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Bedrooms carved out of the ground below are kept out of the sun and cooled year round by the surrounding earth. Encased in wire mesh, stone retaining walls continue seamlessly from outdoors through the inside of the house, providing structural support to hold back surrounding dirt. Beautiful Recycled Bio-Glass: Super-Strong Surface Material.
It looks like smooth marble or textured granite, feels like rugged stone and stands up to wear and tear in a way that makes it hard to believe it is made of glass, one of the most notoriously fragile materials on the planet. Sinks, tubs, walls, floors and even heavy-duty exterior building surfaces can be covered in this incredible shatter-proof stuff. Produced in various shades of green, blue, aqua and white, these composite materials reflect their origins as conventional glass bottles in terms of color but also in shape – you can actually see that these surfaces were once part of a round glass drinking containers. Imperfections become design details, and wear shows less on these hybrid planes as it does with composite materials generally.