Modern public architecture faces a complex design challenge: maintaining an open, welcoming environment for students, ci ...

Thanks to smart thinking and surface treatments, the latest innovative glazing and glass products are helping to transform the inside and outside of buildings. These solutions can make all the ...

If you’ve ever squinted at the Manhattan skyline, shielding your eyes against the intensifying glare, you may have felt that the entire city is being laminated in glass. Even real-estate moguls have ...

The Mecho/5x manual shade system is designed to allow users to lift shades as large as 288 inches wide and 120 inches tall, with minimal effort, says the maker. The system can improve the design ...

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has declared that skyscrapers made of glass and steel "have no place in our city or our Earth anymore". He argued that their energy inefficient design contributes to ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Around the world, major government and social initiatives are driving demand for sustainable building design and CO 2-free energy. In recent years, as the volume of solar cells being manufactured and ...