玻璃，它既古老又现代，既有实用功能又具艺术效果。自古埃及人用砂子和苏打制成世界上的第一块玻璃至今已有4500年。玻璃发展到现在，虽然从基本材质来说，没有多少变化，但其生产工艺、规模、产品品种、质量乃至工程应用的进步却日新月异，建筑玻璃家族中出现了许多新成员， Glass, both ancient and modern, has both practical and artistic effects. It has been 4500 years since the ancient Egyptians made the world’s first glass of sand and soda. Although the development of glass has not changed much from the basic material, the progress of its production technology, scale, product variety, quality and even engineering application are rapidly changing. Many new members have appeared in the architectural glass family,