ArchDaily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The allure of all-glass facades and the pursuit of curtain walls with larger panes of continuous glass have often come at the cost of functionality. This raises the question: is passive ventilation strategy becoming obsolete in high-rise design, or can operable systems be integrated effectively into our high-tech towers?

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2025

The space was designed with a gallery-like feel At the centre of the 200-square-metre interior, a green acrylic glass cube that reaches from the floor to the ceiling holds spaces for the clinic's personnel. Surrounding the green box are waiting areas and treatment rooms, which have doors made from walnut wood and "cathedral glass".

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designboom

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The post rusty corten steel extension by fluid glass modernizes 1950s brick home in london appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the transformation by the UK-based architects balances modern standards of comfort and sustainability with respect for the site's historic character.

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2025

Architects Eugenio Simonetti and Bastian San Martin have completed KW House in Chile , a "study in duality" that contrasts glass-walled living spaces with intimate wood-lined bedrooms. The post Glass walls immerse inhabitants of Chilean home in surrounding forest appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Pablo Casals Aguirre.

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Deezen

MARCH 16, 2025

LA-based Mouthwash Studio has designed its own office space in collaboration with Aunt Studio, featuring glass-block partitions and walnut bleachers surrounding a custom phone booth. Glass block partitions separate the social areas from the workspace while allowing light to pass through. Mouthwash Studio , also known as MW.S,

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 10, 2025

The The post Pelli Clarke & Partners crafts tapered glass crown for Salesforce tower in Chicago appeared first on The Architects Newspaper. Wolf Point, a four-acre site located at the intersection of the Chicago Rivers three forks masterplanned by Pelli Clarke & Partners, is finally complete after a 15-year development saga.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

These systems are crucial for protecting elevated spaces like balconies, terraces, and staircases, incorporating materials such as tempered laminated glass, stainless steel, aluminum and innovative fastening systems. Base shoes, a type of guardrail system, anchors glass infill panels to the structure, ensuring durability and precision.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The striking glass building, a symbol of the communist era, became an iconic representation of the political power of the time. For many years, Nová Scéna hosted the renowned Laterna Magika , the world’s first multimedia theatre. Read more »

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Work on the 17-acre expansion culminated with the addition of a new 32,000-square-foot glass greenhouse designed by Weiss/Manfredi that houses the immersive Mediterranean garden creation from Reed Hilderbrand, serviced by a network of 128 geothermal wells which are connected to a ground-level heat exchanger. Interior View, West Conservatory.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

While big architectural gestures commonly feature glass and steel, those building with the material hope to show that hemp can be grand in its own right.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 23, 2025

Estdio NY architects: Balsa Arquitetura Location: Espao 356 - R. Adriano Chaves e Matos, 100 - Olhos D'gua, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Estdio NY Photographs: Henrique Queiroga Area: 185.0 m2 Read more

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 9, 2025

Using prefabricated materials like timber, glass, and aluminum, the Smithsons constructed a light-filled space that harmonizes with its surroundings, embodying their principle of "as found architecture " a concept rooted in honoring and adapting to preexisting conditions rather than imposing on them.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Clad in Western red cedar and embellished with Texas Lueder limestone columns, broad overhangs, and exposed wood beams, it's a stunning bayou home anchored by glass walls that connect it to the surrounding landscape – and keep it safe when Mother Nature rages.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Image credit: Benny Chan Image credit: Benny Chan The centerpiece of the design is a transparent glass façade, creating a visual connection between the museum and Exposition Park. Inside, the Commons Theater and various multipurpose spaces have been built to accommodate an expanded slate of community-centered programming.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

It features a circular glass-covered wall covering the original living room space and main volume. The listing, which first appeared last fall from Sotheby’s International Realty , includes a Michael Arad/ Handel Architects -designed addition. The home has four bedrooms with five full baths and sits on a lot totaling 41 acres.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The project, which had been marketed as an interdisciplinary and cohesive "makerspace" for Caltech scientists and engineering students, stands out thanks to an innovative building envelope shaped by an "undulating glass skim" that's noticeably distinct from other academic buildings on campus.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The six-building, 40-acre campus includes Frank Gehry ’s Center for the Visual Arts (CVA) and SANAA’ s Glass Pavilion from 2006. Plans will be unveiled in 2025, followed by the start of construction later in the year towards a 2027 completion.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 27, 2024

If anything, it was carrying humanism into dialogue with new machine and industrial processes, including glass, steel, elevators and automobiles. In response Eamez argued "Bauhaus and early modernism still carried much of the same ethos from Beaux-Arts -- human proportions, rationalism, monumentality.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2025

