Archinect

DECEMBER 5, 2022

New glass barriers have successfully prevented a high tide from flooding St Mark’s Basilica in Venice for the first time [.] Writing on Twitter, tourism councillor Simone Venturini praised the structure and added, 'Now it’s time to accelerate the completion of the MOSE works for definite safety of the square.'

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 21, 2023

These lattices are recognizable on the facades of buildings from the Middle Ages, exemplified by structures like the Alhambra , to 20th-century constructions such as Casa Gomis , considered historical monuments. The facade , being the skin of the building, is the architectural component that is usually directly exposed to sunlight.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Image © Stephen Bridger via Shutterstock Our contemporary society has been witnessing a surge in skyscraper construction in urban centers worldwide for various reasons—including engineering advancements, increased urban density , space constraints, and, arguably, a competitive drive for building the tallest structures.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

© Roberta Gewehr architects: schlaich bergermann und partner Location: Porto Alegre, Río Grande del Sur, Brazil Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Roberta Gewehr Area: 4000.0 m2 Read more »

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ArchDaily

MARCH 11, 2024

Glass House / Max Núñez. Defined as spaces enclosed by glass or other transparent plastic materials, greenhouses facilitate the growth of vegetables and ornamental plants even during periods of adverse external weather conditions. However, what does designing for plants involve? Read more »

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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. Last year, the structure was designated a national historic landmark.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Winter, with its snow, ice and frozen landscapes, temporarily alters not only the physical appearance of structures but also how we experience them. Snow transforms the appearance of architectural structures, softening edges, blurring lines and muting colors. Interior spaces also benefit from these seasonal lighting effects.

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Archinect

APRIL 30, 2024

Another winning aspect is the hybrid structure's ability to be disassembled and remounted. Individual components are capable of reuse in line with a principle called the "future material depot," which contributes to its role in the circular economy.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Mexico City architecture studio HEMAA utilised a steel structure and green-coloured eaves for Pabellón de la Reserva, a meeting place sited on the marshy shores of a lake in the mountains of central Mexico. This design choice blurs the structure's boundaries, framing the natural landscape with subtlety," he continued.

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Archinect

JULY 20, 2022

Called the Qaammat pavilion , the structure is situated in Sarafannguit, a cultural landscape in West Greenland and a World Heritage site since 2018. It was developed in cooperation with UNESCO, the Qeqqata Municipality, and the Sisimiut Museum.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Built in 1994, the home is the last project Koening completed, uniquely built on four structural steel beams. Image credit: Cameron Carothers Image credit: Cameron Carothers Externally, the home takes the form of a steel cube held aloft by four 40-foot-tall structural steel columns. Image credit: Cameron Caro.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

American architecture studio SOM has completed the Schwarzman College of Computing, an eight-storey, glass-wrapped building designed to be a "collaborative nexus" on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge. Beyond their aesthetic function, the shingles enhance the building's energy performance.

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Archinect

AUGUST 2, 2024

The newly announced Hanwha Galleria project covers an existing metro subway station with a glass atrium and two landscaped plaza areas. Two asymmetrical glass volumes resembling hourglass forms and containing gardened areas conceal its program.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2022

Echoing the surrounding desert landscape, the design incorporates two interconnected dune-like structures that house the company’s main offices with a central courtyard and an oasis-like water feature in between to aid in the overall ventilation of the structures.

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designboom

OCTOBER 16, 2024

structural and sonic systems drawing from palestinian stone construction intertwine at 'serpentine bell'. The post glass blown stereotomy shapes tomoko sauvage and AAU anastas’ sound installation appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 7, 2024

Positioned on the sun-facing side of a structure, it consists of a wall made from materials like brick, stone, or concrete, and a glass panel or polycarbonate sheet placed a few centimeters in front of it. Solar radiation penetrates the glass during daylight hours and heats the masonry wall.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Image credit: Lara Swimmer Image credit: Lara Swimmer Visitors to the center are greeted by a new two-story lobby enclosed by a wood and glass curtain wall, responding to the site’s woodland context. “We took advantage of the scale and tectonic identity of the original structure.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

housescape design lab integrates plastic waste from bottle caps and broken wine bottles, assembled within a steel structure. The post housescape design lab reuses dismantled dwelling pieces in thai glass-walled guest residence appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Located on the Eastern Border of Seoripul Park, the building is characterized by a pyramidal glass structure set in a garden that functions as a secluded outdoor space for Archive/Museum visitors. Read more »

