The thought of using retro glass blocks in your home might remind you of a scene straight out of "Miami Vice." But they have evolved significantly since their 1980s heyday. And for all the interior ...

If you grew up in the ’80s or ’90s, you probably associate glass bricks with one very specific image: a steamy bathroom with a giant built-in block window, maybe framed by pastel tile and a brass ...

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Before they became universally reviled, glass bricks were everywhere. Shower walls were glass brick. Small windows were glass brick, so were bars. Through their bubbled double walls, light played.

AS A KID, I was beguiled by the prisms you could buy in science stores. They made a toy of the light. Today, I get the same nerdy kick from glass block, the way it garbles objects on the other side of ...

During the 1920s and '30s, the use of glass block was more or less limited to the side of the front door and in bathrooms. We still use glass block in those places. But today they are used almost ...

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

Like many 1930s houses, the interior of this one in the Melbourne, Australia, suburb of South Yarra was drenched in character. But sunlight? Not so much. The homeowner and her children had lived in ...

Glass that blocks out heat but not light when a room starts getting excessively warm has been developed by UK scientists. At most room temperatures the glass lets both visible and infrared light pass ...

Some years back, a Playboy humorist predicted that “everything will be plastic, by and by.” Although he was referring to plastic surgery and anatomical augmentation, his forecast was just as apt when ...

Dear Nina: Complete glass block window installation kits are available, but it is not difficult to do it yourself using individual glass blocks and mortar. This will result in an extremely strong ...