Breathtaking views on Rainbow Glass Cliff in Beijing
Imagine standing on a rainbow on the edge of a cliff overlooking canyon. It may sound like a dream, but it’s a very real experience for tourists visiting Beijing’s East Lake Harbor Canyon.
China has been on the leading edge of many innovative architectural trends using glass and glazing. In this example, the architectural firm Beijing Xinmei delivered their interpretation of one of nature’s most beautiful creations—the rainbow—using glass.
The glass balcony spans 128 m (nearly 140 yards) across a cliff of the canyon. What makes this feat even more stunning is the colorful Vanceva interlayers used to create the progression of colors in a rainbow-like pattern on both the glass floor and railing.
Glass laminator Beijing Guanhua East supplied 15-mm heat soak FT + RB41 + 6-mm heat soak FT for the balcony railing and 15-mm heat soak FT + RB71 + 15-mm heat soak FT for the glass floor. Both the height of the railing and the width of the floor are 800 mm (2.6 feet) wide. Every year, approximately 500,000 people visit the bridge, which is only open during the summer season.
From sunup to sundown, on clear days or rainy days, walking along the balcony, or viewing it from below, the natural lighting passing through the colored panes makes Rainbow Glass Cliff a truly magnificent sight to see.
