Glass

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 * GLASS PARAGRAHP**

The glass is a very unique material that has the property of being transparent and let the light cross over. It has being used to decorate the facades of many buildings, such as The black cube, the Polar Tower and the Banesco Tower; but is also vinculated with a lot of architectonic problems. In my opinion, the use of glass in the architecture of the buildings in Caracas is overused and unpropiated. Our country has a tropical weather, so the architecture has to respond to that. The glass is not the best material to control the temperature, because it lets the building unprotected againts the sun and the temperature of it surface can be very high. Ilumination and heat are not the same, the ilumination is the ligth that comes from the sun and the heat is a consecuence of the sun radiation and the atmosphere. The glass is not just an element of decoration and the architect that will use it has to be very careful with it, controling the ilumination and temperature of the building.