Editing Glass (section)

=== Architecture and windows ===
{{Main|Architectural glass|Window}}
Soda–lime [[Plate glass|sheet glass]] is typically used as a transparent [[glazing in architecture|glazing]] material, typically as [[window]]s in external walls of buildings. Float or rolled sheet glass products are cut to size either by [[Scoring (industrial process)|scoring]] and snapping the material, [[laser cutting]], [[Water jet cutter|water jets]], or [[diamond blade|diamond-blade]]d saw. The glass may be thermally or chemically [[Tempered glass|tempered]] (strengthened) for [[safety glass|safety]] and bent or curved during heating. Surface coatings may be added for specific functions such as scratch resistance, blocking specific wavelengths of light (e.g. [[infrared]] or [[ultraviolet]]), dirt-repellence (e.g. [[self-cleaning glass]]), or switchable [[Electrochromism|electrochromic]] coatings.<ref name="Weller12">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NXXTAAAAQBAJ&q=glass%20in%20buildings&pg=PA1|title=Glass in Building: Principles, Applications, Examples|last1=Weller|first1=Bernhard|last2=Unnewehr|first2=Stefan|last3=Tasche|first3=Silke|last4=Härth|first4=Kristina|year=2012|pages=1–19|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-0346-1571-6}}</ref>

Structural glazing systems represent one of the most significant architectural innovations of modern times, where glass buildings now often dominate the [[skyline]]s of many modern [[cities]].<ref name="glass-times">{{cite web|url=https://glasstimes.co.uk/featured-articles/the-rise-of-glass-buildings/ |title=The rise of glass buildings |work=Glass Times|date=9 January 2017 |access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> These systems use stainless steel fittings countersunk into recesses in the corners of the glass panels allowing strengthened panes to appear unsupported creating a flush exterior.<ref name="glass-times" /> Structural glazing systems have their roots in iron and [[Conservatory (greenhouse)|glass conservatories]] of the nineteenth century<ref name="Patterson">{{cite book|title=Structural Glass Facades and Enclosures|last=Patterson|first=Mic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qsqi2jdH7ecC&pg=PT29|publisher=Jon Wiley & Sons|year=2011|pages=29|isbn=978-0-470-93185-1}}</ref>