Kooo Architects inserts glass walls into frame of concrete hotel
Kooo Architects has converted a seven-storey building in the centre of Guangzhou, China into a guesthouse with lantern-like frosted glass walls. More
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Kaan Architecten and Pranlas-Descours Architect and Associates design stacked glass Eurartisanat headquarters in Lille
A stack of low, glazed forms house the Eurartisanat Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat des Hauts-de-Franc in Lille, France, designed by Dutch architecture firm Kaan Architecten and Pranlas-Descours Architect and Associates. More
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Revery Architecture designs snaking glass campus on Hong Kong hillside
University of Chicago Centre Hong Kong by Revery Architecture is a glazed curvilinear building perched on slim concrete stilts on a steep, wooded hillside. More
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Urban Denver building by Tres Birds houses a Japanese restaurant and aeroponic greenhouse
US firm Tres Birds Workshop has topped a Japanese restaurant in Denver, Colorado with a greenhouse featuring soil-free growing towers. More
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Colour and pattern intersect in Bouroullec brothers' glass panel collection
French design duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have worked with US manufacturers Skyline Design on a collection of glass panels emblazoned with colourful geometric patterns created using code. More
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Nude debuts glassware collections in hidden garden installation by Sarah Izod
Dezeen promotion: glassware brand Nude presented three new collections in an installation by London designer Sarah Izod, which took inspiration from the hidden gardens of Milan. More
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Vivo eliminates all ports on unibody Apex 2019 smartphone
Buttons, ports and speaker grills are absent from Vivo's Apex 2019 concept phone, which is wrapped in a single piece of glass. More
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Luca Nichetto celebrates Josef Frank and Venetian glass in colourful Fusa lamps
Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a range of glass lights for Swedish heritage brand Svenskt Tenn, marrying together a print by Josef Frank with Venetian glassblowing techniques. More
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Nendo lets gravity shape its Melt furniture collection for WonderGlass
Nendo's Oki Sato has designed a series of cast glass chairs for Venetian brand WonderGlass, which feature a U-shaped base formed by the effects of gravity on molten glass. More
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Sacha Walckhoff designs bulbous Double Jeu glassware inspired by chemistry apparatus
French designer Sacha Walckhoff has created a series of curvy vessels for Czech glass company Verreum using blown and metallic glass, based on equipment used in alchemy. 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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Foster + Partners use trees as partitions inside Thailand’s first Apple store
Indigenous trees and wooden workbenches line the inside of Apple Iconsiam in Bangkok, the first Apple Store to open in Thailand, designed by Foster + Partners. More
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Studio Vit designs glass and china Vessels to be "as thin as possible"
North London-based Studio Vit has created a collection of handmade tabletop objects in crystal glass and bone china, which are designed to be as thin and delicate as the materials will allow. More
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Jac Studios creates delicate glass exhibition inside Tadao Ando's Genius Loci
Jac Studios has designed minimal glass display cases for an exhibition in a Tadao Ando-designed museum – a project that has just won top prize at the Inside awards. More
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Matteo Thun creates limited edition series of translucent vessels for Venini
Italian architect Matteo Thun has used cold-processing techniques to create a series of translucent blown-glass vases for Murano glassmakers Venini. More
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Sam Baron and Formafantasma's sketches brought to life in blown glass
Drawings by seven designers have been transformed into 3D glass works by master glassmaker Massimo Lunardon for an exhibition at London design store Silvera curated by Fabrica. More
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Katrin Spranger's copper and glass objects imagine a future where water is scarce
Artist Katrin Spranger's series of copper and glass sculptures made from plumbing parts and laboratory objects look to an imagined dystopian future. More
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Eight designers exploring the versatility of glass for London Design Festival
This year's London Design Festival features an array of projects that showcase new and inventive techniques in glass. Design reporter Natashah Hitti picks out eight of the most interesting examples, including vessels shaped by spectacles and glass blocks infused with bubbles. More
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Castor targets Canada's ageing pot users with Heirloom Stack
Toronto design studio Castor has launched a set of accessories for marijuana users that resembles a vintage candy dish, ahead of Canada's expected legalisation of the drug later this year. More
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Foster + Partners unveils plans for Madrid office with diamond-shaped facade
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to turn a 1970s building in Madrid, Spain, into offices, which will feature a diamond-patterned exterior and a rooftop terrace. More
