Deezen

JULY 17, 2022

For our latest lookbook , we've chosen 10 residential glass extensions that create airy, light-filled and modern additions to homes. Glass is a popular material for house extensions as it is durable, weather-resistant and – thanks to its transparency – adds light and brightness to a space. Find out more about The Glass Ribbon ›.

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Deezen

MAY 17, 2024

Arkansas has claimed its first bikeable structure – a ramped office building in Bentonville designed by Michel Rojkind, Callaghan Horiuchi and Marlon Blackwell Architects. There is also a concrete parking garage The paved concrete pathway ramps approximately 1,900 feet (580 metres) back and forth across the building's eastern facade.

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Dwell

MAY 10, 2024

Welcome to Prefab Profiles , an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. Here, Garcia and Mederos share how iHouse Estudio works to deliver "better buildings in less time," whether its a tiny cabin near the beach or remote home in the middle of the countryside. While they have yet to hit the U.S.

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Dwell

JUNE 1, 2022

Photo: Boano Prišmontas See the full story on Dwell.com: The Dot House Is a Prefab Tiny Home With Spot-On Finishes Related stories: On the Suffolk Coast, a Family Builds a Seaside Home for the Ages This Tiny Apartment Checks All the Boxes With Glass Bricks and Gridded Tile A Streamlined Boathouse Perches Above the Water in the San Juan Islands

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Westeck News

JULY 7, 2023

Content courtesy of Sash Windows London The Origin of Stained Glass Stained glass windows have been around for generations. During the rise of the Gothic, during the 12th century, the art of the stained-glass window flourished exceptionally.

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Deezen

MAY 18, 2022

London architecture studio Bureau de Change has produced a range of patterned tiles using Thames Glass, a biomaterial created by artist Lulu Harrison from mussel shells. Harrison – a student on the Material Futures masters at Central Saint Martin's – creates her bio-glass using the ground-up shells of quagga mussels as a substitute for sand.

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Deezen

AUGUST 14, 2023

Designed to help connect the home to its garden, the extension was designed to turn a house that suffered from dark and small spaces into a light-filled home with glass walls that frame views of nature. We were interested in creating heavy sculptural forms in a limited material palette with three main elements of concrete, timber and glass."

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Dwell

JANUARY 2, 2024

Rather than add an addition to the original structure, their plan was a complementary new companion house: a ruggedly modern home capable of coexisting in balance with the existing house, offering the potential for dual occupancy or future use of either building.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Apple Tree House is a modernist-style glass residence. Glass walls throughout the public areas of the home give sightlines of the tree and the other living areas from a variety of different positions. The floors throughout the home are polished concrete, which contrasts the stark black colour of the building's exterior.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Comprising two towers connected by a 100-meter tall skybridge, the headquarters building forms a new landmark near the main tollgate to and from Seoul. When approached from the city, the portal serves as the main entry point to the building, leading tenants and visitors underneath the skybridge.

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Deezen

JUNE 10, 2022

They wanted an exceptional building with new programs that would enhance the festival and this community for decades to come," said Hariri Pontarini Architects founding partner Siamak Hariri, who took the lead on the project. Exterior materials include bronze, glass, stone, and wood. The photo is by Scott Norsworthy.

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Deezen

JANUARY 19, 2024

UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed an administration building in South Carolina with a winged roof that covers a skybridge. Located in Greenville, the Greenville County Administration Building contains offices and is part of a wider redevelopment of the county's central square by RocaPoint Partners.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The studio added a metal and glass extension to the school The extension included the "careful inssertaion" of a modern, glass-lined structure between the cathedral and the school. For the restoration, the team revamped large portions of the school building's, extending the programme of the addition's interior throughout.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Secondly, the entire facade in this segment is made of glass, even above the sliding glass doors. Due to a limited budget, the house was very simple in terms of finishing. First, the roof ridge was located in the center of the volume, to allow for the highest interior space.

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Archinect

MAY 2, 2024

This project, our second for one of the pioneers of co-working space, involved the conversion of three buildings into one learning and working facility for the creative community. We provided the space plan, custom furniture design, and finish specifications.

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Deezen

MARCH 22, 2022

This project took a space in a mid-19th century building that's been a textile mill, a Campbell's soup factory, and finally a condo complex," said La Firme , a local studio whose name means simply The Firm. Natural light comes in from the gallery space through a band of glass blocks, in a wink to 1980s condo design," La Firme explained.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Gehry Partners has created a building for Warner Bros in Burbank Second Century Burbank is divided into two large blocks connected by a two-storey volume that is topped by a landscaped courtyard. These are used across the building's highway-facing elevations and have an "icy white appearance" intended to evoke the form of icebergs.

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Deezen

JANUARY 5, 2023

London practice PDP has renovated Eighty Strand, an art deco office building on the Strand, restoring its original finishes and complementing them with glazed pavilions that reference the style's geometric forms. The studio added glass and steel extensions that have an art deco look. Photo by Andrew Meredith.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2022

As glass bricks are experiencing another renaissance, our latest lookbook features ten projects that showcase how glazed masonry can illuminate any interior – even cramped bathrooms and hallways. Optical Glass House, Japan, by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP. Optical Glass House, Japan, by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP.

