Glass stands symbolic for openness and transparence. The contemporary glass architecture helps itself of these associations and sets them(her,it) very consciously in scene. So she(it) gives to herself to radiate elegance and Seriosität once emphatically cautiously and coolly in order, then again she(it) creates deep looks and the building becomes a stage of the selfrepresentation as well as the exchange from inside and outside. However, in every case almost always unexpected perspectives, individual communication possibilities and a temporary feeling of freedom appear from innovative glass structures in the actually nevertheless closed space(area). About 60 projects from around the world are presented in this volume(tape) on the bases of texts, plans and photos.