When some design trends go out of style, they stay that way. Others come back around eventually, including the glass block ...

Glass block walls have become a modern favorite in both home and commercial building design, offering a unique blend of aesthetics and functionality. If you’re looking to add a touch of elegance or ...

Dear James: I want to build a curved glass block wall for a shower stall and a straight one in my kitchen. How do lay a glass block wall so that it will not leak when showering? -- Darlene G. Dear ...

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 ...

Before they became universally reviled, glass bricks were everywhere. Shower walls were glass brick. Small windows were glass brick, so were bars. Through their bubbled double walls, light played.

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 ...

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 ...

Dear Pat: I have always liked the appearance and openness of indoor glass-block walls. I would like to build several curved walls, particularly for the shower. How do I go about creating these walls? ...

The fact that glass block showers have been around forever — or at least since the early twentieth century — tells you two things. Glass blocks aren't out of style (though some say they're one of the ...

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 ...