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Custom Art Glass for Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel

Custom Art Glass for Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel

Custom Art Glass for Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel

 

I’m pleased to share a new time lapse video of a custom art glass wall that I installed a little while back at Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel, in the hospital’s non-denominational chapel.

Park Behind Colorful Glass Panels

Santa Monica Civic Center Parking Structure, with colorful glass panels provided by Bendheim Wall Systems

Civic Center Parking Structure (image via Architecture News Plus)

 

Next time I’m in Santa Monica, I look forward to taking a stroll past (or better yet, driving into) the Civic Center Parking Structure. Yes, you read that correctly – parking structure!

Colored Facade Concept for Denver Crime Lab

Colored facade concept for the Denver Crime Lab, day view

Colored facade concept for the Denver Crime Lab, day view (more here)

 

Last week, I shared a couple of unrealized (as of yet) colored facade ideas that I’ve been revisiting recently. One of them, originally drafted for a Denver Crime Lab proposal, has been especially lingering as a concept I’d love to develop further.

The Architectural Drawings of Hugh Ferriss

One of Hugh Ferriss' more famous Architectural Drawings - the NY Daily News Building, 1930

Rendering of the NY Daily News Building, 1930, Hugh Ferriss (image via Wikipedia)

 

Whenever I revisit certain architectural drawings that predate computers, I am awed by their beauty and the extent to which the artist’s hand is present.

Sawtooth Glass and Painted/Laminated Glass Technique Pages

 

I’m pleased to announce that this website now includes a brand new “Techniques” section! The pages therein offer some general overviews of sawtooth glass and painted/laminated glass, the two types of glass that I use most frequently in my work.