Hotel Designs

MARCH 20, 2025

The brands latest Nara and Beach House ranges share one commonality: taking nature into the bathroom with organic textures like wood and stone. Organic-inspired tiles The right tiles and slabs can envelop a space and nurture wellbeing with soothing colours, natural textures and organic motifs.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2025

Read: Local geology informs Mykonos hillside villa by Tom Dixon and A31 Architecture Cantilevering canopies run around the house, aligned with the sun's path to protect the villa from overheating despite the extensive use of glass in the facades. Beneath the canopy is an outdoor kitchen and sheltered terraces for relaxing.

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Hotel Designs

MARCH 7, 2025

At the heart of this aesthetic are the Karma glass mosaics from TREND, used to adorn the walls of the guest rooms and suites. Image credit: Tawila Island Resort Glass mosaics have long been valued for their versatility and aesthetic impact in hospitality spaces.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 4, 2024

These louvers, oriented at varying angles, reduce solar heat gain and allow for expansive full-height glass windows, ensuring natural light fills the interiors. Inspired by French estates, the fan-shaped layout maximizes sunlight and natural ventilation while preserving the site’s natural features.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2024

Tropical modernism informed the plaster finishes of this extension in Hackney , London , which has been completed by local architecture studio Sonn. We took inspiration from 1970's tropical modernism through a mix of natural stone textures along with colourways of brown, green and beige," Robinson told Dezeen.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

House XO has a structural steel frame surrounded by mango trees 3dor Concepts aimed to blend "natural beauty with industrial design elements" for the home's design, using an oversized steel frame to create loft-style spaces with high ceilings and full-height windows overlooking the surrounding garden.

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Deezen

MARCH 22, 2025

Given its vantage point over the surroundings, Lisbon-based Pedro Domingos Arquitectos looked to created a home that would "seamlessly integrate with nature", featuring large cut-outs, terraces and a rooftop pool. Every window frames a breathtaking landscape, offering views of either nature or the sky, like perfectly composed photographs."

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

"Only the existing concrete structure of the building was preserved, while all secondary elements such as interior sashes, railings and finishing materials were removed." Here, and throughout the wider building, the studio opted for a limited material palette comprised primarily of steel, glass and wood.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2025

Given the poor conditions for natural light and views, our main priority was to refine the building's exterior into a clean yet striking presence," said Atelier Itch co-founder Yourim Lee. Throughout the interior, pared-back finishes have been applied, echoing the utilitarian look of the exterior.

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Architizer

JANUARY 20, 2025

Inspired by natures intricate forms, its Panelex construction ensures both visual and environmental longevity. Its bold lines and striking mirror finish bring a sculptural element to exterior spaces, elevating them into visual landmarks. Each piece is meticulously designed using both traditional and innovative techniques.

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ArchDaily

JULY 19, 2023

From steel and glass to wood and concrete, these form the artistic palette that transforms blueprints into tangible structures, bridging the gap between imagination and reality. Several questions naturally arise: How do architects navigate the endless possibilities to handpick the elements that will breathe life into their designs?

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Deezen

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The ground floor has sliding glass doors that open onto the courtyard Coach House's L-shaped plan follows the footprint of the original building on the site, with the ground floor living, dining and kitchen areas opening onto a courtyard via full-height sliding glass doors.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The evolution of Caribbean modernism in the 21st century is marked by an intentional return to locally sourced materials, passive cooling techniques and designs that harmonize with the natural environment. Yet, this architectural movement isnt solely about functionality; its also about storytelling.

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Archinect

JANUARY 6, 2023

A large glass wall frames views of Camelback and the new terrace and pool. Simplified exterior finishes of stucco and steel elements contrast with the rugged terrain. Naturally patinaed steel frames landscape elements while the main entry “portal” is differentiated using powder coated yellow.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Crafted from 100% natural slate, CUPACLAD delivers a façade system that’s not only non-combustible and waterproof but actually gets better with age. The North American-made hardwood plywood uses a soy-based, formaldehyde-free adhesive inspired by the way mussels naturally grip. It allows adopters to feel closer to the natural world.

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Deezen

JULY 19, 2024

Dezeen Showroom: designers have been using glass to create furnishings for many years – here, we detail some of the products on Dezeen Showroom made from the material. Glass has long been a popular choice for designers thanks to its resistance to heat, water and sunlight.

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Archinect

JUNE 21, 2024

On the street level, a driveway winds toward an elevated and private lobby surrounded by curved glass. The lobby offers a serene atmosphere through the presence of gardens that feature scented flowers, running water, lush plantings, and finishes made of locally sourced granite and western red cedar.

