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Cylinder House: This Residence is Just a Cluster of Glass Tubes

You know those glass tubes at the bank drive-through that shoot your deposits and withdrawals back and forth between you and the tellers? This house is like living in a cluster of them. Sadly, ...

Tread Lightly: 16 Clearly Stunning Transparent Floor Designs

Glass floors give us a glimpse at what's beneath our feet - whether that's the historical bones of a building, a swimming pool on the next floor, the city streets or the bottom of a canyon - ...

Transparent Intentions: 13 Glass Additions to Historic Architecture

Transparent additions to historic architecture physically expand the space while making the subtlest possible changes to the building exteriors, allowing you to see the original structures right ...

Beyond the Glass Ceiling: 14 Houses & Hotels Made for Stargazing

Watch for shooting stars and identify constellations from the comfort of a warm and cozy bed in rooms designed to provide nearly unfettered access to the sky, with transparent roofs blurring the ...

Architecture with Nothing to Hide: 13 Glass Box Buildings

Spotlighting the reflective, shimmering and transparent qualities of glass, architecture primarily made up of glazed volumes interacts with its environment in ways that opaque structures simply ...

Scary Skylodge: Geometric Glass Hotel Pod Clings to a Cliff

Clinging to a craggy cliff like an oversized artificial barnacle, this pod is only accessible to those willing to scale the 400-foot rock face from the base of a Peruvian mountain. If you’re ...

Don’t Throw Stones: Modern Glass House is Super Sharp

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, or forget that they're literally living in a fishbowl, if they have any modesty at all. Designed for a steep plot in Zurich, this ...

Architectural Gems: 13 Blinged-Out Buildings Cut Like Stones

Architects hoping their creations will be described as 'gems' could take the literal route and design faceted structures that call to mind diamonds, geodes and other precious stones. Made of ...

Deceptively Reflective: 12 Mirrored Buildings Trick the Eye

Intentionally fooling the eye to either completely disorient you or focus your vision on a certain part of a scene, these mirrored buildings reflect their surroundings, often seeming to disappear ...

Amazon Biosphere: Retailer Gets Glass Dome Headquarters

How much more creative could you be if you were working in a stunning faceted glass dome every day? Some lucky Amazon workers will get to find out, as the City of Seattle's design panel has ...

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