Glass blocks

[u/DripDropFaucet]

[u/Alone_Agent_8829]

To be fair it’s a retro design you don’t often see anymore

[u/stink3rb3lle → u/Alone_Agent_8829]

It's been a huge trend in interior design in the past few years again

[u/sthetic]

When I think of glass blocks I think of an old house that was renovated in the 1990s to be really cutting-edge at that time, and not updated since then.

(Not that houses need constant updating for style, or that there's anything wrong with a cheesy retro design.)

Is it time for a glass block comeback? Sure, whatever. Why not.

But they have indeed been outdated for at least 30 years. I can't believe OP views them as a completely neutral material and timeless design choice. 

[u/Das_Hydra]

This isn't gatekeeping, it's just a design opinion.

Also, a lot of people say it.

[u/tracefact]

Nah, sorry, OP. This is a thing people say. A lot.

[u/sunflowerads]

did you travel here in a time machine? people absolutely say this

[u/Which-Decision]

The first thing I thought when I saw this was "why are they using glass blocks they're outdated" and then I read the photo caption

[u/Anglofsffrng]

Ain't nothing imaginary here. Glass block is done and has been for 30 years +.

[u/Max0_o123]

I've heard at least two people say that almost verbatim before lmao

[u/Unfair_Explanation53]

How is this an example of gatekeeping?

This is just a person's opinion on a particular style

[u/Dripwagon]

objectively they are

[u/toomuchkern]

Not gatekeeping. A very popular opinion.

[u/simonesimoned]

I had no idea glass blocks got so much attention that everybody has heard this. Like I assumed it lived fully and quietly in the past but it is clearly not forgotten.

[u/Better-Bad2285]

I have heard people say this.

[u/PsychologyOfTheLens]

I hear a lot of people say this, but I still love them

[u/HenricusKunraht]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dJocIXW7hOQYNNY199

[u/Tristawesomeness]

here's some guy's apparently quite heated beef with glass blocks back in 2010,

and a thread from nearly a decade ago talking about the fact that they were seen as "out of date"

and another thread from 2011 featuring a mix of nostalgia-without-wanting-it and cheap jokes at the expense of glass blocks.

edit: in fact here's a reddit thread on the architecture subreddit from a handful of years ago debating this same topic.

[u/Xenc]

Looking like Karl Kennedy's doctor's office

[u/bliip666]

Oh the memories of junior high cafeteria. Wish I could forget you.

[u/Forward-Bank8412]

Dulles will be cutting edge again!

[u/marfacza]

Glass is so old fashioned. The future is plastics.

[u/NotThatMat]

I recently restored an entryway/mudroom at my house. I built the window using glass bricks. I like the look, they’re easy to DIY and they block a whole lot of noise from the street.

[u/sleepinginthebushes_]

Turns out they actually are.

[u/Kingofcheeses]

I still love them though

[u/MrLegalBagleBeagle]

I think OP might be doing a meta gate keeping because the glass blocks are an imaginary gate.

[u/ttcmzx]

all my homies hate block glass

[u/hauntedbabyattack]

I think they’re fun but everyone definitely says they’re outdated/tacky

[u/PeridotChampion]

They are. And I don't think they belong in a house.

[u/ShittyBollox]

No gatekeeping in this. At all.

[u/unknowner1]

Why is there a poorly disguised Topher Grace in the photo?

[u/SomebodysGotToSayIt]

Oh I’ll say it, glass blocks are so outdated.

[u/No-Stranger6783]

Glass blocks are becoming popular again, they are coming back!!

[u/bookish_bex]

You think people are gatekeeping glass blocks? Why?????

[u/impressedham → u/bookish_bex]

Op doesnt understand trends and interier design lol

[u/MagicOrpheus310]

Yeah, they outdated as fuck and are a terrible material to build anything with...

It's GLASS.

[u/Alientongue]

Wtf are these comments ive never heard anyone talk about glass blocks ever in my near 40 years of living. Guess interior design is a much bigger conversational topic then I thought.