Design Thoughts Architects

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I recently had the opportunity to explain to one of our new house desired clients what it is that we do as an architectural firm. We design buildings that are functional and meet the client’s needs, but we also design them with a theme or an architectural style in mind. Best Architects do so much more than that.

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Archinect

JANUARY 5, 2022

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.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Looking Glass Lodge is situated within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and was developed for a client whose parents established a nature reserve there in the 1960s. The building is set on a sloping site in the grounds of the client's family home. Looking Glass Lodge is clad in timber.

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Contemporist

APRIL 27, 2024

SWATT + PARTNERS has designed a wood-framed glass box that acts as a backyard office for their clients.

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The Architect's Newsletter

AUGUST 26, 2022

Brought to you by: Architect Hill West Architects Location New York, New York Completion Date April, 2022 Interiors Tsao & McKown Client Solow Building Company Window Wall Glass VRE 24-54 [.]. The post Hill West’s subtly designed 7 West 57th features an oblique glass facade appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2023

Specht Architects has designed a symmetrical glass pavilion in The Berkshires in Massachusetts that was created as a residence and a place to showcase antiques. The axial approach includes replanted natural grasses The roof extends to create a 15-foot (4.5-metre) Replanted natural grasses will create a dramatic ground plane when fully grown.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

CapitaLand’s 150,000 sqm retail, office, residential apartment and hotel mixed-use complex is part of our client’s award-winning global brand in Beijing’s Dongzhimen. The five-story retail podium hosts a naturally lit enclosure and glass ‘Crystal Lotus’ as its defining centrepiece.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The new 3-story building uses materials common to the neighborhood; brick and glass block, applying them in innovative ways to create an aesthetic familiar with the surroundings and at the same time new and inviting.

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The Architect's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Brought to you by: Architect SGA Architecture Location Nashville, Tennessee Completion Date August, 2020 Architect of Record Centric Architecture Client Vanderbilt University Construction Manager Messer Structural Engineer Structural Design Group [.].

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Dwell

MAY 10, 2024

The home stands out as a pavilion with two of the largest facades completely covered with glass, so it feels like you’re immersed in the forest. With over 60 iHouses delivered in the past 10 years, our personalization of each house makes the best result for our clients. What qualities make your prefabs stand apart from the rest?

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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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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

From cliffside homes with sweeping views to tranquil retreats nestled in nature, Studio MM designs with the environment and the client in mind, always considering how the smallest details can make the largest impact. This was the root of our inspiration for the project, which branches out from that two-sided glass living space.”

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Green Pavilion, a glass pavilion with a pyramidal roof, was designed by architect Odile Decq to evoke historic orangeries and installed in the Jardin des Tuileries as part of the Paris+ par Art Basel art fair. It was designed with a minimalistic structure, the bare minimum to hold the massive glass panels. It has a pyramidal roof.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

The all-black home, surrounded by a boreal forest, is made up of a square surrounding a small courtyard that contains an apple tree that reminded the client of their childhood. The Apple Tree House is a modernist-style glass residence. The post ACFD Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 10, 2024

It features a "brutalist cat flap" Above the countertops, an area of frameless glass roof pulls in light from above and provides an almost full-height view out over the garden's concrete planters. The garden, designed by VATRAA and planted by the client, becomes part of the interior."

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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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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Tailored family home The clients, a blended family with five children, wanted a home tailored to their family situation, where each family member has their own space. The floating glass volume. Respect for nature The design prioritizes a connection to the surrounding natural environment with the utmost respect for it.

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Deezen

APRIL 1, 2023

Local studio Best Practice Architecture has used punchy colours, glass bricks and dichroic glass inside an optometry store in Seattle 's Leschi neighbourhood. So the architects had to get creative to turn the "drab" commercial building into a fun and inviting environment.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Oliver Leech Architects transforms a West London townhouse using reeded glass that suffuses the family home with natural light while maintaining privacy. This proximity challenged the architects to introduce light into the property and provide smoother access to the small garden, without compromising the clients’ privacy.

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Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2022

The Watchman Cabin was completed collaboratively with a nature-loving client who was "captivated" by the area's natural surroundings after visiting. The weathered steel skin provides privacy and protection from the harsh desert climate, while glass volumes in public spaces act as eyes taking in every magnificent vista," said the architects.

