Santa Cruz Architect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

In recent years, companies have been working on a solution to this problem: solar glass (often referred to as “solar windows”), which can turn windows into power-generating panels. What is Solar Glass? The most common type of solar glass is thin-film modules (e.g. Why Use Solar Glass?

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Dwell

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The steep, elevated site provides sweeping views over Mawhitipana Bay below and is covered in mature protected Pōhutukawa trees to avoid their roots, while being cradled by their canopies. The large timber shutters hide the full-height windows that slide into a hidden cavity behind the cedar rainscreen.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Today, our most exciting projects are when a client’s house looks like a beautiful, completed midcentury steel-and-glass home from the moment it’s craned on site. The prefabs’ steel framework allows windows to be placed anywhere along the perimeter of a home.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

The site formerly held a run-down, 1940s dwelling that was owned by the clients. For the sloped site, the team conceived a 4,233-square-foot (393-square-metre) dwelling with facades clad in glazed brick and charred cypress. Large windows and skylights illuminate the upper level. A metal screen marks the home's entrance.

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. The PEMBs consist of the structure and an exterior, which consists of insulated rib metal panels.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2023

Local practice Platform 5 Architects has completed NW10 House, a family home on an infill site in north London with exposed concrete interiors and a textured brick exterior. Centred around a skylit, concrete spiral stair, the home's spaces fan out to fill the triangular site, overlooking a paved terrace that wraps its eastern edge.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Raised above its sloping site on a concrete podium containing garage space, GRAAM Architecture 's design was informed by a desire to use materials and companies local to the area. Its wooden structure echoes the local resources of the Burgundy region, whose reputation for hardwood and softwood forests is well known," it continued.

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Deezen

AUGUST 14, 2023

Designed to help connect the home to its garden, the extension was designed to turn a house that suffered from dark and small spaces into a light-filled home with glass walls that frame views of nature. We were interested in creating heavy sculptural forms in a limited material palette with three main elements of concrete, timber and glass."

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Architecture Ideas

JUNE 1, 2023

You may not know this, but Crittall windows and doors got their start in the 1880s. In the decades since, though, these steel-framed grids of metal and glass have evolved to suit a huge range of styles, tastes, and functions. Why Are Crittall-Style Windows and Doors So Popular?

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

Located near the coast of Gangwha County, the chapel sits at the top of a site that slopes down towards the sea, hugged from behind by dense forest and mountains. On the opposite wall, an organ is built into the exposed concrete, while narrow stained-glass windows are set within deep, faceted reveals on the southeast side.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The structure for the 530-square-foot timber-clad retreat was craned into place and set on piles to prioritize views and minimize impact on the nationally preserved land. The subtle yet refined design is modest in scale, and makes use of the sloping site where the lodge appears elevated amongst the trees as the ground levels fall away below.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2022

US studio Heliotrope Architects has minimized site disturbances while creating a cedar -clad holiday home on a wooded hillside in the Pacific Northwest. The clients initially tapped Seattle's Heliotrope Architects to consult on the site selection and then hired the firm to design the dwelling itself. "We Cabinetry: Space Theory.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2024

Vancouver studio Laura Killam Architecture has created a beachside cabin in British Columbia with a slanted roof that responds to the site's climate. The Writer's Retreat cabin acts as an auxiliary space for a writer seeking a small space for creative sessions, separate from a main cabin on the site that hosts a multigenerational family.

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Deezen

APRIL 10, 2024

The sprawling structure serves as a home to The Pennsylvania State University's (Penn State) art collections, which fill the galleries and storage areas of the 73,000-square-foot (6,781 square metre) structure. The smaller of the two volumes contains the administrative offices of the museum.

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Deezen

APRIL 29, 2024

Local studio Valbæk Brørup Architects drew on the principles of Danish functionalism for Kildeskovsvej, a red-brick house outside Copenhagen with a blocky form broken up by large corner windows. Above, the bedrooms overlook the garden with a row of large windows. The photography is by Peter Kragballe.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2024

Wutopia Lab focused on a former service yard and duty office at the site, transforming it into a multipurpose square with bold red concrete surfaces. Read: Wutopia Lab wraps Shanghai Book City in perforated aluminium Inside, Wutopia Lab left the steel structure of the building exposed and painted it white.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Fifteen photographs of marble swirls were "printed" onto the facade's glass panels in homage to China's long history of printed literature. The main structure of the building is supported by two pavilions. It consists of 842 paper "birds" hanging from the ceiling as if flying towards the glass window facing the park.

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Deezen

APRIL 15, 2024

A green-steel structure and walls of exposed blockwork and plywood feature inside this house and artist's studio in Paris by local practice Jean Benoît Vétillard Architecture. Read: Jean Verville lines Montreal row house with sculptural plywood interiors From the garden room, glass doors lead into the open-plan ground floor.

