at first I would have said no,
but seeing a picture of this building in Holland has changed my mind,
architecture firm MVRDV applied this new technology to the
front of a Chanel shop in Amsterdam that was damaged beyond repair, allowing
for a see-through storefront that still references local historic brick while
using fully-recyclable glass,
the bricks themselves are held in place with see-through glue and help support the remaining terracotta brickwork on the
floor above into which they visually transition, the structurally-sound result
stands out against the street, but also lets additional light into the interior
of the building, researchers from Delft University of Technology, engineers at
ABT and contractors at Wessels Zeist joined forces to develop and test
structural solutions and fabrication techniques, ultimately leading to the
development of this new type of brick, the bricks were then cast by a glass
company Venice and joined using glue from Delo Industrial Adhesives in Germany,
glass as strong as concrete, who ever would have thought it?
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