The facilities offered by the SofA Glass Workshop rank among the best in teaching institutions throughout the world. The Workshop includes a fully equipped hot shop with tank furnace, colour pot furnace, glory holes and 4 annealing kilns; kiln forming area with 9 kilns; cutting and cold working areas with stone and diamond cutting lathes, belt sanding machine, pillar drill, grinding machines, diamond cut off saw, engraving room, polishing area, sandblasting area and a seminar and exhibition room. In addition, there is a purpose-built studio for architectural glass work, and within the Workshop each student is allocated an individual work space. The Glass Workshop has established a glass data base available on the World Wide Web to assist in the exchange of current information and practice.

In addition to Workshop facilities, through the Complementary Studies Program, students can access the resources of other Workshops within the School and University, including the three dimensional modelling and design facilities offered by the School’s computing facilities.