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  • Beach Kiosk and Boat Refuge by Estudio Flume

    Estudio Flume builds fisherman's kiosk with translucent roof on Brazil's Jaguanum Island

    São Paulo's Estudio Flume and architect German Nieva have designed a beach hut on Brazil's Jaguanum Island for fishermen to sell food during the day and store boats at night. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 23 August 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology by Behnisch Architekten

    Ten translucent buildings with exteriors that allow light to pass through

    A laboratory, a tennis pavilion and a kindergarten are among these ten translucent buildings with exteriors made from semi-transparent materials including polycarbonate and frosted glass. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 22 August 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Au Gré des Champs by La Shed Architecture

    La Shed Architecture creates translucent barn to give cows "a better quality of life"

    Architecture studio La Shed Architecture has built a large agricultural barn with polycarbonate sheeting walls for a farm in Montérégie, Québec. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 16 August 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Studio Rain erects translucent flat-pack sauna on banks of Yarra River

    Studio Rain erects translucent flat-pack sauna on banks of Yarra River

    Australian art and architecture collective Studio Rain has installed a temporary sauna next to Melbourne's Yarra River that is prefabricated and off-grid, so it can be built, disassembled and reused without the use of heavy machinery.
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    Jennifer Hahn | 12 August 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Headquarters for glass company Lasvit in Nový Bor, Czech Republic, by Ov-a Architekti Studio

    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

    Tom Ravenscroft | 19 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Garden Tennis Club of Cabourg by Lemoal Lemoal Architectes 

    Lemoal Lemoal Architectes builds translucent half-timbered tennis pavilion

    Paris studio Lemoal Lemoal Architectes has completed a half-timbered changing pavilion at the Garden Tennis Club of Cabourg on the north coast of France. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 19 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology by Behnisch Architekten

    Behnisch Architekten clads energy laboratory in translucent polycarbonate

    Translucent polycarbonate panels encase the concrete and timber laboratory at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, by Behnisch Architekten. More

    Jon Astbury | 19 March 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Deformed Roofs of Furano by Yoshichika Takagi

    Yoshichika Takagi adds translucent facade to asymmetric house in Hokkaido

    A house with an asymmetrical roof on the Japanese island of Hokkaido has been renovated and extended by architecture studio Yoshichika Takagi + Associates. More

    India Block | 3 March 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Garden Room by Indra Janda

    Garden Room by Indra Janda features translucent white walls

    Belgian architect Indra Janda has used translucent polycarbonate shingles to create a garden room at her parent's home. More

    Amy Frearson | 5 January 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Nová Ruda kindergarten by Petr Stolín and Alena Mičeková

    Kindergarten in Czech Republic encased in two layers of translucent fibreglass

    Petr Stolin Architekt has wrapped a double-skinned translucent facade of fibreglass around the Nová Ruda kindergarten in the Czech Republic. More

    Jon Astbury | 19 January 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Helsinki Central Library Oodi by ALA Architects

    Helsinki Central Library Oodi topped with translucent "book heaven"

    The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, designed by ALA Architects, is topped with large open-plan reading room under an undulating roof punctured by circular skylights. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 10 January 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Apple Cotai Centre Macau by Foster + Partners

    Foster + Partners unveils Apple Store in Macau with translucent stone walls and bamboo

    Tall shoots of bamboo rise through the central atrium of a new Apple Store completed by Foster + Partners in Macau, China. More

    India Block | 3 July 2018 | Leave a comment
  • ICA at VCU by Steven Holl

    Steven Holl's Institute for Contemporary Art comprises sculptural blocks of zinc and translucent glass

    Architect Steven Holl has built an exhibition and performance centre for Virginia Commonwealth University, which has been captured by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 21 December 2017 | 5 comments
  • Casa Triangulo by Metro Architects

    Translucent panels create glowing facade for São Paulo gallery by Metro

    Polycarbonate panels run along the base of this gallery in São Paulo by local architects Metro, flooding the space with natural light during the day and transmitting light from within at night. More

    Lizzie Fison | 5 April 2017 | 1 comment
  • The Greja House by Park+Associates Architects

    White translucent box forms Singapore residence by Park+Associates Architects

    A+Awards: designed as a series of interconnected voids, this house in Singapore by local firm Park+Associates Architects won a 2016 Architizer A+Award. More

    Dan Howarth | 20 February 2017 | 2 comments
  • China Philharmonic Hall by MAD

    MAD reveals plans for translucent China Philharmonic Hall in Beijing

    Chinese studio MAD has released visuals for its new concert hall in Beijing, which will be draped in a translucent fluted facade. More

    Jessica Mairs | 18 October 2016 | 9 comments
  • Steven Holl's Bloch Building in Missouri recaptured in photographs by Iwan Baan

    Architectural photographer Iwan Baan has taken new images of the Steven Holl-designed Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins art museum, which show the structure as it enters its 10th year (+ slideshow). More

    Jenna McKnight | 13 June 2016 | 1 comment
  • Lago event hall by Pitsou Kedem in Rishon LeZion, Israel

    Pitsou Kedem's Lago events complex contrasts opaque and translucent materials

    Architect Pitsou Kedem has completed an events hall in Rishon LeZion, Israel, featuring translucent glass-plank facades designed to "glow like a firefly" at night (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 10 April 2016 | 4 comments
  • Sogokagu by Kengo Kuma

    Sogokagu furniture showroom by Kengo Kuma features wavy translucent walls

    Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has built a showroom and production facility for a Japanese furniture manufacturer, which features both translucent undulating walls and a simple rectangular roof. More

    Jessica Mairs | 6 April 2016 | 2 comments
  • Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by Steven Holl

    Here is a set of new images of the extension to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City by architect Steven Holl. More

    Marcus Fairs | 5 April 2007 | 5 comments

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