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Making Connections

SGA designs a tree-inspired glass facade to connect two historic buildings at Vanderbilt University

building in midtown manhattan
Midrise In Midtown

Hill West’s subtly designed 7 West 57th features an oblique glass facade

detail of glazed building elements
Blurring Transparent Glass

Advances in technology, along with societal concerns about sustainability, shape contemporary glazing applications

a long hallway with a curving form and glass
On Top of the World

Within One Vanderbilt, Snøhetta realizes SUMMIT, an immersive attraction which includes Air, an art experience by Kenzo Digital

cross section rendering of a skylight scheme at the met
Moving in the Light Direction

Beyer Blinder Belle’s “attic” renovations better illuminate the Met’s European Painting galleries

Facade under construction
Loggias Land in Lower Manhattan

RSHP’s first residential building in New York brings understated luxury to a high profile corner

a theater complex with a globe-shaped volume extending from a boxy building
Theater in the Round

OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Center lifts theater spaces over a bustling night market

historic brick facade of a lion enclosure at a zoo
Glass Animals

Goettsch Partners designs new home for lions within landmarked building at Lincoln Park Zoo

ostrava tower at dusk amid the smoke of industry
Ostrava And The Crystal Gems

The tallest tower in the Czech Republic will help transform a former coal city

Exterior of Carlisle Cathedral, a red stone church with a low-slung arched atrium addition
Put The Light On

Here are the top facades AN highlighted in 2021

A mountain of birds killed by flying into the glass of the world trade centers
Collision Crisis

Why do glassy towers keep killing so many birds?

Beijing sub-centre library, with a valley of stairs running through it
Inside Outside

Snøhetta’s new Beijing library is shaded by a forest of columns

No. 33 Park Row, a tower covered in extruded window modules
Talk About Bay Windows

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ first New York residential tower shows its luxury both inside and out

The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health at the University of Washington, with striated glass
Lighten Up

Airy facades enliven university buildings across the country

A long rounded building with glazed facade and a red staircase inside at the university of oxford
Clear Glass, Full Heart, Can't Lose

A pair of new buildings at the University of Oxford adds modern spice to a 1,000-year-old institution

a monument rendered in etched glass slabs
Etch-A-Sketch

These crafty interventions blend in and stand out thanks to high-performance glass

1956—2021

Remembering architectural glass trailblazer and Pulp Studio founder Bernard Lax

Outside of a museum welcome center with curved and scalloped glazing
Curved reflections

Advances in float glass are enabling ever more flexible, ethereal facade expressions

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