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Building a glass farm in Minecraft automates the glass collection process, saving effort and providing a steady supply. Key steps include gathering materials, selecting a desert location ...
Vitro Architectural Glass has launched its latest innovation, Spandrelite glass. Designed to enhance the aesthetic ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Glass fell twice in eight days from the same building under construction in downtown Austin, prompting a street closure Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Guadalupe Street ...
Awed by a volcanic eruption she witnessed as a child, Arnhildur Pálmadóttir now aims to help architects re-imagine what’s ...
Located 15 miles northeast of Porto, Trofa began as a rural settlement in the 1700s but saw dramatic expansion following the arrival of railways in the late 19th century. It quickly became a ...
‘Brique de verre’, aka the humble glass block, first patented in 1886 and a regular feature of art deco buildings, may have had a starring role in the iconic 1932 Maison de Verre in Paris, yet it has ...
Then he saw that something was off. “The window on the edge of the building started to peel off,” he said. “It was raining glass,” he added. “I’d never experienced something traumatic ...
Text description provided by the architects. Building on a corner is drawing in the landscape of the city. But to build is to give a body, and to give a body is to open the form of space.
After reaching out to the company behind the original glass card with no response, I decided to build my own version. The goal? A real, working glass card that looks clean and can tap to pay.
Closer examination of fly ash revealed that its main ingredient is amorphous silica – with a composition similar to natural pozzolans and glass. Long valued for use in building materials ...
He doubled down a few years later, telling the BBC: "We can't have those all-glass buildings. We need to be much more responsible." Speaking to CNN in 2018, he described a "sea change in attitudes ...
Following our feature investigating why skyscrapers are often clad in glass, we've rounded up 10 contemporary skyscrapers from around the world that use a variety of other materials for their facades.