Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's official: glass blocks are back in Vogue. This 1980s design classic has found its way back onto our design radar, and in turn ...

In case you haven't heard already, glass blocks are back. In a big way. These translucent building blocks have been popping up in all of our favorite designers' work, and we're ready to bring the ...

Dear James: There have been break-ins in my neighborhood, so I want to install glass block windows for security. What are some tips for installing mortar-type glass blocks?—Nina D. Dear Nina: Complete ...

Buildings have a lot of surface area that's exposed to sunlight, so why just stop at rooftop solar panels? We've already seen solar energy-harvesting windows, and of course Tesla's solar roof. Thanks ...

Over the years, materials and aesthetics fall in and out of the design world's favor; there are few better examples of this than glass blocks. Once revered and used in architectural marvels the world ...

Olaver has unveiled multi-purpose, two-storey garden studio with a "lantern-like" glass-block facade for a Melbourne family ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. NYC, where I live, is a city built in large part from glass. It’s not the famed sheet-glass skyscrapers that ...

Drop that window dressing -- that frame could soon go bare. Researchers say they have created a new kind of “smart glass” – one that can, at the flip of a switch, block heat and still stay transparent ...