WASHINGTON — In movies and comic books, Superman could see through concrete walls, but an exhibit at the National Building Museum shows mere mortals can do it too.Called "Liquid Stone," the show ...

Zoe Kleinmann and a student make a pattern of light with translucent cups. Zoe Kleinmann and a student explore patterns. First they create units of two connected plastic cubes to create an AB pattern.

Translucent daylighting systems by Canton Township-based Duo-Gard Industries Inc. can now integrate 3S Solar Block, a high-performance transparent coating for solar control. Applied to the interior ...

When designing a space, architects across the board tout the importance, and even necessity, of incorporating natural light into interiors. This means taking measures to control the quantity of light ...

Built in the back garden of a photographer in the southern Kantō region of Japan, Light Shed is a 33 sq meter art studio. The open floor plan space measures 4.5 by 7 meters and is kept simple and ...

This timber and concrete laboratory at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is encased in translucent polycarbonate panels, echoing the industrial buildings that surround it. Inside, exposed ...

Get ready for windows that never break with translucent concrete. A German design firm has created load-bearing concrete containing optical fibers, allowing light and color to pass through to the ...