Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

UK architecture studio DaeWha Kang Design has designed a pavilion and courtyard for The OWO hotel at the site of the former Old War Office in Whitehall, London. The pavilion is located in front of the 1906 Grade II*-listed building, designed by architect William Young, that was once used by the British government's military departments.

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Deezen

JUNE 23, 2023

Created as part of a renovation of the museum led by architecture studio OMA 's New York office, Common Sky is a massive glass and mirror canopy created from hundreds of overlapping mirror and glass panels. The choice to use mirrors instead of having an all-glass canopy came from a desire to create an insulating effect for the canopy.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Local architecture firm La Base Studio has renovated a glass and concrete home, wrapping it in a delicate privacy and shading screen on a lush site in Buenos Aires , Argentina. The home was first constructed in the mid-1970s by a civil engineer, and La Base Studio demolished part of it for its current iteration.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Its shape is informed by textile design Airside's shape is formed of chamfered edges in reference to textile cutting, while the fluted glass that covers part of the facade is a nod to fabric draping. The project's design is informed by Hong Kong's legacy of textile manufacturing and draws on different aspects of tailoring.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

US architecture studio Schaum/Shieh has embedded a Virginia house with irregularly shaped volumes into the contours of a steep site. Rectangular windows on either end of the horizontal plan create an interrupted view through the centre of the house and large sliding glass doors and picture windows were installed on the facade.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Local firm In Situ Studio was charged with designing a contemporary residence for a couple – the husband is an electrical engineer, and the wife is a German and history teacher. The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients. Sliding glass doors connect the home to its grassy yard.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The steep, elevated site provides sweeping views over Mawhitipana Bay below and is covered in mature protected Pōhutukawa trees to avoid their roots, while being cradled by their canopies. Water is efficiently used with rainwater harvesting, and on-site stormwater disposal and effluent treatment.

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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. To add visual impact to the much-improved plan, Oliver Leech Architects worked vertically, adding reeded Linit glass panels to the double-height extension.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Its shape is informed by textile design Airside's shape is formed of chamfered edges in reference to textile cutting, while the fluted glass that covers part of the facade is a nod to fabric draping. The project's design is informed by Hong Kong's legacy of textile manufacturing and draws on different aspects of tailoring.

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Deezen

JUNE 10, 2022

Sitting on the site of a demolished theatre with the same name, Tom Patterson Theatre will primarily host events during the Stratford Festival – an ongoing exhibition of theatre in the Ontario town that runs from April-November yearly. Exterior materials include bronze, glass, stone, and wood. Photo and above are by Scott Norsworthy.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2024

Ross Barney Architects created the Aerospace Communications Facility at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, which originally opened as the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in 1942 to test jet propulsion. The outer portion of the glass building has meeting spaces and work areas.

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Architizer

JUNE 30, 2022

The architecture evokes regional landmarks and a sense of wonder, the site is east of the Bassac River, provided natural design inspiration. © Architectural Engineering Consultants. The contemporary tower is designed as a finely detailed structure that blends sustainability with natural and cultural references.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

Located near the coast of Gangwha County, the chapel sits at the top of a site that slopes down towards the sea, hugged from behind by dense forest and mountains. On the opposite wall, an organ is built into the exposed concrete, while narrow stained-glass windows are set within deep, faceted reveals on the southeast side.

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Dwell

MAY 17, 2023

Stairs follow the pitch of a steep slope to connect the original home with the extension, a reflective, glass-wrapped box set on steel piles. The original architecture explored a garden-court concept: three detached structures around a generous enclosed garden inspired by Latin American courtyards. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The 117,150 square foot office building will transform an underutilized site into a vibrant setting with creative offices above 7,960 square feet of restaurant and/or retail space on the ground floor. The surrounding urban context heavily influenced the site response – particularly the activation of the streetscape.

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Dwell

JULY 28, 2023

The spaces are sited between two natural mounds in the surrounding tussock. Two cubic masonry structures anchor the house. Between these forms, interior spaces are laid out around a sheltered courtyard, under an engineered-timber roof plane. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

hectare site near Maastricht to commemorate soldiers who died in the second world war. To respect the cemetery's existing "monumental ensemble" and reference American memorial architecture, the studio created a concrete and glass form that would "claim its own space while blending into the greater whole".

