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Contaminar stacks concrete layers to enclose twisting Portuguese home

August 24, 2023 Katie Last 0

Warping layers of glass and concrete have been stacked to form Quinta do Rei, an angular four-storey home designed by Portuguese studio Contaminar. Located at the highest point of the Portuguese city Leiria, the residence was designed to function like a watchtower and features long spans of windows that frame views of the surrounding landscape.

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Curving glass walls puncture pink-toned house in Thailand

August 9, 2023 Katie Last 0

A blocky pink form and curving glass walls define House R3, a residence by Bangkok studio PHTAA on a compact roadside site in Thailand. Made from concrete, the 400-square-metre home features living spaces across five levels to maximise the available space for a family of five. To give privacy from the nearby road, PHTAA infilled

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Studio Other Spaces encloses Buffalo museum courtyard in “canopy of glass and mirrors”

June 23, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann’s firm Studio Other Spaces has created a sculptural work called Common Sky to enclose an open-air courtyard at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. Created as part of a renovation of the museum led by architecture studio OMA’s New York office, Common Sky is a massive glass and mirror

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OMA envelopes Buffalo art museum extension in transparent “veil”

June 16, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

OMA’s New York office led by architect Shohei Shigematsu has completed an expansion to Buffalo’s AKG Art Museum that features a promenade encased in a glass facade. Architecture studio OMA added the Jeffrey E Gundlach Building to the complex of buildings that make up Buffalo’s AKG Art Museum – an institution that lies on a park designed

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Helle Mardahl fills Copenhagen apartment with candy-coloured glass

June 9, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Danish designer Helle Mardahl has unveiled The Sensory Society, a 3 Days of Design exhibition that takes cues from Wes Anderson’s film The Grand Budapest Hotel. Mardahl filled an entire Copenhagen apartment with her colourful glass objects, creating installations that include a playful bar and a grand dressing table. The exhibition showcases new additions to

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Atelier Guy uses mass-timber structure for Canadian wood company facility

May 23, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Atelier Guy Architects has completed an all-timber office and factory for engineering firm SmartMill in Lévis, Quebec. Completed in January 2022, the airy, 2,000-square metre (21,500-square foot) facility reflects the products and services of the client, Quebec wood products manufacturer SmartMill, and has a structure made with glued-laminated (glulam) timber columns and floor

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OMA tops Tiffany & Co’s Fifth Avenue flagship with “jewellery box” addition

May 19, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

The New York office of architecture studio OMA has completed its renovation of Tiffany & Co’s flagship store in Manhattan, adding a three-storey glass extension to the historic jewellery store. OMA renovated and expanded the 10-storey limestone building at 727 Fifth Avenue, which has served as a department store for Tiffany & Co since 1940,

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Dezeen Agenda features water-filled windows that use sunlight to heat and cool buildings

January 10, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features windows filled with water that use sunlight to heat and cool buildings. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. British startup Water-Filled Glass has developed panes of glass filled with water that use sunlight to power a “crazy” energy-saving heating and cooling system. Water-Filled Glass (WFG) aims to

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Water-filled windows use sunlight to heat and cool buildings

January 3, 2023 Nat Barker 0

British startup Water-Filled Glass has developed panes of glass filled with water that use sunlight to power a “crazy” energy-saving heating and cooling system. Founded in 2020 by Loughborough University architecture lecturer Matyas Gutai, Water-Filled Glass (WFG) aims to use patented technology to make heavily glazed buildings significantly more sustainable. Its windows contain a thin layer

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