1.
Story of Glass
1.1 The History of Glass: Transparency Built with Glowing Sand 18
1.2 Types of Glass: Six Types of Glass with Added Functionality 24
1.3 Current State of the Glass Industry 28
- Visit to HanGlas Gunsan Factory: Lee Kang-hoon, Korea Glass Industry Co., Ltd.
- HanGlass R&D Center Report: Lee Young-seong, Korea Glass Industry Co., Ltd.

2.
Issue of Glass
2.1 Window Insulation 42
2.2 Adding Technology to Glass 46
2.3 Transparently Permeating Nature: Lee Jeong-hoon, 50, Joho Architects
2.4 Media Canvas that Illuminates the City: Gismart Global, Lee Ki-seong, 56

3.
Usage of Glass
3.1 Various uses of glass 62
3.2 Glass as an exterior material 64
- Curtain wall 66 adds urban sophistication
Architecture, Dressed in Transparent Glass: VSA Korea, Kim Na-ri, 72
3.3 Glass as a Window 80
- Window 82 that makes life more comfortable
A window imbued with the tranquility of brick, enhancing everyday satisfaction: Tectonics Lab's Kim Hyun-dae 86
3.4 Glass as a Partition 92
- Transparent borders that expand space 94
- A house where you can see children everywhere: 9cm Ahn Cheol-min 96
3.5 Glass in Space and Life 102
- Looking Through Everyday Glass 104
Fall in love with the coolness of glass furniture: Lifestyle edit shop Boe 108

4.
Supplement
4.1 Unique glass that brightens up the space 112
4.2 Agents recommended by glass manufacturers 114

The "Gam" series, with nine titles published in just one year of sales,
All your questions about the basic materials of architecture
Pressed together in one place, 'explosive reaction'

Building materials that are difficult to find accurate information about even when searching the Internet.
From simple basic information to practical application methods, all compiled into one book.
The concepts and terms of materials scattered throughout the central heating system are organized and explained in an easy-to-understand manner with pictures and text so that even non-experts can select and construct them.


The response to the first three volumes of Season 1 of Gam Magazine, “Wood,” “Brick,” and “Concrete,” which were first released on July 1, 2017, was explosive.
As soon as it was published, it became a bestseller at Kyobo Bookstore, and in just over a year, it has sold over 15,000 copies.
Even before the publication of the collections “Paint,” “Tile,” and “Flooring” in February, 163 people sponsored the book over 30 days through Story Funding, raising over 11 million won.
It was evaluated as unusual not only in the independent publishing world but also among architectural books.
In June, the new publishing company GarmSSI was invited to the Seoul International Book Fair to exhibit its book, “The Age of Magazines,” and met thousands of readers over four days.
Accordingly, Gam Magazine decided to produce the “Steel”, “Glass”, and “Stone” sections to introduce useful information to more readers.

Gams Magazine: Insight into a Good Space

People are crazy about space.
A new space, a space I've never been to, a luxurious space, a comfortable space.
But the world focuses on what is visible.
If you focus only on what you see, your vision becomes blurred.
Solid knowledge and experience are essential steps to gaining the insight to see and discern things.
Insight is knowledge, vision, and a collection of wisdom that integrates knowledge from various fields.
It absorbs the conflicts between various values ​​and harmoniously integrates them to suggest a direction for the future.
‘Insight’ is essential to finding a good space.


To learn design, you must have an understanding of the properties and handling of materials.
If you don't know the properties of a material, you will make mistakes in using and handling it.
Only by selecting materials that are suitable for their properties and using construction details can they be integrated and each play its own role.
The spatial sensibility of materials leads to a sense of place or taste.
Sometimes, we create innovation by expressing the original role of materials in a unique way and experimenting with different materials.
This creativity is associated with artistic activity.
It is difficult for an artist who does not examine the material to produce excellent results.

The materials and ingredients are so vast.
It is difficult to find data that reflects the reality of Korea.
There is no systematic research either.
Building materials that are difficult to find accurate information about even when searching the Internet.
From simple basic information to practical application methods, all compiled into one book.
The concepts and terms of materials scattered throughout the central heating system are organized and explained in an easy-to-understand manner with pictures and text so that even non-experts can select and construct them.


“Where did the stones on the walls of my house come from?
What kind of glass is used in the windows we open and close every day?
“Is there a way to use steel, which is widely used as exterior or structural material, in a unique way?”

Steel, stone, and glass—these three materials may seem very different, but they all have one thing in common: they all come from natural raw materials.
Glass is made from quartz powder, iron from red iron ore, and stone from rocks, and then processed to be used as building materials.
Thin, shiny iron, transparent, smooth glass, and heavy, rough stone are the 'exterior materials' that determine the appearance of a building with their own distinct personality.
For those of you who want to understand the materials correctly, see the hidden aspects, and are curious about the materials that make up a city, <Gam Magazine Season 3> is an essential guidebook.


Accurate and systematic curation of building materials
- From wood, brick, and concrete to iron, stone, tools, insulation, and eco-friendly materials.

GARM, which deals with building materials, means ‘material’ in pure Korean.
We plan to continue publishing construction materials such as plastics and non-ferrous metals on an annual basis.
We will cover everything from consumer goods like tools that can be DIY'd, to interior elements like furniture and lighting, and we will also cover architectural issues that readers are curious about, such as insulation and environmental issues.
It consists of one book per material/topic, and the vast amount of information that is difficult to contain in one book will be divided into basic and advanced sections.