The Temple Glass product is a handmade glass surface invented and fabricated by the studio for the Bahá’í Temple of South America. Siamak Hariri approached master craftsman Jeff Goodman with a request for a translucent white glass building product that could filter natural light to create a serene environment while withstanding the rigorous weather fluctuations and seismic activity notorious in the Andes mountains of Chile.

After over 100 samples and years of testing, the Temple Glass was born, a carefully designed formula of borosilicate glass cast in custom made kilns by the team at The Goodman Studio in Toronto. The project took over 12 years to complete, with 8 years dedicated to manufacturing 55,000 square feet of  1 1/4″ thick Temple Glass. A remarkable 21,129 unique pieces were produced and assembled to create each of the nine “sails”. Every square inch was set by hand by a team of artisans to ensure consistent pattern and translucency.

Temple glass is available for designers and architects to use in retail, hospitality and residential projects as feature walls, partitions, skylights, custom tables and fireplace surrounds.

Read more about the project at Hariri Pontarini Architects. Official Bahá’í website: Bahá’í House of Worship of South America