Hutong Bubble 218 by MAD gives "new life" to ageing Beijing hutong
MAD has transformed a vacant courtyard house in one of Beijing's ancient hutongs by adding two bubble-like workspaces to its roof. More
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Pezo von Ellrichshausen turns baroque palazzo upside down with "magic open box" installation
Chilean architecture duo Pezo von Ellrichshausen has installed a mirrored structure within Milan's Palazzo Litta, creating disorientating reflections of its baroque architecture. More
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Doug Aitken's mirrored Mirage house installed in Swiss alps
American artist Doug Aitken has installed a ranch-style house clad in mirrors in the snow-covered mountains of Gstaad, Switzerland. More
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Reflect on the best mirrored buildings from around the world via our Pinterest board
We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to mirrored buildings, including a mirrored toilet on one of Norway's Scenic Routes and an Austrian apartment block that reflects the facades of surrounding historic buildings. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Altus designs Minnesota home and accompanying "shiny shed" to blend with the forest
US studio Altus Architecture + Design has created a low-lying residence for a wooded site in Minnesota with glazed and cedar walls, along with a detached shed wrapped in polished and mirrored stainless steel. More
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MVRDV reveals renderings of mirrored "crystal rock" office block in Germany
Dutch firm MVRDV has unveiled plans for an office block with an interactive mirrored facade in the city of Esslingen in southern Germany. More
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COBE and BRUT chosen to create new entrance plaza for EU headquarters in Brussels
Architecture studios COBE and BRUT have been selected to redesign the entrance to the European Union headquarters, with a proposal including a reflective doughnut-shaped canopy. More
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Reflective holiday home by Tatiana Bilbao hides among trees in Mexico
Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao has used mirrored glass, along with rammed earth and clay bricks, to create a vacation home that blends with its wooded site in Monterrey. More
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Mirrored panels and stripy tiles cover walls of Spanish school by ABLM Arquitectos
Spanish studio ABLM Arquitectos used mirrored panels to create an "almost invisible" upper floor for this school in the city of Salamanca, but the lower storey covered in stripes of brightly coloured tiling. More
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Stainless-steel extension to CTLES archive reflects its rural surroundings
This pair of enormous mirrored-steel boxes connected by a glazed bridge were designed by Antonini + Darmon and RMDM, to complement and extend an aluminium-clad archive facility outside Paris. More
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John Soane's Dulwich Picture Gallery informs summer pavilion for London Festival of Architecture
IF_DO has designed a mirrored events pavilion in the grounds of John Soane's Dulwich Picture Gallery in south London, which was unveiled this morning ahead of this year's London Festival of Architecture. More
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Doug Aitken installs entirely mirrored cabin in the Southern Californian desert
American artist Doug Aitken has built a small house-shaped structure, clad top-to-bottom in mirrors, in the desert outside Palm Springs. More
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Li Hao uses mirrored glass and bamboo for reflective pavilion in southern China
Architect Li Hao has clad this bamboo and wood pavilion in mirrored glass to reflect the historic town in southern China that it faces. More
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Snøhetta adds crinkled stainless-steel extension to 1960s museum in Norway
Snøhetta has extended the Lillehammer Art Museum and Cinema in Norway with a cantilevering cube covered in a layer of crinkled and polished stainless steel. More
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Scott Kyson combines charred timber with smoked glass for garden pavilion
This small garden pavilion, created by British architect Scott Kyson as a playhouse for his children, is covered in sheets of smoked glass and lined in lengths of charred larch. More
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Mirrored viewing platform by Natura Futura is disguised against the Ecuadorean landscape
Projecting over a hillside in the Ecuadorean countryside, this small mirrored viewpoint was designed by Natura Futura Arquitectura as a rest stop for hikers (+slideshow). More
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Wilkinson Eyre adds mirrored laboratory and sports hangar to Dyson's countryside campus
Wilkinson Eyre has added an assortment of new buildings to the headquarters of technology company Dyson, aiming to create a campus to rival "those in Silicon Valley and Singapore". More
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Hope of Glory adds mirrored apartment block to street of historic buildings in Graz
A+Awards: next up in our collaboration with Architizer's A+Awards is an apartment building in Austria that is covered in mirrors to reflect the facades of surrounding historic buildings. More
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Mirrored facades reflect plants around office for Viennese nursery
Mirrored panels reflect views of the surrounding gardens around the lower half of this star-shaped office designed by Josep and Gerhard Haumer for a plant nursery near Vienna (+ slideshow). More
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M+ museum opens first gallery in West Kowloon Cultural District
The forthcoming M+ museum has opened its first exhibition space in Hong Kong's new cultural district: a mirror-clad pavilion that cantilevers out of a hillside (+ slideshow). More
