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Reframing the Concept of Building Envelope Through Minimalist Windows

ArchDaily

Image Courtesy of Vitrocsa When we talk about the building envelope , we often make the analogy of a skin that protects and wraps the structure, creating a transition in the physical environment. These windows excel with their functionality and visual lightness, standing out in the architectural landscape.

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CAN relinks Verdant House with garden using statement green window

Deezen

Architectural studio CAN has extended a terraced London house with a palette of wood and hemp and a large curved window that aims to redraw its connection to the garden. Verdant House's centrepiece is its sweeping curved glass window looking out to the garden, which references a Victorian shop front.

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Eleven US houses with bold black exteriors

Deezen

From a home formed of two overlapping volumes in Alabama to a structure on a narrow site in San Francisco , we've rounded up 11 houses in the United States with striking black facades. According to the studio, the new facade adds a sense of "gravitas" to the structure.

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Eight home interiors brightened by clerestory windows

Deezen

Clerestory windows typically refer to a strip of glazing situated at the very top of a wall, or above eye-level, positioned just beneath the roof to draw in daylight. While traditionally coined in reference to the highest storey of clear glazing in a church or cathedral, clerestory windows are increasingly used in residential projects.

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This mass timber sauna in Finland appears as a natural extension of its rocky surroundings

Archinect

Called Kivi Sauna, the structure was designed by Helsinki -based design and architecture studio Sotamaa. Its interior features vast CLT sheets, while its exterior is crafted from milled CLT panels. On an island within the Finnish archipelago, a sleek, pebble-shaped sauna seems to delicately balance atop a small rock formation.

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Columbia GSAPP's floating 'Cloud' installation seeks to unite a fractious campus

Archinect

Columbia GSAPP has shared details of its new student-led, temporary inflatable Cloud structure in Avery Plaza. The pavilion is 66 feet wide and suspended by 25 cables, emerging from a fourth-floor classroom window. The installation culminates a two-semester seminar led by GSAPP faculty members Laurie Hawkinson and Galia Solomonoff.

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Types of Residential Windows

Aric Gitomer Architect

Windows are the openings to the outer world. Encompassed within your home is the niche of comfort, warmth, and safety that get their aesthetic touch through windows. Windows act as catalysts of a functional yet visual completion of a home. Along with distributing load, windows promote natural ventilation and light.

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