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

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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. The staircase is also made from glass. The angular form is designed to provide optimal lighting conditions inside.

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Looking Glass Lodge features glass facades that reflect the surrounding woodland

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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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iHouse’s Customizable Prefab Homes Have Huge Glass Sliders That Connect Them to Their Setting

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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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Magpie House extension is a "personal museum" for client's furniture collection

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Architecture practice DGN Studio has extended a terraced home in east London with spaces and materials that form a backdrop to the client's mid-century furniture collection. An internal opening between the living room and kitchen diner creates a new visual axis that cuts through the entire home, intended to better unify the interior.

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Specht Architects creates austere glass house in the Berkshires

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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. metre) wide porch that wraps around the entire house and shades the interior spaces, reducing the home's heating and cooling load. The photography is by Dror Baldinger.

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Ten homes with light-filled glass extensions

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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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Hill West’s subtly designed 7 West 57th features an oblique glass facade

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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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