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Deezen

AUGUST 30, 2024

Situated within a nature reserve in Getterön, the 12-metre-tall and seven-metre-wide tower by White Arkitekter has a hyperboloid structure composed of 140 beams combined with metal rings. Elsewhere, Slovenian studio Korpnik Produkcija recently completed an Observation Tower topped with an angular glass cafe resembling a crystal.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The project embodies the need to bring nature into the built environment that we so often hear about but is so rarely put into practice in healthcare at least here in the UK, where medical infrastructure is plagued by sterile white-walled spaces. The visually striking form is topped with a glass-lined library and a semi-open viewing deck.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

It has a contemporary yet organic form with natural finishes, including a type of lime plaster known as thappi that coats the home's structural ferrocement shell. The furniture was custom-made to match its organic shape Bangalore-based Earthscape Studio often makes use of local materials for its nature-inspired designs.

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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 five-metre-tall glass wall is partially covered with 1,207 meticulously placed wooden pieces, reminiscent of the iconic skigard fences," said Snøhetta.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Beverage company Diageo has produced what it believes is the world's lightest standard-sized glass spirits bottle for its Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ultra whisky, launching next week at the London Design Festival. Most glass bottles are heavier than they need to be in nine-tenths of the shape in order to be strong enough at the weakest point."

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Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2025

Read: Natural materials create "a sense of refuge" in Kyiv boutique Friends of Fashion "The juxtaposition of organic and geometric forms in the design was a deliberate effort to reflect the duality at the heart of the brand's identity," said Kanori.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

ESSCA School of Management Bordeaux By GUIRAUD-MANENC , Bordeaux, France Jury Winner, Architecture +Glass, 12th Annual A+Awards A 19th-century barracks is transformed into a teaching facility while preserving its historic perimeter walls. Inside, warm wood finishes create a functional yet comfortable space.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Other houses featured in our monthly roundup of the most popular residences published on Dezeen include a London home defined by brick and natural ash cladding and. Named Flint Farm, the glass-lined extension was added to a renovated black barn at the Grade II-listed farmhouse.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Walls of glass peel back from one corner of the Melbourne expansion to further connect the living space to the outdoors. A key challenge lay in breaking down compartmentalized spaces and reintroducing openness to a home plagued by outdated finishes and a lack of connection to the outdoors. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

APRIL 12, 2025

Called Drift Us, it took the form of a glass-walled room occupied by 22 illuminated, bulbous objects designed to sway gently back and forth by visitors passing through them. The car was finished in a bright red livery but has blue-tinted interiors. It bears the Kartell logo in several places, including the wheels and seats.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2025

Locally sourced Missouri limestone and zinc form the solid, greenhouse-like northern facade, which is divided by a vertical glass lantern that opens views through the building to the larger gardens and fountains.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 12, 2024

The design duo of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Oscar Kylberg have designed landscape-like interiors for a hotel in a Swedish nature reserve, featuring their first own-label furniture collection. It is an experience totally on nature's own terms," said Carl Philip Bernadotte. "It

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Dwell

APRIL 11, 2025

A familys country retreat is designed to further blur into its setting with walls of windows and natural wood finishes. It was important for us to have a retreat where we could disconnect from the fast pace of urban life and immerse ourselves in nature," Hkon says.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Timeless finishes" are uniformly encouraged, invariably, "a neutral palette that is inspired by nature hues". White walls and enormous backlit glass panels were in. Ely Jacques Kahn's Garment Center lobby is white wood and glass. Unfortunately, nearly everyone seems to have settled on making exactly the same impression.

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Deezen

APRIL 13, 2025

Pivot doors typically have a sleek, minimal appearance as their outer frames can be concealed behind wall finishes. In the barn, the studios added a series of arched openings with glass pivot doors that matched the shape of an existing doorway, filling the living space with natural light.

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2025

C+S Architects has completed a nursery decorated with Enzo Mari's puzzle animals The building is situated within a historic park complex and comprises a large pavilion-like structure clad in white glass mosaic tiles and punctuated by bronze-coloured frames that surround the windows.

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Architizer

MARCH 20, 2025

From timber grids to soaring steel trusses, the way a building holds itself up has long been hidden beneath layers of cladding and finishes. A soaring timber-framed atrium forms the buildings core, with a grid shell supporting the glass curtain wall. But nowadays, structure is stepping into the spotlight much more often.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2025

The restaurant is anchored by a 15-metre-long kitchen counter "We were immediately drawn to the site's location nestled among sleek glass and steel towers, directly beneath the massive steel framework of the train line above," explained Cake Architecture director Hugh Scott Moncrieff. "It

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Deezen

JANUARY 27, 2025

Pivoting glass doors replicate the arched shape of an original window The result is a four-bedroom home with a rustic aesthetic and contemporary details including pivoting doors and an acid-yellow kitchen. Estancia San Jos is the vacation home of a mother and daughter, set amidst 76 hectares of Menorcan countryside.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2025

The top of the cooker combines an adaptable induction hob with a built-in griddle that is infused with chrome a naturally non-stick material that will maintain its polish and non-stick capabilities even after heavy use and scratching. The range is available in a choice of two colours traditional Rise or minimalist Noir.

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