Architecture - The Glass Magazine

Glass talks to Andrés Jaque, director of Office for Political Innovation architectural practice

March 4, 2021

Glass talks to Andrés Jaque director of an innovative architectural practice that aims to put people and environment first. With headquarters in New York and Madrid, the Office for Political Innovation (OFF...

Glass ventures into the fantastic worlds of design company Bureau Spectacular

Regner Ramos

October 25, 2019

Architecture, Design, Feature

Glass ventures into the fantastic worlds of Bureau Spectacular, a design firm challenging architecture as we know it Los Angeles-based design firm Bureau Spectacular don’t refer to themselves as an architect...

Photo of Frieda Escobedo shot by Ana Hap

Glass talks to the Mexican architect Frida Escobedo

Regner Ramos

January 25, 2019

Architecture, Design, Feature

Glass talks to the Mexican architect Frida Escobedo who, after designing this summer’s Serpentine Pavilion, has become 2018’s most acclaimed and noteworthy designer EVERY summer, London’s Hyde Park beco...

Exhibition - The Return of the Past: Postmodernism in British Architecture

Glass reviews The Return of the Past: Postmodernism in British Architecture

Matthew Turner

July 14, 2018

Architecture, Design, Feature

POST-MODERN architecture, or PoMo for short, is seeing a renaissance. Like Brutalism that was once derided as overbearing and depressive, we are now once again starting to appreciate the bloated, kitsch and gau...

Louis Vuitton celebrates photography and architecture with #MyFLV

Kay Ean Leong

July 13, 2018

Architecture, Art, Design, Fashion, News, Photography

ARCHITECTURE and photography are intricately bound within Louis Vuitton’s brand ethos. Earlier this year in May, to celebrate the fourth year since its striking Frank Gehry-designed building has opened publicly...

Glass sets sail for Renzo Piano’s Centro Botín in Spain

Oliver Krug

January 19, 2018

Architecture, Culture, Design, Feature

Treehouse with a view – Glass sets sail for Renzo Piano’s Centro Botín in Spain AS we leave the rougher Atlantic seas behind, the main sail comes down just as we pass the lighthouse of Cabo Mayor and turn in...

The world’s first wedding department store opens in London

Amanda Bernstein

November 10, 2017

Architecture, Beauty, News, Shopping Guide

ONE Marylebone has become the permanent home to The Wedding Gallery, the world’s very first luxury-wedding department store, an impressive and beautifully curated two-floor 20,000 sq. ft. space, where prospecti...

Glass talks to architect Paul Murdoch about his Flight 93 Memorial

Regner Ramos

September 8, 2017

Architecture, Design, Feature

Honour in the Field – Glass talks to architect Paul Murdoch about how, through his Flight 93 Memorial, the sacrifice of 40 9/11 passengers can still be heard today THERE was nothing extraordinary a...

A Monumental Vision – Glass visits the Schindler House in West Hollywood

Rowena Chiu

September 7, 2017

Architecture, Design, Feature, Travel

INCONSPICUOUSLY nestled on Kings Road in West Hollywood is the Schindler House, built by Rudolf Schindler between 1921-22, when the site was rural farmland. Recognised as one of the precursors of contemporary a...

Glass meets interior design duo Ed Ng and Terence Ngan of AB Concept

Stephanie Clair

August 2, 2017

Architecture, Design, Feature

SINCE 1999 Ed Ng and Terence Ngan have built a reputation as the go-to practice for luxury hotel and restaurant interiors. Founded in Hong Kong before expanding with outposts in Bangkok and Taipei and with a 10...

Glass reviews this year’s Vibrant NYCxDESIGN

Emily Rae Pellerin

May 22, 2017

America, Architecture, Design, Feature, Glass Design, New York

NYCxDESIGN, taking place this year nearly the full month of May, is a city-wide celebration of design in its many diverse media: digital and tech, film and TV, fashion, furniture, architecture, interiors, lands...

Glass talks to Yasmeen Lari – Pakistan’s first female architect

Regner Ramos

April 21, 2017

Architecture, Design, Feature

For the People, By the People – Glass talks to Yasmeen Lari Pakistan’s first female architect about how disaster-affected communities can rise above adversity through sustainable vernacular construction YASM...

Glass escapes to Morocco and experiences the utmost luxury at Riad Fès

Emily Rae Pellerin

April 10, 2017

Architecture, Design, Feature, Rest Of The World, Travel

RIAD Fès, of the renowned Relais & Châteaux consortium of luxury hotels and restaurants, is the only of its kind in the city of Fez, Morocco. A tastefully expansive campus, Riad Fès provides 5-star accommod...

From the archive: Architecture with a Difference – Glass meets Thomas Heatherwick

Regner Ramos

February 24, 2017

Architecture, Design, Feature

Architecture with a Difference – Glass meets Thomas Heatherwick, whose unorthodox approach to architectural and urban design is testing the boundaries of the field, one staggering project after anothe...

Glass visits the TAP Center in Phoenix, Arizona – unexpected bastion of hospitality

Emily Rae Pellerin

December 23, 2016

Architecture, Design, Feature

NEARING its one-year anniversary, we’ve recognised in Phoenix, Arizona’s TAP Center bus terminal one example of great design – both formally and functionally. Phoenix is a beautiful southwestern American city, ...

Front Cover. Stairs inside Powerhouse Kjørbo by Snøhetta. Photo courtesy by T Lauluten and FutureBuilt

Oslo – the visionary hotspot for Nordic architecture and urban development

Jeanne Rank Schelde

November 24, 2016

Architecture, Design, Feature

MOST of us know the iconic Opera House in Oslo by architects Snøhetta which has become somewhat of a landmark for the city in recent years. But perhaps less known is that Oslo is in the process of positioning i...

Front Cover. Aerial view of the regenerated High Lane running through Manhattan, New York looking south towards the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Centre site

Glass meets … landscape virtuoso James Corner

Regner Ramos

November 18, 2016

Architecture, Design, Feature

Winning without Losing – Landscape virtuoso James Corner on how reusing and readapting our public spaces can be powerful tools for democracy, authenticity and wellbeing ON the 9th floor of 475 10th Avenue, N...

From the archive – Glass interviews Britain’s leading architect Sarah Wigglesworth

Regner Ramos

September 2, 2016

Architecture, Archive, Design, Feature

In Sensible Spirits – Britain’s leading architect Sarah Wigglesworth on how a sustainable approach to building and designing can not only benefit people but also inspire them SITTING in a bright dining room...

Great Plains – Glass visits the architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio in Illinois

Rowena Chiu

March 28, 2016

Architecture, Design, Feature

“ORGANIC buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.” Born in Wisconsin in 1867, Frank Llo...

Glass reviews the latest show by Studio Mumbai – In between the Sun and the Moon

Jeanne Rank Schelde

February 23, 2016

Architecture, Feature

Close collaboration between artisans, builders and architects is the cornerstone of Studio Mumbai, the Indian architectural practice that has won international recognition in recent years. By sharing the source...