This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Czech designers Kristýna Mikolášková and Tereza Drobná have developed a collection of colourful glass side tables that can be combined with smaller metal models to alter their appearance. The glass tables feature a gradient effect that is introduced during the production process using a spray technique.
The stacked, interconnected masses create a grand portal which becomes an identifiable visual marker from the adjacent Gyeongbu Expressway. Glass facades allow plentiful daylight into the interior space while limiting solar gain through vertical and horizontal exterior shading devices.
Though traditional materials like wood , paper , and bamboo continue to hold significance, modern Japanese interiors also often feature a fusion of glass , steel , concrete , and metals.
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.
In order to create the building's organic form, the roof was built from a primary metal structure and topped with a ferrocement shell, which is punctuated with rounded skylights and finished with artificial grass. Full-height glass panels and open spaces dissolve visual barriers, while the landscape acts as an extension of the school." "The
The façade, characterized by rhythmic metal louvers, provides a striking visual identity while serving a functional purpose. These louvers, oriented at varying angles, reduce solar heat gain and allow for expansive full-height glass windows, ensuring natural light fills the interiors.
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 ›.
Between CLT House's new dining room and the existing living room, sliding glass doors open onto a small white-pebble courtyard, creating a circular route through the ground floor as well as providing ventilation. The post Unknown Works finishes CLT House extension with bright yellow render appeared first on Dezeen.
Yet, the most prominent feature of the space is glass. Dramatic Marvin Modern floor-to-ceiling windows were key to realizing a house with contextual harmony that fulfills the demands of the client, all while pushing the boundaries of expansive glass. On the other side, an impressive glass enclosed staircase leads to the upper floor.
Photo: Boano Prišmontas See the full story on Dwell.com: The Dot House Is a Prefab Tiny Home With Spot-On Finishes Related stories: On the Suffolk Coast, a Family Builds a Seaside Home for the Ages This Tiny Apartment Checks All the Boxes With Glass Bricks and Gridded Tile A Streamlined Boathouse Perches Above the Water in the San Juan Islands
A large lounge opens via rotating glass doors onto a terrace sheltered by a concrete canopy, which steps down into a swimming pool flanked by high walls that frame the view of the landscape. The lower floor houses the more private rooms, offering quieter, more intimate views with a domestic feel," he added.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. The new addition features a guest suite lined in dark timber that which opens onto a private garden connected to the interior via sliding wood-and-glass doors.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring kitchens with splashes of blue , self-designed studio interiors and interiors with earthy finishes.
Whether creating a dramatic entrance or elegantly connecting indoor and outdoor spaces, our latest lookbook collects homes where pivot doors make a striking visual impact. Pivot doors typically have a sleek, minimal appearance as their outer frames can be concealed behind wall finishes.
The house is located near the barn and pastures in order to ensure that "horses are a constant visual presence," the team said. Exterior walls consist of stained cedar and large stretches of glass. The upper level, designed to be compact, holds a primary suite with a glass-lined balcony and an office with access to a rooftop deck.
The Apple Tree House is a modernist-style glass residence. Glass walls throughout the public areas of the home give sightlines of the tree and the other living areas from a variety of different positions. The post ACFD Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec appeared first on Dezeen.
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.
Photo by Jennifer Hahn The Henderson, Hong Kong, by Zaha Hadid Architects Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects to "make waves around the world", The Henderson will open in 2025 with an undulating glass facade intended to mimic organic forms.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. Photo by French + Tye Keeling House apartment, UK, by Ben Allen Architect Ben Allen dotted bespoke artworks made of glass and mirrors throughout his self-designed apartment , which is located in a modernist housing block in London.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. The home was finished with a pared-back, minimalist interior, with the open-plan living areas topped with wood-clad ceilings.
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.
The new space is formed by the extension of the hipped roof to dual gable ends, with a long rear dormer which opens out onto two roof new balcony spaces finished with structural glass balustrades. The new dormer, though long, reads as four small dormers; this was carefully designed to reduce visual impact.
