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Pass-Through Windows: Inspiring the Design of Easy-Open Spaces

ArchDaily

Cortesia de Western Window Systems The desire for fluid integration between spaces has become increasingly relevant in contemporary architecture. This is achieved through architectural elements such as large windows and doors, which dissolve barriers through the simple action of opening and closing.

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Redrawing Boundaries: The Three Principles of Minimalist Windows

ArchDaily

This condition prompted the creation of architectural designs that not only integrated windows as functional elements but also as compositional. Thanks to technological innovations, windows with slender framings and wider openings were achieved, as exemplified in works such as Villa Savoye and Farnsworth House. Read more ยป

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House with pink windows by Objekt Architecten

Archinect

In the design, we kept the main house and replaced the rear extension. Moreover, the rear of the house is bathed in light thanks to the large window. Here, the choice was made to enhance the feeling of space in the bathroom by creating a vo. From the kitchen, residents are in contact with all the rooms on the ground floor.

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Eight homes with practical and stylish built-in window seats

Deezen

For our latest lookbook , we've collected eight window seats in homes across the world including clever custom-made solutions in wood and concrete. By installing a window seat, interior designers don't just add extra seating to a room, they also create a peaceful space that can be used for contemplation and relaxation.

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Space Perspective completes capsule for balloon-powered "journey to the edge of space"

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Space tourism company Space Perspective has unveiled a test capsule for its Neptune spacecraft that, buoyed by a giant balloon, could carry tourists into the stratosphere next year. The teardrop-shaped capsule was designed by London-based studio Of My Imagination to provide a markedly different experience from its forebearers.

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walls of windows run along airy maple valley library in washington

designboom

the library's U-shaped plan by johnston architects features distinct wings, with one housing a workroom and the other a meeting space, surrounding the main reading room. The post walls of windows run along airy maple valley library in washington appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ConForm Architects models green-terrazzo flat extension on bay windows

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Green terrazzo is teamed with concrete and clay-toned plaster at Terzetto, a London flat extension that architecture studio ConForm Architects has modelled on bay windows. Externally, these distinct materials have been combined to evoke the components of a bay window โ€“ which are a plinth, column and pediment.

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