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World’s Best Design Details: Bendheim’s Bespoke Glass Façades

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Today, glass is one of the key materials specified to control what we experience inside a building, from views and daylight to heating and cooling. Glass has been used for thousands of years, holding both practical uses and cultural meaning. Bendheim is one of the world’s foremost resources for specialty architectural glass.

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712 Fifth Avenue Lobby by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

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KPF’s renovation of the 712 Fifth Avenue lobby introduces carefully crafted, gently curving glass and stone elements that refract light and add warm tones to brighten and seemingly expand the space. Echoing the sculptural quality of the glass, the lobby.

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Effective Techniques to Keep Your Conservatory Cool This Summer

Architecture Ideas

Install Heat-Reflective Glass Source: insu.co.uk Start by installing some heat-reflective glass in your conservatory to help block out the natural light. The reflective glass, though, is specifically designed for conservatories and other glass-heavy rooms and stops heat from passing through the glass, warming up the space inside.

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Duda Paine places sculptural glass office on top of terracotta base in Austin

Deezen

North Carolina architecture studio Duda Paine has created the 405 Colorado office building in Austin with a sculptural glass form that sits on top of a terracotta base. Duda Paine placed a glass element on top of a terracotta parking garage in Austin. The structure has folds in the glass envelope to maximise views.

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GRAAM Architecture wraps Burgundy office building in timber exoskeleton and "glass veil"

Deezen

The timber structure of the building prioritises the use of traditional beam and joist techniques, only using concrete and cross-laminated timber (CLT) where necessary, such as for the floors and stair and lift cores. The exterior is clad in a double glass skin. The building incorporates a timber exoskeleton.

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Glass walls and reflecting pool surround private spa at Israeli house

Deezen

This slender roof, which measures just eight centimetres in thickness at its visible edges, was built using a technique influenced by the construction of aeroplane wings. Glass surrounds the exterior. The post Glass walls and reflecting pool surround private spa at Israeli house appeared first on Dezeen.

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Glaze by Kilogram Studio

Archinect

Status: Built Location: Toronto, ON, CA Firm Role: Architect Themes : Adaptive reuse of a historic car garage to a food outlet Haptic experience of making doughnuts which inspired construction techniques Creamy, glazy, drizzle, pressed, squished, dripped Materials: Circular motif in paint and lighting Oozing masonry textures Bricks from previous use (..)

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