Water-filled windows use sunlight to heat and cool buildings
British startup Water-Filled Glass has developed panes of glass filled with water that use sunlight to power a "crazy" energy-saving heating and cooling system. More
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Geddes Ulinskas Architects includes cast-glass staircase in San Francisco home
Local studio Geddes Ulinskas Architects has completed an expansive home in Cow Hollow, San Francisco with indoor-outdoor spaces, a cast glass staircase and stone detailing. More
GBBN expands historic Pennsylvania residence with metal-clad education facility
US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. More
Qaammat glass-block pavilion illustrates "distinctiveness of the Greenlandic culture"
Swedish architecture studio Konstantin Arkitekter has created a pavilion in Greenland named Qaammat, which is made up of two glass block walls perched on the rocky terrain of a UNESCO World Heritage site. More
Odile Decq builds all-glass Maison de Verre for client with vision loss
Architect Odile Decq has completed a house in France with walls of translucent glass, to create the optimal lighting conditions for a client with vision impairment. More
YOD Group designs Terra restaurant interior to "mirror its surroundings"
Ukrainian design studio YOD Group dressed this restaurant interior in Vynnyky with terracotta tiles and slabs of green glass to reflect the earthy landscape outside. More
James Turrell creates glass perfume bottles informed by ancient stupas
American artist James Turrell has designed two colour-saturated bottles for French glassmaker Lalique's perfumes Range Rider and Purple Sage. More
Marc Perrotta updates traditional Mérida home with courtyard extension
Architect Marc Perrotta has renovated a traditional home in Mérida, Mexico by removing a "clumsy" addition to the home and substituting it for a concrete structure with glass and brick walls. More
Barber and Osgerby designs Signals lights using big cones of blown glass
Colourful cones of Murano glass give a graphic feel to this series of limited-edition lights created by British designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby for Galerie Kreo. More
Proctor & Shaw adds glazed extension to Sky Lantern House in London
Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has refurbished and extended a Victorian townhouse in south London, adding a series of glazed volumes to the rear facade that allow daylight to reach deep into the plan. More
Concrete designs apartment block with "cloud-like" top for Hell's Kitchen
Dutch architecture studio Concrete has completed The West Residence Club condominium building in Manhattan, which features a brick base made with recovered debris and an upper portion made of glass boxes. More
Studio Other Spaces creates colourful conical glass pavilion for Californian winery
Artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann's firm Studio Other Spaces has created the Vertical Panorama Pavilion, a conical pavilion made from 832 coloured glass panels, for a winery in California. More
Ten homes with light-filled glass extensions
For our latest lookbook, we've chosen 10 residential glass extensions that create airy, light-filled and modern additions to homes. More
Safdie Architects vaults glass atrium over indoor garden at São Paulo medical centre
Safdie Architects has oriented a medical centre in Brazil around a massive atrium with a glass ceiling that was designed to evoke "the feeling of being under a tree canopy". More
Milan design week
Milan design week
Murano glass traditions "will never exist" in metaverse says Ini Archibong
The rise of virtual experiences and the metaverse put craft traditions at increased risk of dying out, according to designer Ini Archibong, who unveiled a hand-carved version of his glass Gaea Pendant at Milan design week. More
WilkinsonEyre wraps Toronto skyscraper in "three-dimensional diamonds"
London architecture studio WilkinsonEyre has completed the CIBC Square skyscraper in Toronto, Canada, which is surrounded in undulating glass facades. More
Bureau de Change creates architectural tiles using glass made from mussels
London architecture studio Bureau de Change has produced a range of patterned tiles using Thames Glass, a biomaterial created by artist Lulu Harrison from mussel shells. More
Ten living rooms that use floor-to-ceiling glazing to bring the outdoors in
In our latest lookbook, we spotlight 10 homes with living rooms enclosed by floor-to-ceiling glazing and window walls that create seamless connections to their natural surroundings. More
Bill for bird-friendly glass buildings proposed for Washington DC
A bill has been filed in Washington DC calling for new buildings in the city to use bird-friendly glass, in an effort to minimise avian deaths resulting from window collisions. More
Woods + Dangaran creates Desert Palisades house for rocky site in Palm Springs
Patinated brass panels and extra-clear glass form the facades of a weekend dwelling designed by Woods + Dangaran for a boulder-strewn site in southern California. More