed (two sheets of glass with space between them) or triple-glazed; air or argon gas in the space between the panes of glass; clear glass or so-called low-e glass to block some unwanted solar rays; perhaps glass treated to guard against rays that can fade furniture and rugs; and aluminum, vinyl or wooden exteriors.
To minimize the impact of the structure, Pei demanded a method of glass production that resulted in clear panes.
On the west side, north of the car entrance, is a window with beveled lead-glass panes, which appear clear from the outside but red from inside the building.
