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LACMA shares custom-built glass facade details in new spring construction update

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New updates have been shared recently by the Los Angeles Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), charting progress on the $750 million new David Geffen Galleries from Peter Zumthor that is expected to finish construction by the end of this year. Image courtesy LACMA Also of interest are the 243 individual custom-made glass facade components.

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VERTICAL RAINBOW in Tokyo by SAKO Architects

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Using a newly developed in-house paint for outdoor glass, we applied a gradient coating to tempered laminated glass. Direct daylight is converted into colorful light through the colored glass, creating beautiful shadows on the terrace floor and on the exterior walls of the adjacent buildings.

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Sou Fujimoto's House of Music finally opens in Budapest

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billion) development billed to be one of the biggest in recent European history that includes the music hall, new national art gallery , cultural building, and landscaped areas situated a the center of one of the continent’s historic capitals of music.

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Chicago's Thompson Center begins demolition ahead of $280 million Google takeover

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Work will cover the exterior glass curtain facade and interior atrium. Jean Dubuffet's 29-foot 'Monument with Standing Beast' sculpture is also being evacuated to the Art Institute of Chicago.

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BIG's new adaptive reuse paper arts museum to unfold in northern Denmark

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A new museum dedicated to paper arts will launch in the North Jutland region of Denmark in the coming years with an adaptive reuse design from Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).

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UNESCO's restoration of Iraq's historic Al-Nouri mosque site has been placed on hold

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The Art Newspaper reports that the restoration was placed on hold after months of highly public criticism leading up to January’s discovery of a 12th-century prayer hall and ritual ablution rooms underneath the mosque’s interior core. Exterior elements like sun shading will be thrown out as well.

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Ten homes with light-filled glass extensions

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For our latest lookbook , we've chosen 10 residential glass extensions that create airy, light-filled and modern additions to homes. Glass is a popular material for house extensions as it is durable, weather-resistant and – thanks to its transparency – adds light and brightness to a space. Find out more about The Glass Ribbon ›.

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