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Architizer

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Glass blocks are making their mark in contemporary architecture, proving theyre more than just functional. Integrated into homes, public spaces and cultural landmarks, these projects highlight how glass blocks can shape environments in thoughtful and unexpected ways. The canopy uses alternating transparent glass and mirror panels.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Work on the 17-acre expansion culminated with the addition of a new 32,000-square-foot glass greenhouse designed by Weiss/Manfredi that houses the immersive Mediterranean garden creation from Reed Hilderbrand, serviced by a network of 128 geothermal wells which are connected to a ground-level heat exchanger. Interior View, West Conservatory.

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Archinect

APRIL 5, 2024

A rich palette of redwood, teak, Douglas fir, concrete, and glass feature carefully throughout the home, which sits on a 7-acre hillside lot and is replete with a two-car garage, four bedrooms, three baths, a storeroom, and separate guest quarters. Six concrete towers work to elevate the home above the tree line, allowing for a floati.

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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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Archinect

MAY 3, 2023

In its site placement and silhouette, the structure evokes the passage of a ship through the harbor. The building’s ground floor is made transparent by a glass curtain wall that showcases two site-specific works by Richard Wentworth and Olafur Eliasson while offering visitors a panoramic view of the ongoing $1.8

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Archinect

APRIL 18, 2023

MSDL worked to enact new monumental staircases and a horizontal floating glass structure it says is the longest in North America. Image: David Boyer The new Esplanade PVM comes with improved pedestrian access, a modernized shopping mall, and reconfigured underground entrance to public transit.

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Archinect

APRIL 10, 2023

The installation comprises 17 30-foot trees, each weighing more than 10,000 pounds, that make up the core of the project’s indoor vertical garden component, which highlights the 460,000 square feet of new office space being created inside the iconic 19th-century waterfront structure.

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Archinect

MAY 25, 2022

One, a six-story glass-curtain facade design called the Gold Building , features a variety of collaborative work considerations such as flexible workstations, a café, and several maker spaces contained within what the firm deems as a “unique hybrid structural system” composed of pre-cast concrete columns and girders,

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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

MARCH 23, 2023

The 35,000-square-foot distillery and adjacent 20,000-square-foot rick house structure dubbed ‘Meander’ will begin construction later this year at the Lanes Run Business Park located at the northeastern edge of the city, which is just 15 miles from the capital of Lexington.

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Archinect

JANUARY 4, 2022

The New York Times is reporting that glass from the pedestrian bridge is going to be removed and replaced with more trachyte stone that will avert any possible future spills which have befallen users thanks to the 94-meter-long structure’s slippery surface.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 20, 2022

An all-glass greenhouse that was enacted at the site soon after became the focal point of the project after initial plans called for its demolition. It included adding a two-story extension and wood canopy entrance to the existing factory building at Place des Carmes which was acquired by the company in the early 2000s.

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Archinect

APRIL 29, 2024

The original paired structures, said Kirsten Reoch, who was named executive director of the Glass House campus last summer, “are two parts of a whole. The reopening returns a certain architectural equilibrium to Johnson’s estate. Neither was conceived without the other.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

While the first versions of windows were small and not very transparent, today we can find large sheets of glass that blur the boundaries between the inside and outside, and can create virtually translucent façades. And this doesn't have to be limited to fixed glass. Read more »

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Archinect

APRIL 2, 2024

The rectilinear base is wrapped in glass, allowing for natural light and interior views for the public on the outside. A succession of barrel vaults, visible in the construction photographs, add a rhythmic quality to the structure.

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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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designboom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

for the first time, the multi-screen device features an embedded slim rod structure in the hinges, making the smartphone slimmer. The post huawei reveals mate XT, the world’s first tri-fold smartphone with three large glass displays appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

APRIL 24, 2024

The initial phase of the four-year project that will be completed in 2025 involved expanding its capacity by 60%, creating a new pedestrian linkage to the Seine and Square Jean Perrin, restoring the balconies of the structure’s nave, and removing ad hoc additions that had slowly accrued since its opening 124 years ago.

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