Stained glass

Stained glass art is an art of construction and designing in the Islamic heritage and is characterized by its beauty and privacy. Excelled builders over the history in Islam often used the recruitment of glass as a key element in the decorative elements that lend beauty and magic in the Islamic architecture.

• What is stained glass?

It is Colored glass, which is colored during its manufacturing process by adding metal oxides to the basic structure. It is the cut according to the, whether the stained glass is used for the windows or for any other part of the building, and then this glass is collected and arranged by metal strips, often made up of lead with the option of using zinc and copper.

Stained glass is a masterpiece which not only adds a touch of beauty to the building and also raises the value of the investment. You will also feel comfortable when you see it

• Uses of stained glass

Stained glass can be used in many residential and commercial buildings in addition to the mosques. It can be used in any part or parts of the building, and should preferably be exposed to the sun to highlight the beauty of the colors of the glass and its reflection, especially when the details of designs fall on the walls and the floor and also to mitigate the sun’s rays. Stained glass can also be used as interior partition to obscure the vision and to give privacy and independence to the place.

we will show you parts of the building, which can be used as stained glass includes the following:
- Domes and skylights open, a heavenly ceiling vents either circular, square, rectangular, hexagonal, octagonal dome or a convex or concave from outside or inside of the pyramid or flat surface.

Domes, windows and skylights, a heavenly concrete windows in different geometrical shapes may be curved or straight shapes also.

Glass surface located in the hall and staircase

Windows doors and skylights to the side entrances

Interior partition between the board

This art is wide spread in the Islamic world and used in the palaces, mosques and churches and various palaces of Europe , We must choose the right place for the development of stained glass and preferably be exposed to the sun highlight to show the beauty of the glass color especially when the light reflects through it  As well as to mitigate the sun’s rays  and these are some of the other images of this high art .