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2022

New York office SO-IL and Parisian studio FREAKS have completed the renovation and extension of an 18th-century glass factory in France, adding a sweeping concrete plaza that unites a series of cultural spaces. SO-IL and FREAKS have extended a former glass factory in France. The team added a sweeping concrete plaza.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2024

New York firm RKTB Architects has completed One Sullivan Place, a mixed-income apartment building that rises 12 storeys and cantilevers in two directions over the rooftop of an adjacent structure. The building is located in the Crown Heights neighbourhood, near Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2022

Designed for a family local to the area, the three-storey 100JOA home occupies a tight row-house site, with a small walled garden at its rear surrounded by neighbouring buildings. The post Vallribera Arquitectes contrasts heavy and light finishes at compact home in Barcelona appeared first on Dezeen.

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Archinect

MAY 17, 2023

This news comes a year after the exterior finishes of the office complex were said to be nearly done. Breaking ground in early 2020 , the 800,000-square-foot structure, resembling staggered icebergs through its glass façade, now rises in full view above the 134 freeway in Burbank, California.

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Dwell

APRIL 13, 2022

Courtesy of Gast Architects The layout of the H-shaped plan worked well for Firdaus and Stella, with its thoughtful division of public and private space, joined together by a glass-faced room with twin courtyards on either side.

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Deezen

APRIL 20, 2023

Buildings embellished by decorative brick facades are the focus of this roundup , which includes houses, a winery and a mausoleum. Bricks are a common building material used all around the world, typically for constructing walls. A total of 5,000 bespoke bricks made in 44 shapes and sizes were used for the project.

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Architecture Ideas

AUGUST 22, 2022

Soap and scum-clad glass showers are the unsettling sights we all have to deal with. Hard water further adds to the staining of the glass. . This problem can be combated by consistent cleaning with a squeegee, acidic glass cleaners, and sometimes abrasive stain removers. How to Practically Keep Your Glass Shower Clean.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The concrete bar – which contains circulation and sleeping spaces – was Jenny Peysin Architecture's first time working with cast-in-place concrete as an all-in-one finished facade and structural material. Environmental: NY Building Technology Group. A poured-in-place concrete bar grounds the glazed living space. Kitchen: Team 7.

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Archinect

JANUARY 6, 2023

In Collaboration with 180 Degrees Design + Build, Echo Canyon is a transformation of a 1970’s era home at the base of Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona. A large glass wall frames views of Camelback and the new terrace and pool. Simplified exterior finishes of stucco and steel elements contrast with the rugged terrain.

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Deezen

MARCH 27, 2023

Cladding made of glass-fibre-reinforced concrete wraps the exterior of a sculptural, mixed-used building that was designed by US firm Handel Architects for a crowded, triangular site. The 12-storey building houses The Line Hotel and a residential portion called Serif, along with commercial space on the ground level.

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Archinect

JANUARY 11, 2024

Emulating clusters of buildings that once formed neighboring farms and ranches, you move through a series of breezeways that alternate between open-air and glass-enclosed, each branching out from the heart of the home. The infinity pool, finished in dark plaster, flawlessly reflects the sky above.

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Archinect

APRIL 13, 2023

The building, distinct with its undulating glass façade and mass timber grid shell, will be home to critical research in solar and climate science, energy, biofuels, decomposable plastics, and more.

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Deezen

JUNE 5, 2024

Meanwhile, Villa Eternal Way's facades are finished with exposed concrete and black bricks, intended as a nod to the black peat soil found nearby. This led to the evolution of a building typology of houses with a raised ground floor," it continued.

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Dwell

MAY 19, 2023

Design has crafted a stunning glass, steel, and timber home that seamlessly blends the inner and outer worlds. Design to build a new home on the shore of Minnesota’s Lake Minnetonka, it was these qualities they wanted to evoke. The solution was to use vast expanses of glass to dissolve the boundaries between inside and out.

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Deezen

AUGUST 17, 2022

Iridescent aluminium sheets clad the rhomboid-shaped D2 building, a creative workplace by Cambridge studio Mole Architects that forms the latest addition to London's Design District. Headed by architect Meredith Bowles, Mole Architects previously completed a larger building called C2 that opens onto the district's central courtyard.

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Architizer

AUGUST 24, 2022

The combination of reflective glass and natural anodized aluminium creates a shimmering effect during daylight whilst at night time, the ambient lighting features shows off the curvilinear profiles. My favorite detail is the typical balcony interface with the glass façade. How have your clients responded to the finished project?

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2023

The extension has a U shape with glass doors that let in light The architect demolished a small rear kitchen, outhouse and sunroom and reused the bricks and materials from the demolition to construct a 45-square-metre U-shaped extension, which accommodates an open-plan kitchen and dining space. The photography is by Rohan Venn.

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The Architecture Designs

MAY 27, 2024

Semi-transparent facades are changing the game for architects and designers in how they approach building exteriors. Often surrounded by mystery these modern systems offer a blend of beauty and practicality reshaping the very appearance of a building. This enables architects to craft captivating building facades that truly stand out.

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