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.
“Over [...]

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.
The [...]

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.
The [...]

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 floods [...]

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 and [...]

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 design [...]

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 [...]

Glass artist Anne Marie Karlsen’s work at the Lawndale Library in Lawndale, Calif., has been recognized by the nonprofit organization, Americans for the Arts, as one of the 40 best public art works in the United States.
Titled Subdivisions, the project had an $81,000 budget and was commissioned by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. Karlsen, [...]

Represented by thousands of individually blown elements, the signature collection of renowned artist Dale Chihuly will be showcased–along with new work–in an exhibition titled, Chihuly Reimagined at Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, Ohio.
As a result of the successful Chihuly at the Conservatory in 2003 and 2004, a group of local donors acquired most of the [...]