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Dwell

JULY 28, 2023

The spaces are sited between two natural mounds in the surrounding tussock. Two cubic masonry structures anchor the house. The roof structure, made of locally sourced engineered-timber, and planted roof strategies respond to the ambition for a sustainable, responsible occupation within this harsh alpine environment."

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Dwell

JULY 29, 2023

With idyllic Carnegie Lake as their backyard, the serene residential site offered an alluring opportunity to be surrounded by nature on all sides. With views of trees, sky, and water, the home’s all-glass living and dining space is enveloped by the landscape. Glass, brick, and wood converge at the home’s central volume.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

British architecture studio Witherford Watson Mann has inserted an oak -framed structure into a narrow site within the Grade I-listed Clare College at Cambridge University. We rebuilt openings where historically they used to be and then into that we essentially put this timber structure," studio director Stephen Witherford told Dezeen.

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Design Thoughts Architects

JANUARY 18, 2022

Sreenidhi’s Residence Making Structure. It is now safe to install the windows and external doors after the heavy site work has been completed. Versatility of Glass in Residential Buildings. Archana’s Residence Making Structure. Project Type: Contemporary style. Location: Banashankari, Bangalore.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2024

Ross Barney Architects has created a deep-space technology research centre in Ohio The building forms part of a master plan for the NASA site, which has also been designed by Ross Barney Architects. The outer portion of the glass building has meeting spaces and work areas.

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Architizer

JANUARY 26, 2023

miles from the site. The cost of bringing a sanitary sewer to the site was $2.0M – threatening the viability of the entire development. Working with our civil and plumbing engineers, we developed a design for an on-site black water treatment system where the outflow was clean water.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

"The spaces are distributed as independent buildings to adapt to the site. Both the doors and the windows use patterns and shapes that could be reminiscent of tree leaves or insect wings from the jungle," said the studio. The central module rises in a meandering form, providing a visual impact of dynamism."

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Named Buitenverblijf Nest, the dwelling is located at Buitenplaats Koningsweg, a wooded site at the edge of the Hoge Veluwe National Park in the Netherlands, which was formerly occupied by barracks. It is intended to blend in with the site "We came up with the idea to hide our folly high up in the trees, like a bird nest," i29 told Dezeen.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

The rough finishes of an existing concrete and brick structure are contrasted by white exhibition spaces at Arario Gallery in Seoul , completed by Japanese studio Schemata Architects. On the third floor, sections of the exterior wall were removed to create a full-height glass wall in the VIP area.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Having far fewer windows, the buildings reduce heat gain and energy use, while allowing residents to enjoy indoor outdoor living," the studio told Dezeen. The studio said the home has achieved net-zero emissions At the northern end of the site lies a small two-storey volume that holds a media room and a private suite.

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

Local bank BancFirst bought the structure and employed Bockus Payne to carry out the renovation. This included removing the vertical mullions of the curtain wall on the ground floor and installing clear glass. A series of tree wells on the site extended down to an underground concourse.

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The Spaces

JUNE 1, 2023

Known as the Montiverdi Estate, the houses by Erickson and Matsuzaki respond to the site’s topography – increasing in verticality as they ascend the densely forested slope. Montiverdi House #8 is a post-and-beam structure built in a glass and natural cedar palette.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A gabled extension adjoins to the former ruin The 171-square-metre house is formed of two gabled structures situated perpendicular to one another, connected by a glass corridor. Meanwhile, with in the second building is a separate living room, with large windows punctured into the volume framing views of the surrounding landscape.

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Deezen

APRIL 4, 2024

New York firm RKTB Architects has completed One Sullivan Place, a mixed-income apartment building that rises 12 storeys and cantilevers in two directions over the rooftop of an adjacent structure. Appearing as two distinct buildings, the structure has a front facade along Sullivan Place and a front facade along Washington Avenue.

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Deezen

AUGUST 1, 2023

Local studio FGMF has used translucent screens and metallic panels to enclose a residence on a sloping site near São Paulo. Located in the town of Campinas, Casa Brisa stands within an expansive shell-like structure that protects the residence from inclement weather and the high temperatures of the area. "It

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Deezen

MARCH 31, 2024

Located in the suburb of Highgate, the home replaces an existing cottage on the site that had been occupied by the clients for several years. The project is the first of two terrace houses envisaged for the site, with the second a mirror image in plan."

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It features two distinct facade styles On the side facing the studio lot, these curtain walls are interspersed with steel facades with punched windows modelled on the art deco-style buildings of early Hollywood. The glass sections house the more collaborative workplaces while the metal sections contain the more private executive offices.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has expanded a California college through the addition of mass-timber structures that were informed by how fungi grow in the wild. Four buildings were designed to complement the existing structures – California modern-style buildings with stucco walls and splashes of colour – and the woodland environment.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The countryside residence favors simple, sustainable moves over square footage, and strategically captures views without walls of glass. The house sits near a highway, but robust insulation and windows help minimize noise, as does a foyer and hallway fronting the building. Sliding glass doors help bring the outside in.

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