It had to be preserved, and Foster's scheme for so doing entailed sweeping away the clutter of now obsolete bookstack buildings from around it and covering the court with a light glass-and-steel roof, creating Europe's largest enclosed space, which will function as the access core of the museum.
The student prize went to Swansea Metropolitan architectural glass MA student Rhian Haf of Gwythevin, Abergele, for her glass sculpture Glass, Light and Space - a group of glass houses cast using an ancient lost wax technique.
The lower level is outfitted with a 50-inch flat-screen television, a wine fridge and a glass light-up bar.
They built a storefront window with handprints that looked as if they were created by light or frosted glass.
When light travels through glass, it slows down (the amount it slows is measured by a number called the refractive index).
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The finger gesture that people use to dismiss the notifications can be distracting, as can the flash of light on the Glass itself.
The old Corning was TV, scientific glass, Corning Ware and glass for light bulbs.
Hardwood floors and soft hues mix well with plenty of glass and light (outdoor and indoor).
The mirrors reflect light into the etched glass, producing a greenish, satiny wall surface.
The mouse won't work on surfaces that pass through or reflect light, such as glass tabletops or mirrors.
Under ultraviolet light and a magnifying glass, any one of these thousands of dots can reveal the host vehicle's unique identity number.
Aero gave the appearance of highly-rendered glass, light sources, reflections, and other graphically complex textures in the title bars, taskbar, and other system surfaces.
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The bending creates a lensing effect in the same way that light is bent through glass or plastic in a microscope or your eyeglasses.
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The light itself comes out of four LEDs that pass through a fiber optic glass designed to distribute the light evenly throughout the screen.
Her little touches were everywhere: curtain tiebacks, friezes pasted onto the wallpaper, bowls of potpourri, carved acorn light pulls, dishes of glass pebbles, thriving houseplants.
The use of straight lines, glossy white glass, glowing light and anodized aluminum have culminated in a notebook that champions cutting edge technology alongside innovative design.
The colors make the space exuberant, the bamboo makes it warm, and together they make the building as much an exercise in sensuous comfort as in structural bravado although the swaggering structure is there, too, replete with glass and natural light and a sense of grand space everywhere.
The tale sparkles like the glass Aaron hoards, light and delicate and full of dreams.
On the middle finger of his right hand he wore a ring with an oblong piece of faceted green glass that caught the light.
The television audience got to watch it all live: the cross-eyed canvassers holding ballots up to the light under the big round magnifying glass, searching for signs of intent.
Though that also makes it more flexible (and makes the ability to grind and polish the glass to create a light-capturing parabolic surface without actually breaking the thing all the more impressive), this flexibility can be exploited to keep the reflective surface in shape.
Some trading firms measure their competitiveness by the speed in which they can connect to financial exchanges and complete transactions, and even at the speed of light that data travels along the glass of fiber optic lines, locating even a few miles closer to the exchange could provide an edge.
One example the company has developed is a crystal fibre that squeezes light into such a narrow core that the intensity of the light modifies the optical properties of the glass itself.
And, in an effort to bring back at least a light version of the central idea of Glass Steagall, the bill would require banks to set up separate affiliates, each with its own balance sheet, one with FDIC deposits and one without them.
In 1667, Paris became the first city in the world to light its streets, using wax candles in glass lamps.
Ando simplified the 53, 800-square-foot space by aligning doorways and hanging a giant white veil under the glass atrium to diffuse the natural light.
In the light from the overhead bulb with its old glass shade, mixed with sunlight from the window on the nearby landing, I saw myself reflected clearly.
Corning is also pushing new glass products such as Willow Glass, a super-thin, flexible glass, and Lotus Glass, for use in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and next-generation LCD displays.
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When you first visit, you will be struck by the warm design, the huge glass walls that let in the light, the nice energy and comfort of the entire experience, the overall vibe.
Vaguely diverted by the break in routine, that evening he walked on the brick-paved front driveway instead, looping around the circular lawn and through a carport in which a misplaced glass chandelier cast a friendly yellow light.
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