06/24/2026
I rarely post, I don't even own an old house. I am staying in an old house in Chicago (Airbnb) and it has these windows. I have never seen any like them and would love to know what the name or style is.
Rebecca Denise
Glass block windows. I have them in my basement.
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Albert Martin
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Glass block windows with air vents
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Patrick Manary
The wall you have pictures is usually in a bathroom, like the wall the shower or tub is on….the vent is to vent the bathroom. The glass blocks provide light while giving privacy
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Pat Hartvig
Glass blocks! Is that a mail slot?
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J.p. Brent Fialka
HERMES BUILDING.
I live in Japan and this fabulous building is in Ginza. Spectacular at night.
May be an image of skyscraper
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Michael Cyrus
Those appear to be glass block windows with a small vent window. Appropriate for a basement as it deters break-in’s.
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Björn Pederson
As they said glass block windows, they were invented in the 30s or 40s and have roots in art deco. made a comeback in the 80s.
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Sylvia Scholtz
In the 1970s here in Germany almost all houses had their stairwell window made out of glass block. Now people are replacing them with a windowfront. Energetic wise it makes sence. The cold went through in Winter.
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Jarek Luszpinski
in Poland we don't call them GLASS BLOCKS we call them LUKSFERY and I like it
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Linda Harrington
Glass blocks. My aunt & uncle had some in the house they built in the 1940's. The ones I remember enjoying most were in an interior wall separating their laundry room and breakfast room. It gave the area more natural light. The breakfast room had a large picture window overlooking their birdfeeder and garden. Although I was still quite young (9-10yo), I was just discovering Japanese art and architecture and thinking their house was much more Japanese than anything I had seen before, the glass blocks
adding to that style in my mind.