A+U 563 Glass Facades

Modern glass facades are technically demanding and fascinating in design. Glass as a building material has diverse characteristics, even contrary on occasion, and architects are increasingly using the high design potential of fully glazed facades in representative building projects outside of the typical office typology. An essay by Christian Schittich opens an exploration of this transformative element of architecture through fourteen works designed by as many architects. Projects range from a Shanghai tea house by Atelier Deshaus and Mikkelsen Arkitekter’s Rambøll Headquarters in Copenhagen, to works by Atelier Kempe Thill, Wiel Arets, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, more.

• Feature: Glass Facade
• Essay: Current Glass Facades: Technically Demanding, Fascinating in Design / Christian Schittich
• Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Nida House
• Atelier Deshaus, Tea House in Li Garden
• Atelier Kempe Thill, Winter Garden Housing Antwerp Nieuw Zuid
• Ofis Arhitekti, Baroque Court Apartments
• Wutopia Lab, Eight Tenths Garden
• Barkow Leibinger, Trumpf Poland Technology Center Warsaw, Poland
• Alberto Campo Baeza, The Offices of the Castilla León Junta in Zamora
• Mikkelsen Arkitekter, Rambøll Headquarters
• Henke Schreieck Architekten, Erste Campus Headquarters in Vienna
• Wiel Arets, Allianz Headquarters
• Nickl & Partner Architekten, Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital
• Sean Godsell Architects, RMIT Design Hub
• Rockhill and Associates, The Forum at Marvin Hall
• Historic Project: Lever House – Facade Innovation, Roger Duffy / SOM
• Essay: New Architectural Designs with Curved Glass Facades / Jürgen Wax