For varied building types, larger glass expanses and more application types are the key to successful building solutions, says Rockland Berg, AIA, NCARB, SAGE, ASHA, Principal of design firm three.

The transparent box is the ideal of modern living, but hardly ideal for modern living.

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News; Spokane; City using crushed glass for road-building. Hillyard project first to use costly-to-ship commodity. Fri., Oct. 2, 2009 Jared DePue, with Inland Asphalt and Paving, lays asphalt on ...

Two cars, a lemon, and a bottle of Lucozade: just a few of the objects that have been melted by London’s Walkie Talkie building. But the heat radiating off the glass tower’s awkwardly angled ...

“Glass is one of the cheaper building components,” said Brian Dawley, a senior technical services representative for Viracon, another major glass supplier for supertalls.