Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

International studio Snøhetta has completed Beijing City Library in China , a glass-lined building filled with towering tree-like columns and rooms disguised as hills. Outside, real ginkgo trees have been planted at the entry points, framed by the glass walls that aim to "further enhance the connection with nature".

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Panes of glass run along the first level walkway, opening the building to the campus "There's this weird thing that you go into the lobby, and it's an eight-and-a-half foot space, that has all these tightly spaced columns," Ramus told Dezeen. A light installation by US artist Leo Villareal has been installed in the lobby.

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Dwell

MARCH 12, 2024

Rough-and-ready finishes merge with refined touches like marble trim and glass-orb pendants. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The stone-clad Connecticut retreat is surprisingly advanced with a steel frame, glass sliders, geothermal heating and cooling, and a motorized roof hatch to the deck. A protective wood shutter neatly slides into the stone, revealing a glass panel pocket door. Have one to share? Post it here. Upon arrival only one opening is visible.

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Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

Read: SO-IL and FREAKS extend glass museum in France with sweeping public plaza "Shingled metal peaks and curves harmonize with the surrounding hills, cresting against the skyline before dipping low to open into the central courtyard," said the studio. Its undulating shape was informed by the surrounding hilly terrain.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A glass volume that spans the two upper floors was inserted off-centre, facing the street. Hall Glass & custom frit: Agnora The post Snøhetta includes wooden oculus for Norwegian-American museum extension in Iowa appeared first on Dezeen. The studio created the canopy's soaring form based on traditional Norwegian boat design.

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Dwell

MARCH 19, 2024

A new extension with floor-to-ceiling glass sliders opens to the garden, giving a family of four a plein air space to entertain. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

For the glass facades, we adopted the image of icebergs for the dynamic angled geometry of their vertical faces," Gehry Partners told Dezeen. The glass facades are based on icebergs "As a counterpoint, we imagined metal volumes embedded within the crystalline glass forms," the studio continued. "We

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Deezen

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Other cultural buildings completed by OMA include a glass art museum extension in New York and the Taipei Performing Arts Centre , which has a distinctive shape made up of rectangular and spherical volumes protruding from a central cube.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A metal roof and glass facade contrast the brick station. The glass facade and skylights allow natural light into the building, while allowing a clear view of the reconstruction of the old station front from inside the building. Skylights and glass curtain walls light up the interior.

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Dwell

MAY 12, 2023

The glass wall passes through the center of each column, revealing the building skeleton to both the inside and the outside. The building is organized around a repeating grid of slender quadripartite columns that frame views and support a lightweight trussed roof structure.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson used engineered timber and a cantilevered roof for Caymus-Suisun Winery to create a contemporary winery with a "new architectural language for the region". Engineered timber , poured concrete and ground-face block establish "a humble yet refined atmosphere fitting for a working winery". For a 29-acre (11.7-hectare)

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

To respect the cemetery's existing "monumental ensemble" and reference American memorial architecture, the studio created a concrete and glass form that would "claim its own space while blending into the greater whole". Project credits: Architect: Kaan Architecten Landscape designer: Karres + Brands landschapsarchitecten B.V.,

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2024

Brooks + Scarpa has created a concessions building for a sports complex in Florida The Field House consists of a glass building wrapped with a board-formed concrete shell, which forms a wrap-around porch with a yellow-painted metal lattice on the north elevation. The photography is courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Its shape is informed by textile design Airside's shape is formed of chamfered edges in reference to textile cutting, while the fluted glass that covers part of the facade is a nod to fabric draping. The project's design is informed by Hong Kong's legacy of textile manufacturing and draws on different aspects of tailoring.

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2024

New York architecture studio HGX Design has created a linear, glass-fronted home in the Hudson Valley informed by the "individual notes of a music composition". Utility spaces, such as a powder room, laundry room and storage, were placed directly adjacent to the entry, while a long hallway leads to the entrances of three guest bedrooms.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A series of glass walls on the far side of the entryway will provide unobstructed views out—a mediating surface between building and landscape. As such, the design of the center will unfold from the landscape—a welcome center not so much sitting on the land but embedded in it. Image © EskewDumezRipple.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

The material palette for the guesthouse mimics that of the main residence – Douglas fir , cedar , steel and glass. Large sliding glass doors pocket into the walls on two sides, opening the space and immersing visitors in the sights, smells and sounds of the island," the team said.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Photo © Zhu Runzi The glass curtain wall of the atrium creates complex layers between inside and outside, the hidden wall washer lighting enhances the comfortable and natural ambience of the space blurs the boundary of indoor-outdoor.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Tactile custom finishes – including breeze blocks, bespoke woodwork, stained glass, leather upholstery, and even Noguchi-style lighting – emphasize craftsmanship while natural elements like cedar infuse a sense of warmth," said the studio. Each unit also includes energy-efficient heating, lighting, and low-flow fixtures.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 4, 2023

