I stood on the little one in Toronto’s CN tower, that lets you look down to the ground. Way, way, straight down. Kinda spooky.
Here’s one that lets you see down just one floor.
And in context . . .
Just bare feet and socks, please.
I stood on the little one in Toronto’s CN tower, that lets you look down to the ground. Way, way, straight down. Kinda spooky.
Here’s one that lets you see down just one floor.
And in context . . .
Just bare feet and socks, please.
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Worked on a house in Berkley that had a glass balcony at ground level, to let light onto a basement patio. Pretty cool.
5" glass if I remember right.
Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
I've done that CN Tower thing - cool! No glass floor for me yet, but hope springs eternal.
Forrest
This is the only glass floor I've stood on.........not much of a fall but a way cool view!
http://www.aquarium.org/exhibitsPassages.asp?sid=2
Rod
We did a 30'x60' glass floor and two glass bridge/walkways in a corporate office building. The stair treads and landings for the two flights of stairs above the floor were also glass. Make sure you get a fritted pattern on the glass, both for slip resistance, and to prevent those below from getting a bugs-eye view up the fairer sex's skirts.........
There's only a few places that will engineer their glass for this kind of application (Oldcastle being the one we used), and it's not cheap- in the union environment here in NJ, these floors are around $350/SF.
Bob
I happen to know the gentleman who designed the glass floor in the CN tower - along with any number of glass-floor bridges and balconies and whtever else - some well-known, some not - and heaven only knows how many more "conventional" and "unconventional" glass structures.
I had the opportunity to work with him and another "glass-god" recently on a project and what a treat to learn from someone with that depth of knowledge and experience - and to just listen to the two of them rehash old stories!
Honestly, some of the projects that didn't turn out so well made for some of the best stories - as always!
Gonna do some decking, floor and stair treads out of
3form Struttura, which is a thick, structural, honeycomb
resin panel. About $40 s.f., a lot cheaper than glass.
There used to be some glass sidewalks in Cedar Rapids Iowa, it allowed light down into the basement of a store.
You couldnt see clearly through them, sort of like glass blocks. Had grout lines in them, hopefully that helped the slickness that would be caused by rain and snow!
Doug
There are a lots of remaining sections of glass pavers in New York's Cast Iron district (SoHo)that illuminate the vaults below the street. The original Pennsylvania Station's concourse was constructed with glass pavers, allowing natural light from the skylights to penetrate down to the platforms. The library at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, built in the 1880's also features glass floors at the library stacks.
Did a glass floor in a Brooklyn brownstone. It was in the bathroom of all places, but it was figured like glass brick so you couldn't see detail but it allowed all the light in from the sky light above. Quite the project.