Lutz Haufschild is an internationally recognized glass artist whose thoughtful integration of art and architecture has resulted in major commissions in the US, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Trained in Germany, he has lived and worked in North America for 30 years.

Haufschild makes full use of innovative fabrication methods to create distinct and harmonious work. His response to the needs of the site and the environment is always sensitive, unique, and rarely constrained by technical limitations. A true master of light, he is constantly pushing the margins of the material with great success.

Sperling Skytrain Station Vancouver, B.C. 2002 – A curving, 36' window, entirely hand painted with vitreous enamels on float glass. The glass frits were mixed with ceramic frits to achieve a luminous, but visually opaque effect .

Taunus Sail Taunusstein, Germany 2001 – This glass 'sail' is suspended in the circular entrance lobby of the city hall building in this small town. The color is realized by laminating hand blown glass to sheets of tempered float glass, which are set into a metal structure. The fluid variations in the rich color were accomplished by acid etching the layer of color on the flashed blown glass. Height: 20'

St. Ignatius Church San Francisco, CA 2003 – This remarkable window illuminates the baptismal chapel in this San Francisco landmark church. Two layers of tempered float glass are laminated on 3 of the available surfaces with a complex arrangement of beveled and machine textured glasses. The relentless geometry softens into an iridescent composition which fills the chapel with refracted color.

The circular window above features a ghostly dove, representing the Holy Spirit, which is lightly etched through vitreous enamel. It is a perfect solution to the problem of projecting a soft image to the outside both with and without indoor lighting.