Are Glass Shelves a Good Idea?
Shelves are a vital component of our homes and offices. They help us organize our belongings by providing spaces that hold them together for functional or decorative use. Shelves are usually made of wood or plastic. But there’s also good reason to consider installing glass shelves in your home or office. Besides the form, it […]
How Does Chandler AZ Climate Affect Your Windows?
Have you considered the Chandler AZ climate as you plan on building a home? Selecting windows isn’t easy. It’s not just a matter of choosing the type of look you want to achieve. You also have to take the climate of the area into consideration. These factors affect the window’s durability, installation cost, maintenance requirements, […]
Glass Versus Crystal
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ever purchase a “crystal” bowl, vase, or set of glasses and wonder if it’s just fancy looking glass? It just might be! To be honest, there is no “official” definition separating the two. Marketing strategies by glassware companies include calling ordinary glassware “crystal” in order to charge higher prices for their goods. The only truly […]
Through the Looking Glass
If you could step through a mirror into an alternate world, what would it look like? How would it sound? What would it feel like? As creatures of intelligence and creativity, humans possess the magnificent ability to shape and master their lives. If you think about it, what elevates humankind above the animal kingdom is […]
Crumpled-Looking Glass Building in Spain
The Basque Health Department headquarters in Bilbao, Spain bends and inverts, twists and contorts in such a fashion as to appear crumpled, but it’s made of glass! The unique architecture was meant to mirror the Guggenheim Museum and was designed by Coll-Barreu Architects. Hailed as being modern, progressive, and organic, the building marks a sharp […]
The Louvre Pyramid
Six hundred seventy-three panes of glass. At over seventy feet high at its peak, the Louvre Pyramid was an enormous undertaking. Commissioned in 1984 by former French President François Mitterrand, the glass pyramid not only melds modern architecture with the classical architecture of the Louvre, it descends below ground and acts as an entrance to […]
Mexican Chapel of Glass
In Cuernavaca, Mexico, nestled in rich deciduous forest, is a modern chapel made of glass. Layers of frosted and plain glass alternate vertically to create the illusion of light rising upwards. The simple, elegant rectangular building is void of pews and furniture. A crucifix hangs at the far end. Capped in white stone that matches […]
Glass Enclosed Pool Balcony
The projected plans for a building that has been proposed in Mumbai, India have glass enclosed pools literally hanging off the side of the thirty-seven story building! Could you imagine floating face down in a pool, staring down hundreds of feet off the side of a skyscraper? The fear-defying plans call for glass pool barriers to surround […]
Corning Museum of Glass
At the top of our list of places to visit in the United States is the Corning Museum of Glass. When you think of Corning, you think of kitchen glassware and cookware, like Pyrex™ for example. When we at Glass King think of Corning, we think of pioneering an industry, innovation, huge advancements in technology, […]
Helping the Victims of Hurricane Sandy
Stretching over a thousand miles wide, Hurricane Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey. At Glass King, more than one of us has roots in the Tri-State Area, and we are heartbroken to see the utter devastation, loss of lives, and profound affect this Superstorm has had on at least fourteen states. Storm surges […]