The use of bent glass is expanding as architectural and automotive designers favour new and softer shapes. For traditional and competitive reasons the automotive industry has been a path-breaker in the adoption of designs that are not only new but also highly cost-efficient. This in turn is a direct reflection from the industrialised mass-production nature of the business. The same options for advanced novelties are open to architectural applications as well, particularly as the glass industry has taken up new and revolutionary manufacturing technologies. The use of the latest findings in convection technology in particular has permitted the creation of flashier and larger glass sizes utilising all the advantages that tempered glass brings. Larger and thinner surfaces that effectively prevent thermal breakage and wind loads are some of the new options. At the same time glass can be used not only as a curtain wall on contemporary buildings, but also made to be part of the rigid structure of the building itself.


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