Designed as a prismatic reading room lifted on a board-formed concrete base, the Library’s fritted glass facades are inspired by The Bronx’s status as the “greenest Borough of New York City” and depict abstract views of the borough’s tree canopies. Image © Snøhetta. Image © Snøhetta. Source by Snøhetta. Image © Snøhetta.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Working with local studio NORR Architects and Engineers , Renzo Piano Building Workshop ( RPBW ) designed the structure for downtown Toronto, where it will house many of the city's criminal courtrooms. It was enclosed in a type of glass that was designed to have "minimum reflectivity" and has a pattern printed on it to make it bird-friendly.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A sloping fibreglass roof and a glass facade characterise New York studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro 's first completed single-family residential project, which has been photographed officially for the first time by Iwan Baan. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineers: Polise Consulting Engineers, P.C.,

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2023

Its exterior is a mixture of glass and steel support structures that out extend from I beams in the internal plates, across the facade and down to isolators below ground level. It has a glass facade wrapped in plaster-clad steel "It's probably the safest building around and its lifecycle, in our terms, is eternal," Moss told Dezeen. "If

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Headquartered in Dallas, HKS served as the architect of record for the George HW Bush Building, which rises 14 storeys in blocks of glass with graduating bands of vertical sunshades as it sits on the northeast terminus of the Capitol Mall. The photography is by Albert Vecerka/Esto. & Elec. (AOR & Elec. Guerra, Inc.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. A glass bridge is included in the design. MEP engineering: Tower Engineering. Structural engineering: WBCM.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The centre's flared form was clad in a metal curtain wall, rendered in a light colour to reflect the mid-century buildings, while the faces of each protrusion feature floor-to-ceiling glass trimmed with timber.

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Deezen

JUNE 18, 2023

The steel panels mimic the neo-Gothic architecture found in the neighbourhood Behind the veil, the house is clad with a black cementitious panel coloured to mimic shadow and void and glass. A ramp wraps around the home and provides circulation The house is more open in the back, with floor-to-ceiling glass doors opening to the backyard space.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The lower bar is board-formed concrete that is carved away with glass and steel, while the upper bar is clad in phenolic wall panels. The interior is characterized by a large glass staircase with cantilevered treads that turn with the rotation of the upper level. Structural engineer: Thorton Tomasetti.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Following the Energy Standards’ option to use glass on just 20 per cent of the exterior surface area, the limited amount of glazing is concentrated around these central outdoor areas. The coving along the ceiling is made of glass fibre-reinforced concrete from a local vendor.

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Deezen

JUNE 9, 2023

Part of the building is elevated on thick pilotis Facades consist of greenish glass and a tan-hued, pleated screen made of glass-fibre-reinforced concrete (GFRC). The screened side is made of glass-fibre-reinforced concrete In some areas, the buildings' lower levels are recessed, forming shaded zones around the perimeter.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 26, 2024

The exterior of the hotel is expressed through board formed concrete, metal panels, large expanses of glass, and glimpses of the wood ceilings inside. Structural elements are evident and highlighted to enhance the sense of enclosure and warmth inside the lodge. The palette draws upon the architectural heritage of the Schweitzer basin.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 24, 2024

Photo © Paul Warchol Ecological Excellence Curved translucent glass walls are formed by a double-layer U-plank structural glass system filled with translucent insulation for high thermal performance and 19% light transmission, ideal for studio light.

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Architonic

MAY 2, 2022

IKK Engineering GmbH is one of the leading offices for consulting, planning and construction management in structural and civil engineering in Austria. Together with the other companies of the IKK Group, IKK Engineering moved into a new company location in Graz.

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Deezen

JULY 11, 2023

Hutton designed the facades using local limestone, arranged in bands For added protection from both wind and wildfire , the facility is made of concrete and clad in durable and noncombustible exterior materials such as limestone and glass. Flanking this central zone is the garage on one side, and a large gathering space on the other.

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Deezen

JUNE 8, 2022

In some areas, stretches of glass are covered with wooden screens. The custom glass staircase creates transparency and allows the client's art to be the focal point, setting the stage for the experience of the home," the team said. Civil engineer: Nelson Engineering (Dave Dufault).

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Deezen

AUGUST 23, 2022

Engineered wood and steel were used for the structural frame. Engineered wood and steel were used for the structural frame. Along the courtyard, daylight flows in through sliding doors and floor-to-ceiling glass. Structural engineer: CFBR Structural Group. Civil engineer: Shaw Engineering.

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