article thumbnail

ODA completes New York residential building with a glass box facade

Archinect

ODA Architecture has completed a residential scheme at 101 West 14th Street in New York City defined by a glass box facade. Image credit: Michael Young Image credit: Michael Young The building’s exterior features a glass box facade with fractal geometry to create a “sense of lightness, airiness, and depth,” according to ODA.

Glass 243
article thumbnail

LACMA shares custom-built glass facade details in new spring construction update

Archinect

According to the museum's most recent April 5th update, interior walls and exterior glazing are being installed on the site’s western side, facing north to Wilshire Boulevard. Work on the building’s MEPs is now underway, and the concrete pour for the roof decks has been completed to the east side of the site.

Glass 266
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Birdproof glass technology is getting better – but it's popularity still hasn't taken off

Archinect

Architects have known how to prevent their buildings from becoming bird killers for more than a decade: Patterned glass, exterior screens and turning the lights off at night can all significantly reduce bird deaths. But those standards clash with the big glass and big views that clients associate with big money.

Glass 319
article thumbnail

Snøhetta adds glass and glulam extension to world's oldest ski museum

Deezen

Architecture studio Snøhetta has extended the Holmenkollen ski museum in Oslo with a glass entrance covered in 1,207 "meticulously placed" wooden battens. The building, which was founded in 1923, is the oldest ski museum in the world, according to Snøhetta. to five metres in length, cut to minimise waste.

Glass 129
article thumbnail

Chicago's Thompson Center begins demolition ahead of $280 million Google takeover

Archinect

NBC Chicago is reporting on the start of planned demolition work for the Thompson Center in advance of a $280 million makeover that will turn the famed Helmut Jahn -designed building into a new office space for Google for 2026. Work will cover the exterior glass curtain facade and interior atrium.

Exterior 253
article thumbnail

Odile Decq builds all-glass Maison de Verre for client with vision loss

Deezen

Architect Odile Decq has completed a house in France with walls of translucent glass, to create the optimal lighting conditions for a client with vision impairment. The house has walls of translucent glass. This gives the building a graphic quality and allows it to stand out from its suburban surroundings.

Client 105
article thumbnail

VERTICAL RAINBOW in Tokyo by SAKO Architects

Archinect

The former headquarters building was a stereotypical pencil building that merely met the legal requirement for evacuation. Using a newly developed in-house paint for outdoor glass, we applied a gradient coating to tempered laminated glass. The view of the city from th.

Architect 293