The Institute of Statics and Design (ISM+D) and the Materials Testing Institute (MPA) of the TU Darmstadt both have strong competencies in the field of glass construction. A team of 15 employees at both institutions works with glass as a material and its applications in construction and architecture, automotive engineering and the consumer goods industry within the framework of research projects, applied industrial research, approval and licensing procedures and production controls. Theory and experiment are synergetically linked. The extensive experimental equipment enables the processing of almost all questions from the different fields of competence around glass as a construction material and in interaction with the neighboring fields, such as polymer materials.