The latest design of the skyscraper to replace the World Trade Center covers its 20-story concrete base with thousands of glass prisms and tops it with a lighted spire meant to resemble the Statue of ...

A prism has a constant cross-section throughout its length. When the cross-section is a triangle, the prism is called a triangular prism. When the cross-section is a hexagon, the prism is called a ...

A glass prism is a transparent object having two triangular ends and three rectangular sides. The refraction of light in glass prism is different from a glass slab. This is because in glass prism, the ...

OSO’s idiosyncratic approach to the glass tower, one of Vancouver’s dominant architectural forms, consists of offset glass prisms, arranged vertically. (Courtesy OSO) Deloitte Summit straddles two ...

NASA's Apollo 11 mission was not only a pivotal point in human history, but also a gift that keeps on giving as the work the astronauts did aboard the massive space rock still is helping us out today.

A 4½-inch-high heavy glass pyramid was in a recent house sale. It was inexpensive, but no one knew what it was used for. It was almost too heavy to lift, so it wouldn’t be a practical paperweight, but ...