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What is it with so many 80s styles making a comeback right now? With fashion, we get it, there are so many cool looks to take from the 80s, but in the world of interiors? Well, it was an era we never ...

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 ...

From Functional to Fashionable: glass blocks used to create a glowing facade in Shanghai. Eiri Ota, the Director and Principal Architect of UUfie, says the design concept evokes the idea of a landform ...

From a privacy-conscious home in Japan to a vaulted greenhouse in Chile, this roundup spotlights buildings from around the world that are brightened by luminous glass bricks and blocks. Popularised in ...

Architecture studio Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has designed the “Optical Glass House” in Hiroshima, Japan, that aims to acoustically protect residents from the main road outside, whilst providing light ...

Along with 1980s neon manicures and vintage ’90s blazers, glass blocks are making a comeback thanks in part to a new fan base on social media. One Instagram reel showcasing several types of the retro ...

Architect and design firm Dunham Robinson maximized light and added a curved wall to the lower duplex of a three-story townhouse.

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 ...

There's a whole giant structure with remarkable details behind the glass, but we're all really here for this building's striking facade, first and foremost. This is the Glasshouse Theatre, the ...