Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. NYC, where I live, is a city built in large part from glass. It’s not the famed sheet-glass skyscrapers that ...

‘Brique de verre’, aka the humble glass block, first patented in 1886 and a regular feature of art deco buildings, may have had a starring role in the iconic 1932 Maison de Verre in Paris, yet it has ...

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 ...