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Curving glass walls puncture pink-toned house in Thailand

Deezen

A blocky pink form and curving glass walls define House R3, a residence by Bangkok studio PHTAA on a compact roadside site in Thailand. PHTAA has created House R3 in Thailand To give privacy from the nearby road, PHTAA infilled House R3's road-facing facade with concrete panels so that it is almost entirely solid.

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La Base Studio wraps glass Buenos Aires house with shading screen

Deezen

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. Sliding glass doors open to the garden The sliding glass doors open to the garden and pool deck, blurring the interior and exterior relationship.

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SOM completes restoration of Lever House, a midcentury Manhattan office icon

Archinect

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has announced the completion of a recent restoration project that’s meant to breathe new life into their historic Lever House design in Manhattan. Image: Lucas Blair Simpson © SOM “This renovation brings Lever House into the 21st century,” SOM Partner Chris Cooper said in a statement.

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North Fork Bay House by Resolution: 4 Architecture

Archinect

With direct access to Great Peconic Bay, this prefab beach house is designed to be a weekend retreat for a young family of four from Brooklyn and a seasonal residence for their Florida-based grandparents. One gains entry via an open-riser exterior stair to a courtyard deck, where adjacent trees fill the view and sunlight flows into the house.

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Designing for Plants: The Architecture of Greenhouses and Their Relationship with the Environment

ArchDaily

Glass House / Max Núñez. Image © Roland Halbe When delving into the envelope of construction and examining how the interior relates to the exterior, the concept of greenhouses emerges as an opportunity to cultivate life indoors, whether dependent on external factors or not.

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VERTICAL RAINBOW in Tokyo by SAKO Architects

Archinect

Using a newly developed in-house paint for outdoor glass, we applied a gradient coating to tempered laminated glass. Direct daylight is converted into colorful light through the colored glass, creating beautiful shadows on the terrace floor and on the exterior walls of the adjacent buildings.

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A minimalist glass house is for sale in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges

The Spaces

English designer David Hicks maximises mountain views at this contemporary Victoria house taking design cues from Philip Johnson’s Glass House. Mount Macedon House has a restrained, windowless front and comprises three interconnected pavilions shaped by rammed earth walls, Italian Dolomite natural stone and glass.

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