Glass Houses is a field journal devoted to diatoms — microscopic algae whose glass-like silica shells hold extraordinary geometries. Through drawings and observations, the journal reflects on the intricate symmetries, radial patterns, and architectural forms found within these tiny organisms, each one appearing like a miniature cathedral, window, or planetary structure suspended in water. The work celebrates diatoms as both fragile life forms and master builders, revealing entire worlds of pattern and intelligence at a scale almost invisible to us. In Glass Houses, the microscope becomes a portal into hidden design, where the smallest beings in the ocean open onto questions of structure, beauty, ecology, and the unseen systems that sustain life on Earth.
