ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Image © Kavin Kumar La Sa Natural light , fresh air , and a constant, comfortable temperature. These are three of the most basic components we need in our interior spaces. By expanding and increasing the use of glass in contemporary building facades , we can increase natural light.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The project involved a full refurbishment, including a kitchen extension that fills in the side return and enhances the connection to the garden, creating additional space and flow throughout the property. Glazing work was carried out by Fluid Glass. Skylights, both square and circular, are positioned throughout the extension.

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ArchDaily

MAY 14, 2024

Image © Kit Leong via Shutterstock The Wayfarers Chapel , known locally as "The Glass Church," was designed by Lloyd Wright, the eldest son of architect Frank Lloyd Wright , and completed in 1951. Last year, the structure was designated a national historic landmark.

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Archinect

AUGUST 4, 2022

Designed by Studio Other Spaces, a Berlin studio founded by artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann, the pavilion will be used as a space for wine tasting by The Donum Estate, one of California’s leading Pinot Noir producers.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The brief for the four-bedroom, five-bathroom property in Studio City "was to design a home using all natural materials", according to Diaz, who has developed several single-family homes across the city. They are all hand chosen and speak with one another in each space." The photography is by Sam Frost.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 23, 2024

What's more: residential projects of the era, in particular, blurred the lines between indoor and outdoor, flawlessly merging interior and exterior spaces to reflect a lifestyle that harmonizes with nature. Read more »

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The new, 15-story glass commercial space was constructed inside the building’s old brick masonry shell, offering tenants 460,000 square feet of Class A office space enhanced by carefully-inserted biophilic elements and marked by the firm’s attenuation to ascendant health and wellness considerations typical in modern workplace design.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

What is billed by the team to be the "world's largest climatized reading space" is composed of a glass curtain wall fronted by a forest of sculptural columns resembling ginko trees in a design that harkens the natural landscape to affect an "emotional connection" between people, books, and the environment.

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Archinect

JULY 19, 2022

According to the project team, four core principles influenced the museum’s design: community, nature, education, and the preservation of the museum’s vast collections. The museum will also be a hub for research. The museum will also be a hub for research.

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Archinect

MAY 9, 2023

A team comprising Orange Architects, Felixx , Ballast Nedam West, and ABT has completed a mixed-use residential scheme in Amsterdam inspired by various natural forms.

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Archinect

JULY 18, 2024

An existing barn was repurposed as the brewery portion of the program, and a new, purpose-built tasting room space was constructed. The space is defined by its structural system, along with a fully glazed enclosure and exterior weathering-steel cladding. The inversely raised roof floods the space with natural light.

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Roofing Exterior Glass Structure 289

Archinect

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Its two-story interior is organized around a need for natural light in educational spaces and the desire to frame a street-level exterior Viewing Garden that serves as a “counterpoint to the surrounding urban landscape” while adding “visual interest to the indoor experience.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Designed as a central hub to connect the kitchen, classrooms , and instructional garden, the courtyard is accessed from the classrooms by large glass roll-up doors, creating a natural circulation flow from the classrooms to the courtyard to the gardens and greenhouse.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Glass blocks are making their mark in contemporary architecture, proving theyre more than just functional. Their ability to filter natural light, improve insulation and add texture has made them a go-to material for creating visually striking and efficient designs. The canopy uses alternating transparent glass and mirror panels.

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Archinect

JANUARY 4, 2023

Named ANNA Stay, the project is recognized for its sustainable design that allows its guests to reconnect with themselves and nature. The structure features two protective sliding shells: an inner shell comprising double glass and an outer shell made of wood. The glass layer can also be slid open to inject cool air to enter.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The Pruzan Art Center houses the university's Davison Arts Collection "The Pruzan Art Center is a transformative addition to Wesleyan University, offering a space where art, history, and academic inquiry come together," PRO co-founder Miriam Peterson said. Thick stone walls block natural light in the climate-controlled exhibition space.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

with a deep regard for nature. Located in the dunes of Aerdenhout, this sustainable and energy-neutral villa offers ample residential comfort, while staying connected to, and respectful of, the adjacent Natura2000 nature reserve. The floating glass volume. Paul de Ruiter Architects designed Villa A.

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Archinect

JULY 22, 2024

Featuring an eight-story bronze colonnade-lined retail component and a 35-story office tower, the project “answers the pressing need for connection to nature and a place of community within Shanghai’s urban core,” in the words of Senior Partner Christopher Mulvey. Image: Shao Feng. Courtesy of Safdie Architects.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Chinese studio Offhand Practice has completed the Mei Yuan Cafe, a glass-walled pavilion in Shanghai that allows visitors to "immerse themselves" in the surrounding park. Mei Yuan Cafe's long, narrow form occupies the northeastern corner of the park, with curved cut-outs around its edges creating space for the existing trees to grow.

