Some disadvantages:

1. As glass is very costly material, it may increase the budgeted cost of construction
work.
2. Use of glass also enhances the cost of security.
3. Its use in hilly area and desert may cause more maintenance cost.
4. Glass is also unsafe for earthquake proven area.

Advantages:

1. Use of glass in construction work adds beauty to the building.

2. Its use fulfills the architectural view for external decoration.
3. By using glass in interior, it saves the space inside the building.
4. Glass cladding in building fulfill functional requirement of lighting, heat retention and
energy saving.
5. Its use appear a sense of openness and harmonious.
6. As toughened glass is available, one can have good interior design with the use of glass
in transparent staircase, colored shelves, ceiling etc.
7. Glass is an excellent material for thermal insulation, water proofing and energy
conservation.
8. Glass is bad conductor of heat; it saves energy in air conditioning of building.
9. For making glass partition on upper floors, no extra design is required for slab as glass
is light in weight.