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University of Maryland researchers develop 'cooling glass' that can redirect a building's heat into space

Archinect

Researchers aiming to combat rising global temperatures have developed a new 'cooling glass' that can turn down the heat indoors without electricity by drawing on the cold depths of space. The new technology, a microporous glass coating, can lower the temperature of the material beneath it by 3.5

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Lasvit’s "Re/Creation" Emerges With Handcrafted Fused Glass of Various Textures and Forms

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The monumental piece highlighted the company’s expertise in using the fused glass furnace and its journey in redefining the relationship between glass and architecture. "Re/Creation" Re/Creation" emerged as a central attraction for visitors, offering a space for relaxation.

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Studio Other Spaces encloses Buffalo museum courtyard in "canopy of glass and mirrors"

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Artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann's firm Studio Other Spaces has created a sculptural work called Common Sky to enclose an open-air courtyard at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. 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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Shigeru Ban unveils Paper Log House at Philip Johnson's Glass House

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Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has created a pavilion from paper tubes, wood and milk crates to mark the 75th anniversary of US architect Philip Johnson's Glass House in Connecticut , USA. The post Shigeru Ban unveils Paper Log House at Philip Johnson's Glass House appeared first on Dezeen. foot by 13.5 meters by 4.1

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Bottega Veneta redesigns its Paris flagship as a glowing glass and wood box

The Spaces

The redesigned space adopts a minimal approach to materials, using Italian walnut panelling on walls, ceilings and floors and a jigsaw-like texture for individual columns and furniture. Keen-eyed shoppers can spot more Italian design cues in the form of Venetian glass rings – used to hang women’s garments.

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Exposed materials and colourful accents define Maison Nana in Paris

Deezen

Named Maison Nana, the home is located on a dense urban plot in Bagnolet and provides a series of flexible spaces organised around a central skylit atrium. It is fronted by a glazed garden room, sheltered by a gently undulating awning and animated by oversized red steps that provide seating and space for plants.

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Oliver Wainwright on the 'elegant white steel and glass pavilion' crowned 2024 EU Mies van der Rohe Award winner

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Located on the campus of the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, the pavilion has been designed to allow for variations of student activities within a flexible layout, described by the award organizers as a "counter-model to spaces of hierarchical knowledge transfer."

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