Owners, architects, and inhabitants alike love glass box design for its reflective, shimmering, and transparent qualities. The connection between the inside and outside worlds is part of the allure of ...

Tinted glass is one type that satisfies both of these considerations, enhancing the appearance of a building façade while improving its solar performance. From the exterior, tinted glass is ...

Once the glass has been formed, it undergoes a polishing process to smooth out the surface. After achieving a smooth, flat surface, the glass is coated with a reflective layer, usually made of ...

Building on my professional experience as an architect, in my book Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture (2020), I examined the intertwining of material, culture, and ...

This office building in Geneva features a complex glass facade that makes it look like a shimmering urban mirage. The new Headquarters of the Swiss Société Privée de Gérance (SPG), designed by ...

The first modern glass building is coming to Boca Raton’s downtown area since the modification of a more than 30-year-old city ordinance limiting how much glass can be used to construct buildings.