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 ...

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 ...

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

Interior design trends always have a way of coming back around, but when retro styles resurface in modern homes, a common challenge is making them feel fresh rather than dated. One design feature from ...

What is it with so many 80s styles making a comeback right now? With fashion, we get it, there are so many cool looks to take from the 80s, but in the world of interiors? Well, it was an era we never ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q:Sometime in the past 50 or so years, someone thought it would be nice to remodel my entire entrance hall with glass blocks. And since it was never maintained, I am sure the wall below will have some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fact that glass block showers have been around forever — or at least since the early twentieth century — tells you two things.

Unique, contemporary, one of a kind — all words that describe 5405 Eastman, custom built in 1940, and currently for sale for $265,000. To say that the house is unique is really an understatement. Lori ...

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 ...