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julie mehretu installs colossal painted glass window at obama presidential center in chicago

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The post julie mehretu installs colossal painted glass window at obama presidential center in chicago appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the monumental piece was crafted using a variety of techniques, including hand painting, freehand airbrushing, ceramic color melting, and tape masking.

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How Stained Glass Windows Are Made

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Content courtesy of Sash Windows London The Origin of Stained Glass Stained glass windows have been around for generations. During the rise of the Gothic, during the 12th century, the art of the stained-glass window flourished exceptionally.

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Yoghurt window coating proposed as emergency heatwave measure

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British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed a low-cost, low-energy solution for keeping UK homes cool in a heatwave: painting the outside of windows with yoghurt. Greenhill admits that this may seem like a "totally eccentric idea". Greenhill admits that this may seem like a "totally eccentric idea".

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro designs art centre with "super lobby" in New Mexico

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A stepped facade and a level almost completely wrapped in glass feature in the design of an arts and technology centre in New Mexico by architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The Center for Collaborative Arts and Technology (CCAT) at the University of New Mexico will contain performance halls, labs, gallery space and classrooms.

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A Glass Staircase and Striking Rear Facade Define This Family Home in Minnesota

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Designed by Everson Architect, the home is defined by striking, minimalist forms and punctuated by vast expanses of glass that dissolve the boundaries between inside and out and frame views of the surrounding wetlands. The large glass openings with narrow framing give the home a museum quality," explains Everson.

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Morphosis raises concrete galleries around Dallas art museum

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Architecture studio Morphosis has balanced long galleries on massive beams and clad in patterned, precast concrete at the Crow Museum of Asian Art museum in Dallas, Texas. The building is part of the first phase of the O'Donnell Athenaeum, an arts campus for the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas).

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An Artful Oasis of Two San Francisco Designers Seeks $4.6M

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Framing the home is a set of oversized casement windows, with French doors that open to a dramatic foyer. Inside, soaring wooden ceilings unite adjacent rooms and skylights while three sets of large glass walls visually extend the living space to the verdant outdoors.

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