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Looklen Architects sinks glass cafe into stepped circular landscape

Deezen

Set in a lychee garden overlooking the Mekong River, the north-facing cafe is contained within a rectangular glazed volume framed by the stepped circular landscape. It has a rectangular form surrounded by concrete steps "We introduced a rectangular interior glass space that is embraced by a circular concrete amphitheatre," said the studio.

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Amagansett by Guerin Glass Architects

Archinect

Located along a quiet stretch of farmland along the eastern tip of Long Island, the project establishes a reserved and stately front while composing expansive views of the gentle landscape toward the back.

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‘transparent house’ of glass and wood opens all facades to uruguayan coastal landscape

designboom

The post ‘transparent house’ of glass and wood opens all facades to uruguayan coastal landscape appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the design develops a minimal 45 sqm plan that ensures the interior's spatial and circulatory continuity.

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NO ARCHITECTURE design glass house organized as interlocking pavilions around a central courtyard

Avontuura

The project reinterprets and expands on the glass house typology through its dynamic relationship to the native landscape. The post NO ARCHITECTURE design glass house organized as interlocking pavilions around a central courtyard appeared first on Åvontuura.

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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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Imbue Design completes glass-and-steel home in Utah desert landscape

Deezen

Salt Lake City architecture studio Imbue Design has built a house outside Zion National Park in Utah with sweeping views of one of the USA's most renowned landscapes. The cabin sits against the Utah landscape. Interior spaces offer views of the landscape. Utah is famed for its remote, dramatic landscapes and desert climate.

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Ten buildings in China that interact with dramatic landscapes

Deezen

After Junya Ishigami unveiled a kilometre-long art museum that emerges from an artificial lake , Dezeen rounds up 10 recent Chinese architecture projects that play with arresting landscapes. Japanese architect Ishigami said he wanted his project to address a tendency for buildings in China to be "closed off" from their environment.

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