London City Hall, 2002, designed by Norman Foster (image via Foster + Partners)
Speaking of Bruno Taut recently, there are two significant works of contemporary architectural glass in London that bring the Glass Pavilion to mind every time I see them — City Hall and the Swiss Re Headquarters, both conceived by English architect Norman Foster (Foster + Partners).
Photo by FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra (via Arch Daily)
I love this project by Manuel Maia Gomes for its use of colorful glass to create a lively interplay between historic architecture and contemporary art.
Comic by Grant Sinder (via Incidental Comics)
Recently stumbled over this great comic again and can’t resist sharing.
Photos by ArnoldGlas (via Treehugger)
Following up on a previous post about bird-friendly design – did you know that one of the most high-profile solutions to the problem of birds flying into glass has been inspired directly by nature?
Bruno Taut’s Glass Pavilion, 1914 (Image via Wikipedia Commons)
Thinking recently about why art museums matter got me thinking about works of art and architecture that evoke a sense of reverence. These ruminations (along with others around meaningful integrations of glass in architecture) brought to mind Bruno Taut’s Glass Pavilion from 1914, one of my all-time favorite feats of glass architecture.
Folkwang Library by Max Dudler (Photo: Stefan Müller via Dezeen)
Who knew glass could look so much like stone! I’m a big fan of the music library at Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, where decorative glass panels create the illusion of marble.
The “Rivera Court” at the Detroit Institute of Arts (via DIA Photography blog)
Last summer, I visited Michigan and had the pleasure of spending a day at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), a museum which has garnered all kinds of media attention recently as large portions of its collection face the controversial threat of sale.
Photo by Normann Szkop (via Colossal)
While Rhode Island hasn’t been hit by the polar vortex nearly as hard as other places, I still find myself already itching for spring–not only for the warmth, but for the burst of color that lends so much inspiration for works of colored glass. It’s during these grayest of January days that I often daydream about visiting the tulip fields of North Holland.
Last month, I made another sawtooth kilnformed glass piece for Fallsgrove Plaza, a new medical office building in Rockville, Maryland, designed by DVA Architects for Lerner Enterprises.