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Archinect

AUGUST 20, 2024

Image: Jeff Goldberg/Snøhetta Artist José Parlá’s Style Writing (2022) mural design wraps the glass facade of the building, giving credence to the firm’s intentions of establishing a space dedicated to writers away from the city’s traditional literary strongholds in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

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Archinect

JANUARY 18, 2022

The project is located south of Mexico City, in a tower with excellent positioning and an architectural design that allows to have natural light in all the spaces thanks to its glass facades and clean floors with great variety of options for different distributions. The apparent slab.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A gridded facade made up of rectangular windows and glass fibre-reinforced concrete (GFRC) bars wraps the building and its rounded corners. Its facade was made by Rieder "The materiality and calming appearance of the glass fibre-reinforced concrete elements allow for a harmonious integration into the surrounding neighbourhood," said Rieder.

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Archinect

JUNE 24, 2024

The textile, made of a plastic material and silver nanowires, is designed to stay cool in urban settings by taking advantage of a principle known as radiative cooling – the natural process by which objects radiate heat into space.

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Structure Cities Materials Engineering 264

Deezen

JULY 23, 2024

New York City-based studio WXY Architecture has unveiled a wooden, light-filled visitor centre for a nature preserve on the seaside in Rockaway, Queens. The Arverne East Welcome Center marks the entrance to a 35-acre nature preserve and is part of Phase 1 of New York City's first net-zero residential community. mile-long (8.9

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Archinect

MAY 1, 2023

ANNA allows us to connect to a reality where we naturally belong. In spring or autumn, the glass keeps the rain outside or lets the sun in to warm up the space. If it warms up too much, you can either slide and close the wooden layer to block the warming sun or slide the glass layer open to let a cool wind enter.

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Glass Roofing Nature Space 246

Archinect

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Cobe has completed work on a new outdoor concert space for Copenhagen they say will lend a rich cultural and green balance to the outcrop of new development in the city’s inner harbor area that has been reproduced in abundance over the past two decades. The Opera Park.

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Santa Cruz Architect

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Natural light is an essential design element that profoundly impacts a home’s aesthetics, energy efficiency, and livability. The Importance of Natural Light in Residential Design Understanding the value of natural light in a home extends beyond simply creating bright spaces.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Led by Marica McKeel, the firm creates spaces that not only harmonize with their surroundings but elevate the experience of living in them. By responding directly to their respective sites and the needs of their inhabitants, both homes use expansive glazing to forge a strong connection between indoor and outdoor spaces. Kaat Cliffs.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

A curved bench and sinuous display rails meander through the interconnected spaces of this fashion store in Kyiv , Ukraine, which interior designer Katerina Kovalenko has conceived as a calming sanctuary for shoppers. The post Natural materials create "a sense of refuge" in Kyiv boutique Friends of Fashion appeared first on Dezeen.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Otherwise it will be clickbait visible from space, two vast and pointless lines of glass whose colossal construction cost would defeat the Vision 2030 plan to reduce dependency on oil revenues. What’s more likely is that it will never be completed.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Four simple rectilinear wings –containing four bedrooms and the garage –radiate off the corners of the one-story home’s central space: the connected living room and kitchen, whose four walls are made of floor to ceiling glass. This allows nature and light to be drawn into the center of the house at any time of day.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed the Far Rockaway Library in New York, which is wrapped in fritted, orange ombre glass covered with thin, white script by Brooklyn artist José Parlá. Concrete columns rise upwards through the space and are slightly tilted to form an "inverted pyramidal" shape.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The design for this house imagines occupying the entire site, all of it considered living space, with rooms formed as much by the landscape as by the architecture. To that end, the house is designed as a linear sequence, multipurpose spaces unfolding with a feeling of progression. Green Building Council.

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The Spaces

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Green glass and metallic reliefs shimmer and dazzle inside the Melbourne jewellery store Sarah & Sebastian, designed by Richards Stanisich. Inspired by nature and the sea , a green, earthy colour palette imbues the flagship’s interior, giving it a fantasy-like atmosphere aligned with the brand’s artful, nature-driven aesthetic.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In the rush of modern life, as we scuttle and shuffle our way through the world, it’s easy to overlook the spaces between — the corridors, staircases and passageways that quietly influence our journey through a building. Yet, it is these transitional spaces that subtly guide us. Transitional spaces no longer need walls to define them.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The length of the floorplan meant that there was a need for natural light to reach the middle part of the house, thus the idea was born to retain a part of the rear garden as a courtyard that would sit amongst the functional layout of the space and provide not only light but also vital cross ventilation and visual connection.

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Deezen

APRIL 24, 2024

Planted balconies surround open living spaces at this house in Bangalore , designed by Indian studio 4site Architects for a nature-loving family. Named House of Greens, the four-bedroom home is informed by Bangalore's history of green spaces and parks, which have earned it the moniker of the "garden city" of India.

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