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Deezen

MAY 30, 2022

Promotion: Czech Republic design brand Lasvit has will launch an exhibition featuring a moving glass art installation and newly launched design collections at this year's Milan design week. The exhibition called Sanctums will feature a glass kinetic installation called A:Live created by Serbian Lasvit in-house designer Stefan Mihailovi?

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Fashion house Balenciaga has opened a couture store with smoked-glass-panelled walls in the same building as its original couture salon in Paris. The interior of the store was clad in tinted glass. The post Balenciaga opens tinted-glass couture store beneath historic Paris atelier appeared first on Dezeen.

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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. The greatest design challenge for all residential project is agreeing with the client the residential flat mix. © QUAD Studio.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Today, our most exciting projects are when a client’s house looks like a beautiful, completed midcentury steel-and-glass home from the moment it’s craned on site. Connect Homes also says it can work with clients on providing additional structures, like a covered deck or a carport.

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Habitus Living

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Through the Looking Glass House is a project that came to Ben Callery Architects not long after the studio was established five years ago. Having previously worked with the clients there was a great amount of trust and understanding, which is of particular note given that the owners are based in Europe. Project details.

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Archinect

JANUARY 6, 2022

Minimal details and neutral finishes anticipate an evolving composition of the client’s art and design collection. The home’s open and connected spaces ultimately flow to the client’s workshop, a new separate structure dedicated to unbounded exploration.

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Archinect

AUGUST 29, 2023

As well as housing new work spaces, the building aims to provide a space of interaction and communication between the company and its network of suppliers, partners and clients. The project combines an electro-coloured micro-perforated aluminium skin which protects the most exposed parts of the building with a large vertical glass covering.

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Dwell

MAY 15, 2023

The client is an established hotel manager. The wall between the living area and study room was demolished and replaced with a wall entirely made from glass blocks. Not so in this roughly 1,300-square-foot unit in Taipei, renovated by designer firm Phoebe Says Wow.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Glass bricks create a light meeting room. The adjacent meeting room is enclosed in glass brick walls, which Zetteler had requested to allow for light to flow through the space. "I I sourced some Czech glass bricks with graphic linear mouldings for a contemporary edge," Drakeford explained. "I Photography is by Taran Wilkhu.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This client’s “dream house” is designed specifically. Sliding glass doors between the central entertaining space and the pool disappear completely behind the exterior walls when completely open. for the Venice lifestyle. These indoor-outdoor spaces take advantage of every inch of an extremely narrow lot.

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Archinect

MAY 21, 2024

The clients for the project—golf aficionados with a passion for collecting art—had found a site for their dream home on a gently sloping lot studded with old-growth oak trees and surrounded by views of rocky coastline and the nearby Santa Lucia Mountain range.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Looking closely at glass gabled roofs across diverse typologies, we’ve gathered a collection that showcases novel and iconic designs. The main building, the left volume, is almost entirely made of glass. Behind the glass facing the street, the kitchen, pantry and restroom are located. Modern Countryside Villa. Mororó House.

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Dwell

MAY 30, 2022

Our client is a young investor who was buying for the first time," Berastegui says. "He A wall of glass bricks sections off the bathroom while allowing natural light to enter. Photo by Philippe Billard See the full story on Dwell.com: This Tiny Apartment Checks All the Boxes With Glass Bricks and Gridded Tile

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Mjölk Architekti has renovated a 130-year-old dwelling in the north of the Czech Republic , adding a glass extension , sunken living area and domed skylight. Behind the curtain of the original cabin, a glittering glass extension has sprung up.". This levels off at a 90-degree angle from the steeply pitched existing roof.

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Dwell

JULY 12, 2022

The pergola structure provides solar shading to the glazed facade, while triple glazing with solar reflective glass improves the thermal efficiency of the building’s envelope." The brief was to provide a contemporary kitchen, dining, and living area within the ground floor and a primary bedroom with an en suite over the first floor.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Image: © Adrien Williams The project was informed by the client’s deeply-felt connection to a childhood apple tree and relied on a relatively simple combination of glass and wood boxes that house different functions and are centered around a small open interior courtyard that showcases his arboreal inspiration.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Align Design and Architecture has completed a high-spec 11,000 sq ft scheme for a leading global insurance company, high up in a glass-and-steel tower in the heart of the City of London.

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