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Small can have big impact — when it comes to residential glass block, anyway. That’s the logic behin d downsizing the Seves Doric glass block, originally designed in 2008 by architect Rafael Moneo for a library at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain. Back then, Moneo specified blocks 30 by 30 centimeters square, but now,…

Some 50,000 design professionals converging on Chicago for NeoCon, which starts today, will encounte r thousands of product launches from 500 exhibitors. New directions in function and style promise to reveal themselves within this tremendous volume. Yet for attendees of the trade show who prefer to see what’s next in shorthand, one stop at Calligaris Contract…

Tomorrow marks the opening of Herzog & de Meuron’s extension for London’s Tate Modern. Sixteen y ears after the firm’s transformation of the Bankside Power Station into the original Tate Modern building, the Switch House will provide the iconic cultural institution with a new 10-story space topped by a 360-degree lookout of the city. Set above…

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Performance and aesthetics don’t necessarily need to be mutually exclusive. That’s especially true f or new developments in 21st-century glass, as Guardian Industries Corp. demonstrated at last month’s AIA (American Institute of Architects) convention in Philadelphia. “Energy performance requirements in building design often force architects and designers to measure glass performance against its aesthetics,” says Chris…

The six winners in the 2016 Wienerberger Brick Award competition share one common trait: the innovat ive use of one of the world’s most enduring and versatile building materials. For the first time since Wienerberger Brick established this international biennial award in 2004, architects — as well as journalists and architecture critics — were eligible to…

Phaidon’s architecture books have long been praised as tomes of unique projects, presented clearly f or curious architecture-lovers across the globe. In Phaidon’s latest release — a partnership with Architizer’s celebrated A+Awards program — the acclaimed publisher has bound the winning projects of the 2016 season into a beautifully crafted hardcover book, on sale on the…