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.
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.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring kitchens that are colourful , fitted in metal and finished with brick floors. The post Eight brutalist kitchens where cooking meets concrete appeared first on Dezeen.
Slight variations in tone and texture differentiate surfaces inside the PJ Lobster glasses store in Barcelona , which Spanish interiors studio El Departamento has finished entirely in green. The post El Departamento designs Barcelona eyewear store as a "challenging visual exercise" appeared first on Dezeen.
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.
Made from 90% recycled materials and designed for ease of transport and installation, Airiva’s intelligent system offers not only efficiency but a striking visual statement — proof that renewable energy can be both functional and quite beautiful. It’s ideal for softening spaces both visually and acoustically.
Owner and architect Logan Mahaffey refreshed the compact, three-story homes kitchen, bathrooms, and wall finishes while preserving its charming staircase and brickwork. The living area boasts an exposed brick fireplace (nonworking but visually striking) and opens to a spacious patio, shaded by a large tree.
Linear glass sheets encase the whole, creating unexpected distorted moon shapes, offering a three-dimensional distillation of the world around them. Through these mediums Norton reimagines sculptural forms through his exploration of finishes and materials like glass, mirror, steel, and timber. Dean Norton deannorton.com.au
It is respectful of its surroundings, gentle in its density and sparing in its use of concrete, as well as generous in layout and use of material finishes inside the flats. The visually striking form is topped with a glass-lined library and a semi-open viewing deck.
Delve Architects has created a garden studio called Kim-oflage "Given the narrow, confined nature of the site at the end of the garden, with neighbours on both sides, we aimed to reduce the visual mass with a dual pitched roof and green tiled facade blending into the garden," designer Philip Russel told Dezeen.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. The dwelling is made up of a metal-and-glass rectangular box with two chambers protruding through the roof, one of which contains a compact, dark grey sleeping loft illuminated by skylights.
The One Rendering Challenge is now part of the Architizer Vision Awards , honoring the best architectural photography, film, visualizations, drawings, models and the talented creators behind them. Start your entry > Rendering transformed how architecture was visualized and shared. Winners are published in print!
Today, our most exciting projects are when a client’s house looks like a beautiful, completed midcentury steel-and-glass home from the moment it’s craned on site. Photo courtesy of Connect Homes Aside from the layout, everything from the finishes to the appliances are up for customization.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. Conceived to resemble an igloo, the self-contained structure was encased in a foam -covered dome and finished with a pillowy all-white interior.
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. A central void visually connects floors, drawing visitors upwards via escalators.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. The unimpeded, horizontal bands of rammed earth in the kitchen contrast with the vertical ribbed finish on the metallic freestanding units, created by Danish design brand Vipp.
Circular shapes are repeated throughout the interior "It was a sojourn that beckoned one's inner child to come play, marinate in visual storytelling and create a space that allowed one to willingly abandon all notions of the 'expected' at the door," the duo said.
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.
The architects designed the large house around a triangular entrance hall with curved sides, complete with a concrete and glass domed roof, a parquet dance floor and flanked by separate ladies' and gentlemen's cloakrooms that were more typical of the day's grand public institutions than private homes.
A glass-walled living space overlooking a patio and swimming pool sits at the centre of K House, a minimalist home in Tel Aviv , Israel, designed by local practice Pitsou Kedem. The breathable lime plaster that covers the home's walls was informed by the finish common to many modernist buildings in Tel Aviv's UNESCO-listed White City.
This roundup is part of our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. In the bathroom a traditional freestanding tub's brassy finish reflects a playful, star-patterned tile floor. Dezeen's lookbooks series provides visual inspiration from our archive.
Made from food-grade stainless steel with a polished mirror finish, their spinning mechanism prevents clumping, keeping sugar loose and ready to use. Reinvented as borosilicate glass measuring spoons, their transparency highlights the value of ingredients. Abbreviations like Pizca (Pzc.), and Chorrito (Chrrt.)
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 59,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content