The notion that buildings made of stone or brick follow the architectural styles of their era while the glass box somehow transcends style is wrong. Glass boxitude is its own style—self ...

A glass box peeps over a brick wall at this Victorian property in east London, introducing natural light into the new living space created by local architecture practice Studio 304. The Glass Box ...

“Most people think of modernist architecture as simplified forms ... “A lot of environments can’t support a glass-box look. And people want homes with some warmth.

Owners, architects, and inhabitants alike love glass box design for its reflective, shimmering, and transparent qualities. The connection between the inside and outside worlds is part of the allure of ...

That iPhone in your pocket? Your simple Ikea bookshelf? The glass box architecture of your local office park? You can thank a century-old design movement for their sleek lines and emphasis on utility.

Architectural praise for porosity aside ... the facade has a more distinctive look than most of today’s sleek boxes: the glass is framed in a grid of Muntz metal, an alloy of copper and zinc (“It’s ...

That being said, exceptional works of modern public architecture are relatively few ... or from within the pavilion itself, a pristine glass box with crystal-clear, floor-to-ceiling windows ...

But I do wonder: As green architecture becomes more ubiquitous ... The design is eye-catching for now, but over time, the glass box motif will inevitably become just one of many in the area.

D.C.-based architecture firm Hickok Cole stripped ... NW is a “big dumb glass box,” as Gensler project architect Greg Zielinski happily concedes; its design feats involve a lot of invisible ...

"Visitors can also take a glass elevator ride in Ascent, which moves up the outside of the building and offers thrilling views, or experience Levitation, a collection of transparent boxes that jut ...