Glass facades are "the main culprit" for billions of annual bird deaths
Legislation is needed to force architects to prevent the mass slaughter of birds that "didn't evolve to deal with glass", experts have told Dezeen. More
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Rediscovered Mies van der Rohe design completes in Indiana
A glass building designed in 1952 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has completed at Indiana University in Bloomington, more than 50 years after the German-American architect's death. More
Imbue Design completes glass-and-steel home in Utah desert landscape
Salt Lake City architecture studio Imbue Design has built a house outside Zion National Park in Utah with sweeping views of one of the USA's most renowned landscapes. More
Ten interiors that use glass-block walls to play with light and shadow
As glass bricks are experiencing another renaissance, our latest lookbook features ten projects that showcase how glazed masonry can illuminate any interior – even cramped bathrooms and hallways. More
Seves glass bricks front Mexican restaurant in Texas by Olson Kundig
Dezeen promotion: glass bricks designed by Seves animate the pared-back exterior of the Comedor Restaurant, which US architecture studio Olson Kundig has completed in Austin, Texas. More
Herzog & de Meuron unveils plectrum-shaped AstraZeneca research centre
Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed The Discovery Centre, a glass-clad facility for research and development designed for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in Cambridge. More
Bruno Baietto creates symbolic vases by blowing glass inside bread
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Bruno Baietto hopes to highlight the role of bread as a symbol of class, politics and religion, by using it to shape blown glass. More
Dean Norton's sculptural Daylight lamp replicates sunlight to improve well-being
Melbourne-based designer Dean Norton has created a therapy lamp to combat the stress and loneliness of life during lockdown, comprising frosted glass components that enclose a bulb chosen to mimic daylight. More
Dancing Leaves lighting installation by Luděk Hroch for Lasvit
Dezeen Showroom: glass specialist Luděk Hroch has created a lighting installation for Czech brand Lasvit that is designed to capture the look of leaves dancing in the wind. More
HAS uses frosted glass to "blur boundaries" in Chongqing bookshop
Translucent glass shrouds the books within this bookshop in Chongqing, designed by architecture studio HAS Design and Research. More
Crystal Shell Pendant lighting by Shakúff
Dezeen Showroom: the Crystal Shell Pendant is a clam-shaped addition to New York-based studio Shakúff's hanging lighting range. More
Kohn Pedersen Fox adding glass elevator to supertall skyscraper in New York
Glass elevators and an observation deck are under construction at the top of Kohn Pedersen Fox's supertall skyscraper One Vanderbilt in New York. More
Pendulum lighting collection by Dan Yeffet for CTO Lighting
Dezeen Showroom: Israeli designer Dan Yeffet has created a lighting collection formed from brass and mouth-blown glass for British brand CTO Lighting. More
Ten interiors by architects that use internal glazing to create a sense of space and light
For our latest lookbook, interiors expert Michelle Ogundehin has selected ten examples of interiors with glazed internal windows, doors and partitions that create clever zoning and add privacy while still letting the light through. More
Metalform designs bespoke steel and glass partition walls
Dezeen promotion: Metalform creates custom partition walls from steel and glass to section off homes and interiors without obstructing the flow of light. More
Triangular glass panels wrap Knight Center at the University of Oregon
A double-skin glass facade envelops the Knight Center, an Oregon research facility designed by American firms Ennead Architects and Bora Architecture & Interiors. More
Anna Perugini's reversible vases have jointed stems like bamboo
Bamboo Grove is a collection of mouth-blown glass vases that can be overturned and filled with flowers at both ends designed by Italian designer Anna Perugini for Ichendorf. More
Stine Bidstrup imagines alternate anti-modernist world with Architectural Glass Fantasies
Kaleidoscopic expressionist architecture has taken over from the efficiency of modernism in the glass objects of Danish artist Stine Bidstrup, showcased in our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration. More
Sphere Bowls by Milena Kling for Studio Hausen
Dezeen Showroom: Berlin glass designer Milena Kling has created a collection of tableware called Sphere Bowls for German homeware label Studio Hausen. More
Weiss/Manfredi wraps Yale University study centre in curved glass walls
The Yale University Center for Innovative Thinking by architecture studio Weiss/Manfredi is an elliptical glass pavilion for students on the New Haven campus. More