ArchDaily

MARCH 11, 2024

Glass House / Max Núñez. Image © Roland Halbe When delving into the envelope of construction and examining how the interior relates to the exterior, the concept of greenhouses emerges as an opportunity to cultivate life indoors, whether dependent on external factors or not. However, what does designing for plants involve? Read more »

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Environment Glass Exterior Concept 344

Archinect

MARCH 20, 2025

We focused on creating a warm environment scaled to the client’s lifestyle that honors the original structure’s mid-century modern heritage while updating it in ways that make it appear that the home has never been “remodeled.”

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Remodeling Utilities Design Exterior 130

Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The structure will use passive design strategies The Navoi State Museum of Literature, which sits at the heart of the development, will host 13 permanent exhibition halls organised around a central courtyard. Renders of the exterior reveal a large glass facade and entrance, sheltered by the building's sweeping brick forms.

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Architect Education Students Structure 144

Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2025

The museum is entirely clad in a glass facade and roof that was informed by jade, a rare gem stone in China. A walking path above the lake connects the museum to the nearby park A translucent multilayer laminated glass , known as "emerald glass", was used to create a bright and evenly lit interior for the museum visitors.

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Glass Transportation Roofing Exterior 119

Architizer

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Founded on the principles of transparency and collaboration, Sentech Architectural Systems has spent years pioneering new possibilities in glass architecture. Their portfolio includes highly engineered solutions like structural glass fin walls, tension truss systems, all-glass stairways and bespoke canopies.

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Archinect

JULY 18, 2024

The tasting room is composed of a glulam structural frame and cross-laminated timber roof. The space is defined by its structural system, along with a fully glazed enclosure and exterior weathering-steel cladding.

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Roofing Exterior Glass Structure 289

Deezen

MARCH 3, 2025

The studio, which is led by Ruan Xing , who is also the dean of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University , renovated a trio of buildings that were arranged around an atrium with a glass canopy. A lecture theatre sits on the first floor The exterior of the building was clad in ceramic panels, transitioning from coarse to more refined as they rise.

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Glass Structure Renovation Engineering 113

Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Chinese studio People's Architecture Office has converted an old porcelain factory in Jingdezhen into workshops and a gallery using colourful steel and glass extensions. It is finished with clay tiles on the exterior and faceted, slatted wood ceilings above the internal spaces.

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Architecture Restoration Modern Contemporary 105

Architizer

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Whether by building within, above or around an existing structure, architects are finding new ways to expand spaces while preserving their original character. Instead of expanding outward, the new seven-story structure is built entirely within the existing shell, following strict urban design regulations that dictate its form and materiality.

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Foundation Building Structure Industrial 120

Deezen

APRIL 15, 2025

Much of the exterior cladding and superstructural work has been completed on the 270 Park Avenue supertall skyscraper in New York, designed by UK architecture studio Foster + Partners to be "all-electric". Foster + Partners described this system, visible from the outside, as an "innovative fan-column structure and triangular bracing".

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Glass Zoning Structure Construction 110

Deezen

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Local studio 5468796 Architecture has renovated an early 20th-century utilities building in Winnipeg , Canada, showcasing the industrial equipment while updating the structure for contemporary usage. Open-air egress transforms nondescript interior corridors into vibrant exterior passageways," said the studio.

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Consulting Civil Engineering Architecture Residential 119

Deezen

JULY 22, 2024

US architect Philip Johnson's Glass House annexe, the Brick House, has been restored and reopened following a 15-year closure in Connecticut. Architect Mark Stoner has led the restoration of Philip Johnson's Brick House It follows the building's closure in 2008 after the structure suffered ongoing "water intrusion" due to its sloping site.

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Restoration Glass Housing Civil Engineering 132

Deezen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Read on for Dezeen's top 10 USA architecture projects of 2024: Photo by Tom Rossiter 1000M, Illinois, by Jahn One of the last projects by Jahn founder Helmut Jahn , 1000M is among the tallest structures in the southern end of Downtown Chicago. It rises to 788 feet (223 metres) and has a sleek, curved form clad mostly in glass.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 13, 2022

x 34 ft.CL20 minimally connects to the existing house with a glass box connecting space. It deploys “off the shelf” structural steel moment frames that bolt to a standard concrete slab on grade. These 4 frames support the flat roof thus providing all the vertical and lateral support necessary for the entire structure.

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Modern Exterior Glass Installation 243

Deezen

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Wood-lined changing facilities are also housed within the new volume On one side of the structure, a section cut out of the concrete wall is filled in with glass – allowing a view of the lake from underwater.

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Architect Exterior Roofing Glass 122

Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

LACMA ’s Unframed blog recently profiled the work of contractor Clark Construction to build the concrete structure for the Peter Zumthor -designed $750 million new David Geffen Galleries extension. That's three football fields long with supporting cantilevers that hold people, glass, artwork — cantilevers that are 60 feet long.

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Contractor Exterior Installation Roofing 279

Architizer

JANUARY 13, 2025

Whether its Apples glass-ringed sanctuary by Foster + Partners or TikToks sky-high NYC playground designed by Gensler, each workspace tells a story about the companys unique culture, vision and commitment to excellence. Running on 100% renewable energy, the campus is also North Americas largest LEED Platinum-certified office.

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Space Glass Firms Sustainability 119

Deezen

APRIL 8, 2025

The simple grid was angled and curved to give the structure a unique form. Read: Ten skyscrapers that buck the all-glass trend This includes a series of large terraces with seating and a swimming pool, and a large open floor halfway up the tower, which features stepped seating areas planted with trees.

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Architect Windows Residential Exterior 124

Deezen

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Among the studio's key projects are the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, which is composed of a low-lying circular structure wrapped with glass, and the stepped Sydney Modern gallery in Australia. Alongside its central art galleries, it hosts public spaces including a library, lecture hall and children's workshop.

