For decades, modern office buildings have been pretty much covered in glass curtain walls. Some are high performance and very expensive, like the super-green LEED Platinum Bank of America Building at ...

As architects embark on a transition toward more sustainable methods of construction, the industry is slowly phasing out the all-glass enclosures that have for many years defined commercial projects.

The Mecho/5x manual shade system is designed to allow users to lift shades as large as 288 inches wide and 120 inches tall, with minimal effort, says the maker. The system can improve the design ...

ClearVue Technologies’ solar glass has won top safety certification, supporting its claim that power-generating glazing can perform like standard architectural glass.

Around the world, major government and social initiatives are driving demand for sustainable building design and CO 2-free energy. In recent years, as the volume of solar cells being manufactured and ...

Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) recently completed an ambitious renovation of Brooklyn's 19th century Domino Sugar Refinery. The firm retained the main brick shell of the historic ...