Just because 2009 has been a slow year for commercial construction, doesn’t mean we’ve been short on innovative glass projects. In fact, if you take a look back through all of issues from the Architects’ Guide to Glass & Metal or scroll through the archived stories on our website, you’ll see quite a few that [...]

If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, then the soon-to-open Tiffany store in Las Vegas will likely be drawing lots of female shoppers away from the slots. While the store’s glittery and sparkly jewels may be what first catches the eye of most shoppers, for others (and you know who you are) the building itself-both [...]

Who doesn’t love a nice, long, relaxing vacation? Remember how exciting a vacation was when you were a kid? When I was a child my family would spend two or three hours in the car driving to the beaches of North Carolina and it always seemed as though we were going a world away. Back [...]

I think by now most people working with glass in their designs and construction plans know for certain that glass has a lot to offer their projects. Luckily, we’ve all come a long way from thinking that glass was there simply to provide a nice view and protection from the rain.Aside from the energy-efficiency that [...]

If you are an architect and you’re reading this then I probably don’t have to tell you, but glass is an amazing material to work with. And right now with more and more construction projects seeking and earning LEED certification, considering glass can help earn help points in a number of categories, that makes it [...]