Melbourne homes are getting a stunning upgrade with glass blocks that bring natural light into every corner. If you've ever walked into a room and felt instantly uplifted by the warm glow of sunlight ...

Interior design trends always have a way of coming back around, but when retro styles resurface in modern homes, a common challenge is making them feel fresh rather than dated. One design feature from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Local studio Best Practice Architecture has used punchy colours, glass bricks and dichroic glass inside an optometry store in Seattle's Leschi neighbourhood. Cutouts in the low ceiling add extra ...

Showing up everywhere from art deco revival to postmodern architecture, glass block seems a paradox, offering openness and privacy. “We’re seeing many different uses for glass blocks,” said Winter ...

Close up image of glass blocks - Veronica Todaro/Getty Images Interior design trends always have a way of coming back around, but when retro styles resurface in modern homes, a common challenge is ...