The MIT Mediated Matter Group’s 3D glass printer is slowly morphing from a conceptual tool to something designers could use one day. Design’s wonder material is also one of its most common: glass.

Long Island is home to one of the most prominent architectural glass industries in the country, encompassing huge state-of-the-art computerized glass-cutting factories servicing skyscrapers and small ...

Glass Bridge at Corning Museum of Glass (2024). (Courtesy of Polyhedral Structures Lab, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania) The following research, including my own work, highlight ...

Glass in architecture is ever-present, yet largely in the background. The light passes through, our gaze looks out, but rarely is the glass itself an element to engage. Architects, engineers and ...

One of the staple materials of architecture is glass, but it can constitute a weak point in the thermal performance of buildings if left untreated. The optical and thermal properties of architectural ...

Architects and designers are taking design to the next level by incorporating technology-advanced architectural glass into both residential and commercial projects. From LED glass to sound-absorbing ...

Architect Philip Johnson built his famous Glass House in New Canaan, Conn., in 1949, when the rectilinear, one-story residence was decidedly avant-garde. In the 70 years since, the influence of the ...

San Francisco architect Anne Fougeron has thrived in a field where only 2 percent of top managers are women and very few female architects own their own firms. She is in demand for a wide variety of ...