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Situated on Maluan Mountain, the centre by Line+ Studio was wrapped by glass openings – "maximizing transparency" to offer expansive views of the landscape, nearby seaport and Shenzhen city. Steel structure subcontractor: Shenzhen Special Zone Construction Steel Structure Co.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Immersing guests in the natural landscape of the wooded site along the Fraser River, the project touches lightly on the land with elevated cabins and a network of boardwalks that maximise interaction with the mountain site while preserving the trees and natural watershed. A historic saloon building holds the corner of the site.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2024

New York firm RKTB Architects has completed One Sullivan Place, a mixed-income apartment building that rises 12 storeys and cantilevers in two directions over the rooftop of an adjacent structure. Appearing as two distinct buildings, the structure has a front facade along Sullivan Place and a front facade along Washington Avenue.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Large glass facades, parametric forms and advanced engineering can be found in some of the leading educational facilities of today. Given that the site is located in paddy fields in the mountains there, the structure is built using layers of walls to adapt to the topography. Panyaden School. Image by Eric Dinardi.

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Architizer

JANUARY 26, 2023

miles from the site. The cost of bringing a sanitary sewer to the site was $2.0M – threatening the viability of the entire development. Working with our civil and plumbing engineers, we developed a design for an on-site black water treatment system where the outflow was clean water.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has expanded a California college through the addition of mass-timber structures that were informed by how fungi grow in the wild. Four buildings were designed to complement the existing structures – California modern-style buildings with stucco walls and splashes of colour – and the woodland environment.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Called The Lindemann Performing Arts Center (The Lindemann) the 101,000 square-foot (9,383-square-metre) structure consists of a shoebox theatre with a long bridge-like walkway. And then you go into the main hall and it's this massive space and there's no structure. So it's this weird inversion." The photography is by Iwan Baan.

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

Local bank BancFirst bought the structure and employed Bockus Payne to carry out the renovation. This included removing the vertical mullions of the curtain wall on the ground floor and installing clear glass. A series of tree wells on the site extended down to an underground concourse.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Occupying a long narrow site in Herblay sur Seine, L'échappée – meaning "escapade" in English – faces a road to the north with a stone and glass facade and opens up to a field to the south with a large wooden colonnade. It has a timber structure According to Atelier WOA, this design acts as "an invitation to enter".

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The elevated site provides sweeping views of the undulating terrain and the distant ocean. SAOTA has completed a residence on an elevated site in Los Angeles The project was designed by Cape Town-based SAOTA , alongside US architect and developer David Maman and the Belgian interior designer Dieter Vander Velpen.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 23, 2022

Hidden in the bucolic landscape of Northern Vosges Natural Park, Site Verrier de eisenthal is a publicly funded active cultural center in a historic glass factory dating back to the 18th century. An undulating poured-in-place concrete surface alludes to glass production as it unites the buildings. Photo © Iwan Baan.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

Photo is by Benjamin Benschneider The site is reached by boat, and a winding path leads from a dock through a wooded area and into a sunlit meadow. When new owners purchased the property in 2016, they engaged us to make additions to the site that respected the natural character of the sparsely populated island," the firm said.

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Dwell

MARCH 12, 2024

Rough-and-ready finishes merge with refined touches like marble trim and glass-orb pendants. The materiality of the project arises from the difficulty of accessing the construction site with particular attention to the reuse of materials on-site and off, as well as the use of natural materials such as insulation and coatings."

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Deezen

MAY 1, 2024

hectare) site with tall grasses, kiawe trees – also known as the American carob – and lava rocks, the team conceived a main dwelling and two guesthouses , along with a detached garage and swimming pool. The team incorporated large windows and full-height glass doors to capitalise on the views and pleasant climate.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Architecture studio Rex has revealed the translucent-marble-clad Perelman Performing Arts Center at New York's World Trade Center site. Located alongside One World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan, the Perelman Performing Arts Center by Rex comprises a cubic structure with thin marble cladding.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

For the glass facades, we adopted the image of icebergs for the dynamic angled geometry of their vertical faces," Gehry Partners told Dezeen. The glass facades are based on icebergs "As a counterpoint, we imagined metal volumes embedded within the crystalline glass forms," the studio continued. "We

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The extension is designed to contrast the old building The industrial site, officially named Shanghai Zhangjiang Cement Factory, was once one of largest cement factories in Shanghai, the studio said. MAD's intervention focuses specifically on the Wanmicang warehouse, which occupies the south side of the site.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Architect Eric Owen Moss describes the design and engineering approach to constructing the (W)rapper office building in Los Angeles in this exclusive film produced by Dezeen in collaboration with MATT Construction. The (W)rapper expresses how it's made, the structural engineering behind it and how the building performs.

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Architizer

APRIL 24, 2022

The day when I stood on the site, facing the vast ocean, the complex feeling I had in that moment inspired me. As this is an all-glass box with no dead space, the biggest challenge was to hide the pipework and structure. The architects and structural engineers worked together to achieve an overhang of 8 meters.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

It includes two new high-rise office buildings that measure over one million square feet (92,903 square metres), a central utility plant for efficient cooling and a five-storey, below-grade structure with over 3,000 square feet (280 square metres) of parking space. The photography is by Albert Vecerka/Esto. & Elec. (AOR & Elec.

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