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Project Contemporary Art Glass 133

Archinect

MAY 17, 2023

This news comes a year after the exterior finishes of the office complex were said to be nearly done. Breaking ground in early 2020 , the 800,000-square-foot structure, resembling staggered icebergs through its glass façade, now rises in full view above the 134 freeway in Burbank, California.

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Real Estate Exterior Finishes Design 264

Deezen

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Photo by Pierce Scourfield Queen's Park House, UK, by Daytrip A glass enclosure crowned by a chimney flue, camouflaged to disappear into the surrounding walls, features in this fireplace in a west London house by local studio Daytrip. It is supported by a thick shelf that appears to float and provides storage for logs.

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Glass Inspiration Exterior Housing 126

Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

An exposed grid of structural steel was used to bring a feeling of "industrial elegance" to House XO in Kerala , India, which has been designed by local architecture studio 3dor Concepts. Interior spaces at House XO were designed to have a minimal appearance "Material choices focused on sustainability and efficiency.

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Concept Home Industrial Windows 119

Deezen

APRIL 15, 2025

The studio replaced an existing structure on site bud The team replaced an old house with a new, contemporary design while leaving 98 per cent of the natural site untouched. The southwestern gable ends are entirely clad in glass, broken only by black window framing. Steeplechase is characterised by two 31-foot (9.4-metre)

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Housing Zoning Structural Engineering Glass 103

Deezen

MARCH 11, 2025

The holiday home features native oak cladding and faceted roofs "In search of a relationship with the site, native woods were used hualle oak for the exterior and interior cladding, and coige for the furniture doors in the common areas," said Santiago-based Hebra Arquitectos. Sleeping space was maximised in the guest rooms.

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Structural Engineering Glass Roofing Home 111

Deezen

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has transformed the brutalist structure of a former Ljubljana printing house into a block of offices that "preserves the memory of its former use". Following a series of meanwhile uses, OFIS turned the structure into offices for creative enterprises. Now the principle had to be reversed." "We

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Renovation Structure Housing Exterior 119

Deezen

APRIL 13, 2025

Wooden cabinetry and white surfaces allow this space to feel light and bright, aided by the large sliding glass door that leads out to the back yard.

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Renovation Home Architecture Design 106

Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2024

Daniel Canda has renovated a 1980s residence in Argentina Faced between updating an existing structure or building anew for a client, Canda & Associados (C&A) ultimately chose to renovate. "If Located in the Los Cardales suburbs outside of Buenos Aires , Cabin 192 was originally built by architect Horacio Iovine in the early 1980s.

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Glass Renovation Contractor Roofing 140

Architizer

MARCH 5, 2025

While CNC is commonly used behind the scenes for cabinetry, structural elements or standardized components, some projects take it a step further, making the technology integral to the design and construction process. Instead of being discarded, the wooden molds remain in place, giving the building its distinctive character. Built from 1.2

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Technology Technology Modern Architecture 135

Deezen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Read on for 10 striking structures that stand out in the landscape: Photo by Jonathan Leijonhufvud Sun Tower, China, by Open Architecture Sun Tower is a 50-metre-tall concrete building with a conical shape, designed by Chinese studio Open Architecture as a cultural venue that doubles as a giant sundial.

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Building Residential Structure Exterior 124

Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2025

Render by Proloog A series of outdoor courtyards filled with greenery will wrap around the structure to provide gathering spaces for visitors and the wider city of Shaoxing. The curved exterior will be mirrored internally. The centre will be topped by sweeping roofs. They extend furthest and lowest on the centre's southern elevations.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Featuring a series of colourful additions, including playful rooftop extensions and a new exterior staircase, the now-combined blocks accommodate shops on the ground floor and apartments upstairs. Above the heritage-protected, glass-vaulted shopping arcade, the old upper levels were replaced with six new floors of offices and apartments.

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Renovation Building Contemporary Art 132

Deezen

APRIL 2, 2024

Architecture studio Snøhetta has extended the Holmenkollen ski museum in Oslo with a glass entrance covered in 1,207 "meticulously placed" wooden battens. A timber fence-like structure wraps around it, covered in Norwegian pine wood battens ranging from 2.5 to five metres in length, cut to minimise waste.

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Glass Structure Consulting Interior 130

Archinect

AUGUST 5, 2022

Photo credit: William Jess Laird Inside, the lobby features a series of poured-in-place, steel-edged concrete structural arches. Front desk. Each frame terminates with an oversized industrial steel “knuckle” that transfers the load of the floors above from the arches to the foundation.

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Architect Foundation Exterior Glass 246

Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The studio was informed by the straightforward logic of mid-century Eichler homes after the studio renovated one and decided to start with an exposed post-and-beam structure with regular spacing that informed the layout of the rooms.

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Home Architecture Windows Landscape 128

Deezen

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Photo by David Kirkland On the northeastern edge of Foxglove House, a large living and dining area and independent living room are focused towards views out over the landscape, with triangular patio spaces accessed through sliding glass doors.

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Home Housing Roofing Exterior 122

Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Relatively simple in form, the structure has a cork exterior and mass-timber structural elements, with many different types of wood used for the interiors, mostly left unfinished to highlight the processes and nature of the materials as well as the almost-ubiquitous use of wood."

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Building Restoration Art Structure 122

Deezen

JULY 10, 2024

The extension uses passive house strategies On the first storey, a semi-enclosed terrace can be shuttered by a combination of a curtain and a large glass panel, or sit entirely exposed to the elements. A light blue spiral staircase in the corner of the space reaches down to the basement, where a tree was planted at the base.

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Structure Windows Residential Roofing 119