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Birdproof glass technology is getting better – but it's popularity still hasn't taken off

Archinect

Architects have known how to prevent their buildings from becoming bird killers for more than a decade: Patterned glass, exterior screens and turning the lights off at night can all significantly reduce bird deaths. But those standards clash with the big glass and big views that clients associate with big money.

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ODA completes New York residential building with a glass box facade

Archinect

ODA Architecture has completed a residential scheme at 101 West 14th Street in New York City defined by a glass box facade. Image credit: Michael Young Image credit: Michael Young The building’s exterior features a glass box facade with fractal geometry to create a “sense of lightness, airiness, and depth,” according to ODA.

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Space Twist by ArchObraz

Archinect

The extensive glazing attracts attention: part of the house’s front walls are like glass walls that let in maximum light, providing ideal insolation and filling the space with volume. The absence of bright shades and elements cluttering the space makes this interior perfect.

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Birdproof glass technology is getting better — but its popularity still hasn't taken off

Archinect

Architects have known how to prevent their buildings from becoming bird killers for more than a decade: Patterned glass, exterior screens and turning the lights off at night can all significantly reduce bird deaths. But those standards clash with the big glass and big views that clients associate with big money.

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A6A creates "haven in the middle of the city" for its Bordeaux studio

Deezen

Architecture studio A6A has converted a former model-making workshop in Bordeaux into a studio for itself that is defined by pared-back materials and spaces. This heavy steel door leads into L'Atelier's model workshop and material library – an open, flexible space with a sanded concrete floor and a long birch storage wall.

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Open Architecture designs "extraterrestrial-looking" space museum in China

Deezen

Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed its design for a space museum and experience centre in Yantai, China , which will appear like a mysterious black object in an oceanfront park. Named Space Crystals, the building will have a glossy black exterior and a faceted stone-like shape that rises at one end to point towards the ocean.

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Looking Glass Lodge features glass facades that reflect the surrounding woodland

Deezen

Looking Glass Lodge is situated within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and was developed for a client whose parents established a nature reserve there in the 1960s. Looking Glass Lodge is clad in timber. The building has electrochromic glass for added privacy. The lodge sits on a nature reserve.

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