Melbourne homes are getting a stunning upgrade with glass blocks that bring natural light into every corner. If you've ever ...

Glass blocks make strong, attractive walls and windows that are easy to maintain and keep clean. The blocks are made of two sections of pressed glass fused together with a partial vacuum between them.

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 interior ...

Dear Pat: I have always liked the appearance and openness of indoor glass-block walls. I would like to build several curved walls, particularly for the shower. How do I go about creating these walls? ...

Glass block walls are a great design feature that let extra sunlight into any room in your home while still providing a certain amount of privacy. The individual blocks have a coating that's designed ...

Glass blocks used to be such a pain. Though they don’t absorb mortar like bricks, glass blocks used to be installed in much the same way, stacked with messy mortar. If you piled a wall too high and ...

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.

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 ...

In case you haven’t heard already, glass blocks are back. In a big way. These translucent building blocks have been popping up in all of our favorite designers' work, and we’re ready to bring the ...

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

This beautiful bath-improvement project is dedicated to the millions of do-it-yourselfers who've always dreamed of building with glass block, but didn't have the foggiest idea of where to start.