Odile Decq builds all-glass Maison de Verre for client with vision loss
Architect Odile Decq has completed a house in France with walls of translucent glass, to create the optimal lighting conditions for a client with vision impairment. More
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Neri Oxman and Bill Ackman told to alter Norman Foster design for their New York penthouse
Architect and designer Neri Oxman and her husband, the hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, have been told to modify plans drawn up by Norman Foster for a glass penthouse on a 1920s building in New York. More
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Avala House is a steel-framed residence on a mountainside in Serbia
Glass walls and a gridded steel frame define Avala House, which architecture studio Ten has created in a sloping orchard on the Avala mountain in Belgrade, Serbia. More
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Translucent glass house built alongside historic buildings for Lasvit's Czech Republic HQ
Prague studio Ov-a Architekti has built a translucent house and restored a group of 19th-century timber buildings for the office of glass company Lasvit in Nový Bor, Czech Republic. More
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Bence Mulchay adds glass extension to historic Tasmanian villa
Architecture studio Bence Mulcahy has added a black steel-framed glass extension to a 19th-century villa in Mount Stuart, Tasmania. More
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Fran Silvestre Arquitectos creates walkway on top of glazed Hoffman House
An extruded T-shaped roof that is also a walkway covers a glazed box in this dramatic house designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos in Valencia, Spain. More
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Jerome Engelking designs Wuehrer House for forest clearing in the Hamptons
Architect Jerome Engelking sought to avoid metaphors and "overt symbolism" while conceiving this glass-and-wood holiday home for a secluded site on New York's Long Island. More
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GamFratesi creates plant-filled interiors for Harlan + Holden Glasshouse Cafe in Manila
Cane furniture, tiled floors and mint green upholstery fill this glasshouse-inspired cafe in Manila, Philippines, by Danish studio GamFratesi. More
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Hollow brick shell encases glass-walled House SSK in Belgium
De Baes Associates and architect Sophie van Noten's House SSK is a steel and glass house wrapped inside an open-topped brick shell in Kortrijk, Belgium. More
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Barn-inspired Conservatory House is an off-grid escape on a Pretoria farm
South African architect Nadine Englebrecht has completed an off-grid home featuring a central conservatory in the countryside outside Pretoria. More
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Explore striking glass houses via our new Pinterest board
Our new Pinterest board is dedicated to houses built predominantly from glass, including the new Mecanoo house that is partially submerged in a lake and a house framed by a red steel structure. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Mecanoo builds glass house partly submerged in a lake in the English countryside
Window walls surround all sides of Glass Villa in the Lake, a three-storey house built by Dutch studio Mecanoo in the Cotswolds. More
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Glass walls and covered walkways intertwine Israeli house and garden
Pitsou Kedem Architects has used fully glazed walls and an extended pergola-style roof to link this home with its garden in the Savyon district of Israel. More
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Outdoor terrace divides two sides of zinc and concrete home in Costa Rica
Two volumes, one made from zinc and one from concrete, are separated by a glazed walkway and terrace in this Costa Rican house by MG Design Studio. More
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Idee Architects updates house on Vietnamese citrus farm with pavilion-like living space
Idee Architects has modernised a traditional Vietnamese farmhouse for a large family, adding a glass and steel structure that overlooks orchards and the Ba Vì mountain range beyond. More
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Maas Architecten merges a thatched cottage with a glass greenhouse
A gabled greenhouse appears to slide out from beneath the thatched roof of this villa, completed by Maas Architecten in the Dutch countryside. More
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Penelas Architects embeds glass and rusted-steel retreat in forest glade near Madrid
Entirely glazed walls ensure the owners of this residence designed by Penelas Architects are presented with the best possible views of a picturesque forest outside Madrid. More
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NMD Nomadas' concrete and glass house in Venezuela features skinny swimming pool
NMD Nomadas has arranged this concrete and glass house in Venezuela around a series of courtyards and a slender swimming pool. More
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Atelier Deshaus creates glass and steel tea house for Shanghai garden
A ring of benches is suspended from the roof of this glass-walled tea house, created by Atelier Deshaus beside a landscaped garden in Shanghai's West Bund. More
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Lumo Arkitektur adds glass and log volumes to Nøjkærhus Culture House
A+Awards: four adjoining house-shaped volumes built using different materials make up this outdoor pursuits centre in Denmark by Lumo Arkitektur – a 2016 Architizer A+Awards winner. More
