Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. The client described it as living inside a tree. The house was very inwardly focused with low-lying windows that you couldn’t see out of unless you ducked or sat down.

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Westeck News

JULY 28, 2023

Content courtesy of Government of Canada Window and Door Retrofit Grants – Government of Canada There are a number of options for upgrading the energy efficiency of your windows and doors. Learn more about replacing your windows and doors. A rough opening serves the purpose of installing one or more windows or doors.

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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

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. The retail area is situated at the front of the space, facing the street through large windows, while the examination rooms and staff facilities can be found at the back.

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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. The prefabs’ steel framework allows windows to be placed anywhere along the perimeter of a home.

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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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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

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Set on the edge of a very loose-knit cluster of residential properties, the lodge is located on the grounds of the family home in which the clients grew up. Photo by Tom Bird Photo by Tom Bird Photo by Tom Bird See the full story on Dwell.com: A Prefab Cabin With Massive Windows Touches Down Lightly in a U.K.

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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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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

A horizontal window frames views of the ocean in the main chapel In the Sea Chapel, pews face an altar that stands in front of a large horizontal window, framing a view out over the ocean and distant mountains. These are the Closet Chapel and the Sky Chapel, both of which have been given a distinct character.

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Archinect

AUGUST 15, 2023

RIOS led the architecture, landscape, and masterplanning for the 11-acre campus to meet this client’s goals for blending the neighborhood’s rich legacy with modernness for today’s leading creative companies. Inspired by the glass stages of the 1920s, Harlow seamlessly integrates into its historical setting.

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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. The clients—a family of five with three children in college—wanted to create an "urban cabin" that embraces the tranquil forested site on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Charlie & Co.

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Dwell

JULY 29, 2023

With views of trees, sky, and water, the home’s all-glass living and dining space is enveloped by the landscape. A glass-enclosed central volume links these two masses, becoming a spatial void through which nature can permeate, unobstructed. Glass, brick, and wood converge at the home’s central volume.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The client’s wish was to create an airy and light space throughout maximizing views of the surrounding landscape while drawing on the home’s already existing strengths. Together with the floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding glass doors on the other side o.

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Deezen

APRIL 6, 2024

"It was interesting to go deep about what we thought was truly important to us and therefore how we wanted to live," Ruben Stellingwerf, who was one of the clients, told Dezeen. "We Glass infills the timber structure around the top edges of the space to create a clerestory window, while glass sliding doors set in wooden frames sit underneath.

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Architizer

AUGUST 17, 2022

WAY-out-of-the-box – Our brief was to create an out of the ordinary festive window display for a prime location rich in historic fabric at Rockbund Shanghai, in collaboration and representing three diverse brands.??Our So we had to create that illusion by creating a way to construct our spheres around the existing facade and glass.

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Deezen

MARCH 31, 2024

Located in the suburb of Highgate, the home replaces an existing cottage on the site that had been occupied by the clients for several years. Inbuilt in the project is wealth creation, financial security, and a family legacy to eventually be passed to the clients’ two children," it continued.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Studio Octopi has extended a Georgian house in London "The client was after an additional living space that unified the house," studio founder Chris Romer-Lee told Dezeen. Read: ConForm Architects models green-terrazzo flat extension on bay windows "We are always keen to respect heritage. The photography is by Agnese Sanvito.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The bedrooms and bathrooms are stacked on the opposite end with windows that look out east and west. The client named the house Casa que Da (House that Gives) to reference the act of "giving" in a culinary context. The primary suite cantilevers slightly out from the perimeter of the foundation with a glazed corner.

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Deezen

MARCH 6, 2024

Danish architecture studio BIG has designed a baseball stadium in Las Vegas with a massive metal shell and the "largest cable-net glass wall in the world". A giant window frames a majestic view of the life of The Strip and the iconic New York New York hotel skyline," he continued. The images are by Negativ.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Named Timjan, the extension was designed by Johan Sundberg Arkitektur to contrast the style of the existing villa, which dates back to the 1920s but has been frequently renovated by the clients in the past. The big modern glass surfaces reflect the surroundings and can sometimes almost be invisible."

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

Prioritising natural light, Oliver Leech Architects expanded the ground floor with an open living, dining and kitchen space, which meets the existing building with a large skylight and a window seat overlooking a small courtyard. The extension features a window seat overlooking the rear courtyard Oliver Leech Architects was founded in 2016.