Image: Whitney Kamman The Glass Cabin by Mjölk architekti in Polubný, Czech Republic The Glass Cabin. Image: BoysPlayNice Mylla Hyt.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 15, 2024

MAD Architects has unveiled the One River North apartment block in Denver Located next to a major interstate and light rail line, the 15-storey block's western facade has a curved facade clad in a glass curtain wall with a massive cut "cracking" the building open.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2025

The museum is entirely clad in a glass facade and roof that was informed by jade, a rare gem stone in China. A walking path above the lake connects the museum to the nearby park A translucent multilayer laminated glass , known as "emerald glass", was used to create a bright and evenly lit interior for the museum visitors.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Czech designers Kristýna Mikolášková and Tereza Drobná have developed a collection of colourful glass side tables that can be combined with smaller metal models to alter their appearance. The glass tables feature a gradient effect that is introduced during the production process using a spray technique.

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SW Oregon Architect

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The use of light as a divine presence is another, with the didactic imagery of the colorful stained-glass windows augmenting the church liturgy. The ornate details, from the intricate wood carvings to the luminous stained-glass windows, speak to an era when no detail was too small to be perfected.

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2025

Rising 40- and 46-storeys-high, the towers are made up of interconnected glass structures that widen at their tops and are joined by a podium at their base. Set off from this largely glass exterior, ornate screens typical of Islamic architecture surround the podium building.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Australian architecture studio Bates Smart has referenced Australia's emerging architectural culture and the "monolithic forms" of its landscape for the design of an embassy in Washington DC , cladding it with glass and copper. The building's main entrance is oriented south toward the White House.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2025

The studio, which is led by Ruan Xing , who is also the dean of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University , renovated a trio of buildings that were arranged around an atrium with a glass canopy. According to Ruan, this was intended to create a "wow effect" when people see the main hall for the first time. The photography is by Su Shengliang.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Image credit: Casey Dunn Image credit: Casey Dunn The museum’s design features a rectilinear glass base topped with a cloud-like structure formed by a series of barrel vaults.

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Archinect

MARCH 11, 2025

billion project was first announced in March of 2024 as a retractable roof design with 33,000 seats and the world’s largest cable-net glass wall aperture in left field. New renderings for the forthcoming Las Vegas A’s MLB stadium were released earlier by BIG and HNTB ahead of the planned start of construction work later this year.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 2, 2024

While the house features spectacular elements such as floor-to-ceiling glass walls, there is an informality to the design reflected in the use of simple materials and playful details. A central glass volume opens up the centre of the plan to the lake.

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Archinect

MARCH 11, 2025

Image credit: Tim Hursley The exterior material palette consists of glass, stone cladding, and weathered brass fins. For the institute’s new building, the design team drew inspiration from the natural landscape of the Ozarks, with curvilinear forms that echo the region’s bluffs, caves, and forests.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This glass treehouse and deck in Napa County overlooks the hillside below, capturing the modern warmth of the surrounding environment in its final design. Napa is the perfect setting for this open plan design, featuring ceiling-height glass wall panels inset into its wood structure above.

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Deezen

MARCH 5, 2025

Its structure comprises a series of cylindrical side towers attached to a single elongated central structure and is covered with high-performance glass and balconies. metres (536 feet), 2022 This recently completed tower by local architect Gustavo Dellien features a distinct tint of glass that gives the skyscraper its name.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Their modernist glass house challenged the conservative architectural norms of the time, paving the way for contemporary designs like ours," he added. The living room opens onto a patio via large glass doors A black staircase illuminated by a double-height section of glass bricks leads to the first floor.

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Deezen

JANUARY 8, 2025

Located in Melbourne, the office building is defined by pleated glass facades that sit atop a brick base. Architecture studio Kennon has completed the 550 Spencer office building in Australia , forming the "first building in the country" to be powered on-site by a solar facade system.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The structure has a triangular form built from charred timber while internally it is layered with transparent glass tiles that nod to roof eaves seen in traditional Chinese architecture. Natural light comes in from the gaps between the mirror and the structure, casting patterns of light and shadow on the glass tiles.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The bathroom adjoins the cats' playroom via a wall composed of a terrazzo plinth topped with pink glass, affording a view of what's going on next door. For moments when additional privacy is desirable, the glass can be dimmed. The flat has an open-plan layout and a restful ambience.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2025

Tall glass panels were placed above the kitchen to bring in sunlight from the north and facilitate cross ventilation. Read: Glass walls immerse inhabitants of Chilean home in surrounding forest The other volume contains a primary bedroom and three guest rooms. Sleeping space was maximised in the guest rooms.

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