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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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Hewitt creates residential tower in Seattle informed by stack of magazines

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Local architecture studio Hewitt has unveiled the 33-storey-high Skyglass residential block in downtown Seattle , which was informed by an offset stack of magazines. The tower rises from a brick-clad base "I looked at the profile and stopped seeing a lot of floorplates twisting but just saw a basic shift," said Nagele. "In

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The DHaus Company revamps London house with butterfly-roof extension

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An inverted-pitch roof and angular brick cladding characterise the Butterfly House extension, which architecture studio The DHaus Company has added to a terraced home in north London. It is distinguished by its inverted-pitched roof, or butterfly roof, which references the surrounding 19th-century architecture and inspired the project's name.

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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. The axial approach includes replanted natural grasses The roof extends to create a 15-foot (4.5-metre)

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Villa KD45 is a concrete house in Delhi with a plant-covered roof

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Studio Symbiosis has completed a villa in Delhi, India , that rises up from its landscaped grounds, forming a terraced roof that is covered with plants to maximise the site's green area. A stepped walkway built into the ramp-like roof form leads up from the entrance to a shaded outdoor living space. Photography is by Niveditaa Gupta.

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Studio Rhonda uses saturated colours and glass bricks to revamp Zetteler's headquarters

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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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Mjölk Architekti adds "glittering glass extension" to century-old cabin

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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. This levels off at a 90-degree angle from the steeply pitched existing roof. Behind the curtain of the original cabin, a glittering glass extension has sprung up.".

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