Berlin’s Sony Center (image via Wikipedia)
If you’ve been to Berlin in the past 15 years, then you’ve no doubt seen the incredible transformation of Potsdamer Platz that helped reinvent the city in the wake of many tumultuous decades.
Louis Vuitton Foundation Museum, designed by Frank Gehry (image via NYT)
Have you been hearing all the buzz about the new museum that opened in Paris this week?
Architectural glass concept by Steven Holl (via Arch Daily)
This past summer, the City of London Planning and Transportation Committee passed a resolution to grant planning and listed building consent for a new Maggie’s Centre (a charity which provides practical, emotional and social support for individuals with cancer) at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.
“Dairy House” by Skene Catling de la Peña Architects (image via Stylepark)
This past week, I happened upon a gem while perusing an architecture blog. An old dairy building in Somerset, England was transformed into the stunning five-bedroom house pictured here, using stacked glass blocks and oak planks.
Lutz Haufchild’s Cadenza (image via LutzHaufchild.com)
Apparently I have parking structures on the brain this summer.
Jun Kaneko’s kiln-glass at Temple Har Shalom (photo: Alan Blakely, via Bullseye)
If you’re interested in kiln-glass in architecture and find yourself in New York’s Westchester County this week, don’t miss Art into Architecture at the Bullseye Glass Resource Center New York Gallery, closing on Saturday.
Wyandanch Station, stairway, north elevation. (L) proposed design; (R) alternative design
Last winter, I was honored to have this colorful glass facade concept selected as one of four proposals for a public art project at Long Island Rail Road’s Wyandanch Station. While the work ultimately went unrealized, it was an interesting design challenge and I can imagine adapting it for another use in the future.
glass pattern inspired by water
Here’s another little example of a glass pattern inspired by nature – in this case, water.
I thought I might quickly share another example of variations on a theme that lead to a final work of custom glass art.
USAFA Cadet Chapel (image by SOM-William Lukes AIA via ArchDaily)
The “Fish Church” that I profiled last week reminded me of another iconic house of worship from around the same era, with some similar qualities (including modern stained glass panels, though used much more sparingly): the United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, a designated U.S. National Historical Landmark just outside of Colorado Springs.