Even as modernism promoted the transparency of glass architecture, many within the movement were conscious of the monotony of large glass facades, with even Mies van der Rohe using elements such as ...

THE author pointed out that most previous experimenters, A especially Rood, had measured the amount of the transmitted light, and that any percentage of error in this ...

They're reflections from a window strong enough to melt siding on homes and even start fires. It's an issue with energy efficient windows that 5 On Your Side has investigated for years. Now, a ...

Whether they're on smartphone displays or TV screens, reflections can be a nuisance. US Department of Energy scientists working at Brookhaven National Laboratory, however, have reportedly found a way ...

After the summer so much of the world has sweltered through this year, better ways to cool buildings are on a lot of people’s minds. Researchers in China have now spruced up the humble window with ...

In Modernism’s attempt to dissolve spatial boundaries with transparency, the material used - glass - is all too often dematerialised. In contrast, the New York-based designer James Carpenter is ...

Reflections and transparencies draw artist Colleen Gregoire into a luminous geometry lifted from houses and water. The Placitas artist is returning to that passion in “Colleen Z. Gregoire: Upon ...