The Chihuly Collection located in St. Petersburg, Fla., designed by architect Alberto Alfonso, AIA, is the first installation of artist Dale Chihuly’s art in a building specifically designed for that purpose. The exhibition, theater and retail space opened July 10, 2010,is the result of an intimate collaboration between artist and architect. “Early in the design [...]

North Carolina glass artist Jon Kuhn and his representative, Al Priest, president of Salem Stained Glass, have been granted a September 29 audience with Pope Benedict XVI in Rome to present the gift of a radiant Kuhn cross to the Pontiff. The 32 1/2 x 19-inch work of art contains 15,000 facets of clear optical [...]

The installation “Over Houston,” an art glass display commissioned from Napa, Calif., artist Gordon Huether for the connector bridge of the William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, was recently completed. The six 12- x 20-foot art glass compositions are inspired by imagery Huether abstracted from aerial photographs he shot of Houston and the surrounding area. [...]

A river of glass now flows through Pittsburgh in the city’s first all glass public art installation. “Rivers of Glass: Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue,” located in the lobby of 11 Stanwix Street, an historic 1960s-era high-modernist office tower in downtown Pittsburgh owned by RexxHall Realty LLC, opened to the public on Monday, January 11. [...]

Glass artist Guy Kemper recently created and installed a 46-foot long, 6-foot high blown glass wall at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport. The project’s title, “SunSkySea,” reflects the renovated airport’s new tropical theme. The wall, which features images of the sun, sky, clouds and the ocean, separates the passengers’ entry and a secured boarding area. [...]

In 2008, glass artist Paul Housberg of Jamestown, R.I., created Echo, a 6-foot x 90-foot art glass mural in the lobby of the new technology building at the Naugatuck Valley Community College, in Waterbury Conn. The piece consists of more than 800 kiln-formed tiles with a saw-tooth relief. Natural light from the east-facing exterior glazing [...]

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) unveiled a memorial at Bolling Air Force Base on Friday September 11, 2009. A structure symbolizing an unfurled American flag was chosen to serve as a memorial to the seven members of the agency who died in the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon. The American flag symbolizes national unity, resilience [...]

A centrepiece of the London Design Festival this year will be located in the heart of London, in Trafalgar Square. “The Tournament,” an installation created by Spanish designer, Jaime Hayón consists of a specially created glass mosaic chessboard topped with 2-m high ceramic chess pieces. The installation, which will be set between the two fountains [...]

An elevator may not always be thought of as an ideal place for decorative glass, but Ouellet Architects in Montreal used a unique concept in designing a second elevator for Saint Joseph’s Oratory, also in Montreal. The project was completed late last year. Designed by architect Paul de Guire, the new elevator has a bold [...]

Napa, Calif., artist Gordon Huether’s Gotta Go, created for the Jacksonville International Airport, was selected as one of the 40 best public art works in the United States, including projects from 32 cities in 15 states that were recognized at the 2009 Americans for the Arts annual convention held in Seattle, June 18-20. The works [...]