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The entrance of your house is the first impression a visitor gets about you and your customs. It takes some time and money to decorate your entryway with minimal designs and features that stand out from others. One of the things that make your entryway look more attractive and spacious are the
Gujarat-based architecture firm Ishwar Gehi Architects designed this magnificent pyramid-shaped resort that spreads over an area of 1,10,220 sq. ft.
Designed by Salankar Pashine And Associates (SPA), this beautiful farmhouse spans over an area of 2,500 square feet. The firm followed a free-flowing design scheme where glass is used to build the exterior of the house.
In a great delight to all such adventure enthusiast, India has finally got its own skywalk in the picturesque valley of Sikkim. A report by Surfaces Reporter
Studio Chintala’- a Bengaluru based architecture and design firm- designed its own studio that embraces the firm’s design philosophies and offers a space where people come together to plan meaningful experiences and have fun! Check out the wonderful Chintala studio office at SURFACES REPORTER (SR):
Designed by Noiz Architects in collaboration with Canaria, Dentsu, and Spaceport Japan, this futuristic 4-storey Spaceport City Takes travellers on suborbital day trips.
Set up by the HIDCO and designed by Vector Designs- a Pune-based architecture firm, Biswa Bangla Gate is a doorway to Kolkata New Town.
The Looking Facade of the P.C. Hooftstraat 138 is a celebration of textiles, both in form and function; three curved glass panels flow down from the upper floors in a design that imitates billowing transparent cloth.
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Christian de Portzamparc and Peter Marino the House of Dior- in Seoul, South Korea with sculptural white fibreglass panels.
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed the design for 36-storey ‘2 Murray Road’ project for Henderson Land, Hong Kong, China.
The New Administration facility for the University of Kashmir in Srinagar is designed for energy efficiency, human interaction, comfort and the celebration of traditional timber design in a modern context.
This cascading white- Brick and glass façade school in Arlington, Virginia is the first public school in mid-Atlantic by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group.
Made from 1000 pieces of lightweight glass-fibre-reinforced concrete, this building shows the signature style of Zaha Hadid, who is known as the first woman to win a Pritzker Prize. One thousand Museum is Ar Zaha Hadids first and only residential tower in the Western Hemisphere.
Perfectly representing the clean, straight line and minimalistic architectural approach of the firm Vipul Patel Architects, this quintessential contemporary house is a right example of coexistence.
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Recycling takes a new meaning with these innovations in Tiles.
The Royal Palace Fountain is a monumental fountain in precious crystal and artistic glass, where light, water, and colours merge in a fairy-tale choreography. The majestic creation, entirely hand-made with thousands of parts in crystal and artistic glass, gives the public an unprecedented show of pl
Appearing to be a simple flower vase made from translucent red glass for decorative purpose, this is actually a fire extinguisher designed by subsidiaries of the Samsung corporation to merge into the interior where it can be within easy reach in case of an emergency.
French glass manufacturing company Saint Gobain began its new float glass manufacturing unit on 28th January 2019, which has come up at the cost of Rs 1,200 crore at its current plant at Sriperumbudur.
The Yumin Art Nouveau Collection is a poetic exhibition of delicate glass produced in Phoenix Jeju in the South Korean peninsula.
3D-printing robots and remote-controlled flying objects to automated designs that use biomimicry to catch the wind, automated glass facade, reinforced concrete structure, electrochromic glass panels.
Its shimmering patterns reflectivity of Aluminium & Glass panels are always changing, much like the students work that will be created within it.
Glasi Hergiswil is a perfect combination of hand-crafted Swiss Hergiswil Glass and lights from STT AG which creates a magical, festive atmosphere.
Yes, this series of glass tables shine like fountains, certainly may look like an edible, candy fountain but is most definitely the outcome of Italian craftsmanship meeting the industrial technology.
Rehau has come up with a seamless & contemporary surface solution, RAUVISIO Crystal Laminates. These laminates are a unique blend of durability of polymer combined with the aesthetics of glass.
Increasing demand for better aesthetics in both residential and non-residential buildings along with the growing industrialization rate has resulted in sheer urbanization surging the demand for advanced glass on a global level.
Steel and glass were chosen as medium of material expression given their versatility to generate visually hazy space creating transparency, translucency and opacity at required zones.
A small school, situated on a triangular plot, on a road junction and flanked by water canal on the front side, makes the whole ambience quite environment friendly. With classrooms, meeting rooms and teacher’s facilities, reception and activity rooms, the idea was to let the outside (nature).
While designing high-rise buildings, it is essential that the materials used in them are lighter in weight. Saint- Gobain’s Infinity’s products include a range of High- Performance Glass Products .
Every week a ship leaves Dubai loaded with an entire floors worth of structural pieces bound for One Thousand Museum one of the last designs from the late superstar architect Zaha Hadid. The pieces, made of a lightweight concrete reinforced with glass fiber, form the sinuous skeleton..
Enjoy the picturesque landscape of Western Ghats with the glass roofed Vistadome air-conditioned coach on the Jan Shatabdi Express running between Dadar and Madgaon on the Mumbai- Goa route.
Fuoripista is luxe fitness accessory/cycling equipment is both an art and a fitness equipment. This beautiful, dream (riding) machine made up using wood, tempered glass, leather & polished metal, comes with tablet mounted on the front.
The exterior glass panels, in this 55-storey building, function as prisms, capturing and refracting daylight. Rising 260 metres, the tower is sheathed in a curtain wall consisting of low-E glass panels that are configured in a way that provides shade and redirects sunlight.
The white honeycomb covering is suspended over the interior box, letting in natural light, but preventing direct sun exposure to the art within. The museum’s veil lifts at the corners, welcoming visitors to active lobby.
The Dining Table is a glowing square box of back lit, laser cut Corian with glass on top protruding out from all sides. The laser cut Corian design is repeated on the ceiling level to bring in a connection.
SURFACES REPORTER first wrote about transparent wood in its July 2016 edition. Here is an extract from that news. We continue to keep an eye on the progress of this material. Stay tuned with us to get more updates on transparent wood and how it is progressing in the market.
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