Perhaps the most iconic use of these glass blocks didn’t occur until 1928, when Pierre Chareau built the beloved Maison de Verre, or, the house of glass.

Along with 1980s neon manicures and vintage ’90s blazers, glass blocks are making a comeback thanks in part to a new fan base on social media. One Instagram reel showcasing several types of the ...

Glass blocks are, in fact, the first thing visitors to Kaplan’s home-slash-showroom encounter. As elevator doors open into the space, diaphanous glass-block partitions create an intimate foyer.

Glass city. Pittsburgh boomed as a city of steel. But before there was steel, there was glass — Western Pennsylvania was the center of the U.S. glass industry for about 110 years, from the 1840s ...