Glass bricks have long been popular in architecture for bringing more light into buildings. Until now, however, they have not been suitable for load-bearing walls and have not insulated well. An Empa ...

When designing a space, architects across the board tout the importance, and even necessity, of incorporating natural light into interiors. This means taking measures to control the quantity of light ...

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a luminous meeting room with glass brick walls in the Opposite House hotel in Beijing, which is furnished with bespoke pieces inspired by the city's traditional ...

January 12, 2009 From the maker of the HYmini wind and solar portable charger comes a polymer architecture brick combining post-consumer materials with environmentally friendly function. The ...

PC Hooftstraat street, Amsterdam’s shopping destination for swanky luxury brands, just got an glittering new addition: a retail store with a façade made almost entirely out of solid glass bricks.

Ah, glass bricks. Translucent, opulent and, depending on the decade you were born, a little bit nostalgic. Glass bricks are the great dividers between outside and inside, light and darkness, curiosity ...

Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP use 87 translucent bricks to reframe a family’s connection to nature and the city. Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP used 87 translucent bricks to reframe a family’s connection to nature ...

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