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UG: What specifically were you trying to achieve by incorporating glass into your collaborative designs for the Mann Residence
project?
RB: Brenda Leventhal first contacted me because she and her client wanted a glass water-wall in the entry. Susan, the client, happens
to be quite a collector of art glass. So, when we looked around the residence, we started realizing how well UltraGlas would
work to unite Susan’s glass collection with the design concepts Brenda and she had envisioned for the rest of the space. The project
grew from there to include glass in a major portion of the residence. The goal was to use glass as functional art and as a unifying
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UG: Can you give an example of one application in this project you thought was particularly effective?
RB: In the master bath, we used 3/4" UltraGlas for the counters and tub deck. At the counters, we floated the glass above the
base cabinet, with the UltraGlas 'UltraMando' texture side down (leaving the top surface very smooth) in low-iron glass —
which has that nice aqua-colored edge we were looking for, to match the overall color scheme. Then, for the tub deck surround
and steps, we used a back-finished UltraGlas 'LightStraw' color, which in the 3/4" slab has a nice depth of color. Then we applied
the same 'UltraMando' texture, this time with the texture side up, to provide an effective slip-resistant surface at the tub – more
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UG: Why did you choose to use glass in the floor?
RB: This is a good example of glass used as a unifying theme. By bringing it into the floor, we felt we would give the glass motif
continuity from one room to the next. And it proved to be an interesting transition between the wood flooring and tiled areas.
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