From glass to concrete: powering up building materials innovation
Answering such questions in the affirmative represents a “win, win, win,” says Steve Harpur, CEO of Progressive Planet. “The ...
How to Build a Glass Farm in Minecraft
Building a glass farm in Minecraft automates the glass collection process, saving effort and providing a steady supply. Key ...
6 Glass Block Bathroom Ideas That Bring Retro-Charm Through This Emerging Design Trend
For this project, Karolina imported over 1,500 glass blocks over from France, and used them across this home, not just ...
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Engineers build 30-feet-long all-glass bridge using 6,000-year-old technique
Architect and structural engineer Masoud Akbarzadeh has challenged conventional wisdom by constructing a bridge ...
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Höweler + Yoon unveil design for glass pavilion for the Lipsey Architecture Center Buffalo on the historic Richardson Olmsted Campus
The Lipsey Center Buffalo (LACB) will decamp from its post inside a tower of the Richardson Olmsted Campus’s central building ...
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Using texturized glass in building-integrated photovoltaics
Scientists from Poland's John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin have analyzed the optical and electrical parameters of textured glass in building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems and ...
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Engineers build 30-feet-long all-glass bridge using 6,000-year-old technique
They discovered that polyvinyl butyral (PVB), commonly used in safety glass, worked perfectly as an interface material. Building the glass bridge required far greater precision than a standard bridge.