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2023

Interiors studio Crystal Sinclair Designs has renovated a loft apartment in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighbourhood to include a mezzanine with a wall of books and a bedroom behind a glass partition. The idea was to draw attention to the high ceilings with floor-to-ceiling drapes and a metal/glass partition wall.

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Architizer

JULY 17, 2023

If there is one thing that architects and their clients can agree on, it’s that architecture should always work in harmony with nature. Paul Keskeys: How did the client brief and the project’s unique site help to shape your initial concept for Silver Residence? For this project, we chose Marvin windows for several reasons.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The countryside residence favors simple, sustainable moves over square footage, and strategically captures views without walls of glass. Melbourne designer David Noordhoff had already established a rhythm with clients James and Zara McGuffie long before he designed their home. Sliding glass doors help bring the outside in.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Birds, butterflies and trees are considered co-owners of Labri, a glass house in Vietnam designed by local studio Nguyen Khai Architects & Associates. To prevent overheating, several openable doors and windows were used to facilitate natural ventilation, while the greenery helps to shade the interiors.

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Habitus Living

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Being close to the vicinity of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, the property provided a view to the lush tree canopies outside the window,” says Goy about the vista that she wanted the apartment to capitalise on. White window frames in the living area were also retained.

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Deezen

MAY 4, 2022

Interior designer Magdalena Keck has filled a glass-and-steel home in New York with a restrained but eclectic mix of furnishings that are meant to complement the existing architecture. The Hudson Valley Glass House is located in Westchester County, about an hour's drive from New York City. Underfoot is a Soumak rug from ALT for Living.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Retallack Thompson added a steel deck extension to a 1830s stone terrace Located in Sydney's Darlinghurst suburb, the extended sandstone building now accommodates a home and studio space for the client while the new build belongs to the client's daughter. The upper level features two bedrooms and a bathroom.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2024

Black Diamond is a house in Sydney's Mosman suburb "Our clients wanted a home that felt like a boutique hotel with a lavish yet tranquil tonal intensity that was rich in substance, not excess trimmings," YSG explained. "We Some of these bricks are made from yellow glass, chosen by YSG to reflect the home's "sunny disposition".

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Deezen

MAY 14, 2023

Named One-Legged House, the home sits on a small hill overlooking the coast of Okinawa and was designed for a client wanting "a clear view to the ocean and wind flowing through all day long", said IGArchitects. Like an opened umbrella, the roof and walls [of the home] are extended from the only column," explained IGArchitects.

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Deezen

JUNE 6, 2023

The existing coach house had been adapted and converted over the years, which unfortunately removed all original features prior to our clients acquiring the site," studio co-founder Andrew Brown told Dezeen. Upstairs, a series of bedrooms feature floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the grass-topped roof and the garden below.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

An existing structure is wrapped by a curved glass extension In order to expand the existing space, the studio wrapped the building's lower half with a curved glass extension that follows the curvature of its undulating steel roof. The photography is by Nacasa & Partners.

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Westeck News

APRIL 1, 2022

Welcome to Westeck’s Client Spotlight! Our Client Spotlight explores the latest projects from Custom Home Builders, Architects, Designers and Renovation Specialists. Today, we’re excited to feature Averra Developments in our Client Spotlight with their Mount Pleasant Modern | Single Family Home.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2024

It has been designed to be a generational house and the client wanted something that would last the test of time and age gracefully." The house features clerestory windows. Photo by Yellows studio A raised ceiling "lantern" holds clerestory windows that provide the interior with extra light.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 27, 2024

Across the North Building, existing bricked or boarded-up doors and windows opened strategically. Operable windows inserted at the studios to allow for ventilation, extruded windows at galleries become art vitrines, and former loading entries create large openings at production spaces offer indoor-outdoor potentials.

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Deezen

APRIL 30, 2022

In our latest lookbook , we spotlight 10 homes with living rooms enclosed by floor-to-ceiling glazing and window walls that create seamless connections to their natural surroundings. Mary Arnold-Forster Architects designed two floor-to-ceiling windows for the lounge of Nedd, a house built from cross-laminated timber in the Scottish Highlands.

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