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French heritage group sues to prevent Notre Dame's stained glass window installation

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An appeal to stop the controversial installation of contemporary stained glass windows at Notre Dame Cathedral is moving forward in a Paris municipal court ahead of its planned end-of-year deadline, reports Le Parisien. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc's original windows were undamaged in the 2019 blaze.

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Quentin Desfarges punctuates Norwegian woodland cabin with large circular windows

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Porthole-style windows puncture the gable ends of this timber mountain cabin in Norway , which has been designed by local architect Quentin Desfarges. Quentin Desfarges added porthole-style windows to Timber Nest "Timber Nest does not merely occupy its site; it coexists with it," Desfarges told Dezeen.

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Window, Window, Window House / panovscott

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Completed in 2023 in Pearl Beach NSW , Australia. Images by Hamish McIntosh. The room feels slightly too small - not uncomfortably so - but still there is something about the space. The combination of the threshold head.

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factory kitchen becomes window-filled cultural space in sepide elmi’s iranian gallery

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large windows replace traditional walls, creating an interactive environment that challenges conventional gallery structures. The post factory kitchen becomes window-filled cultural space in sepide elmi’s iranian gallery appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Eight homes with practical and well-designed corner windows

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Full-height windows, curved glazing and windows that continuously wrap the facades of an extension feature in this lookbook of homes with expansive corner windows. As the centrepiece of the timber-framed extension, the sweeping window curves around a 90-degree angle to create a tranquil corner overlooking the garden.

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Frameless is More: How Minimalist Windows Shape Architectural Atmospheres

ArchDaily

Focusing on the relationship between space, restraint, and light, the Minimalist movement transformed contemporary architecture and interior design, turning windows into a fundamental resource for sensory perception and interaction with the atmosphere and space , opening up a realm of introspective, sensitive, and refined exploration.

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Revisiting Skyscraper Design: The Benefits of Responsive Facades and Passive Designs

ArchDaily

In these towers, operable windows are sacrificed for aesthetics and expansive views, with a central core layout that maximizes 360-degree views while creating architectural "solar heat-gain monsters."

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