Glass talks Las Vegas architecture
I OFTEN talk to my students about good architecture being honest. Buildings and places have a social and cultural duty to civilians to be understood for what and where they are. For example, concrete should be...
PFWM AW23: Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
TAKING a trip to the dark side - quite literally - Saint Laurent explores all things matrix and monochrome in their autumn-winter menswear 2023 collection during Paris Fashion Week.
With the dreaded cold wea...
Glass interviews the duo behind London-based design firm 2LG
Joy divisions – Glass interviews the duo behind London-based design firm 2LG about collaboration, loveliness and bringing joy into homes
JORDAN Cluroe and Russell Whitehead – the duo behind 2LG Studio – see...
Glass ventures into the fantastic worlds of design company Bureau Spectacular
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...
PFWM SS20: Heron Preston
BOLD white lights illuminate Heron Preston’s aptly named Concrete Jungle as Tyler the Creator’s Igor’s Theme reverberates through the space. The SS20 Paris show takes place in an industrial inspired venue, whic...
Glass goes on a date with EAST, Miami hotel
I THINK I’m getting first-date jitters on my second visit to EAST, Miami hotel. I’m not meeting anyone here, in fact, I’m travelling solo. But as an architecture junkie with a weakness for luxury hotels, I know...
Fondation Louis Vuitton announces photography competition
FONDATION Louis Vuitton has announced a competition to find the best photographs of its Frank Gehry-designed building in Paris. The competition invites anyone – whether a professional, student or amateur photog...
A Monumental Vision – Glass visits the Schindler House in West Hollywood
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
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 visits The Parker Hotel, Palm Springs, USA
WHEN you’ve left a place, a truly special place, feelings often resonate deeply. Whether this be leaving a dear friend, a lover, a hotel or finishing a holiday, it’s always the same. Keeping notes or a diary he...
Glass escapes to Morocco and experiences the utmost luxury at Riad Fès
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...
Great Plains – Glass visits the architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio in Illinois
“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...
Building as a dialogue
Often described as frustrated artists, architects are seated in a sensitive role between their own and their client’s creative visions, a role which is frequently difficult to navigate. This creative dialog...
Powder Byrne Properties launch Chesa Araus
The established experts in the luxury ski travel business, Powder Byrne Properties have announced plans to build nine luxury apartments in the quaint resort of Arosa in Switzerland, where local houses are choco...
Tomas Maier and Bottega Veneta campaign to save Japanese Modernist architecture
While traditional Japanese architecture is cherished by many, much of the country’s post-war structures are at risk of being demolished or changed beyond recognition. In preparation for the 2020 Olympics, a few...
Architecture and space in Ermenegildo Zegna Couture’s SS15 campaign
Shot against a cement cityscape, the campaign for Ermenegildo Zegna Couture SS2015 revolves around the dichotomy between architecture and space. Sporting sharply tailored grey and navy ensembles, models fit per...
In pursuit of the higher – Mountains beyond Mountains
Jun Jiang the curator behind China’s architectural pavilion at the Venice Biennale speaks to Glass about the philosophies behind his national exhibit
China have this year based their pavilion Mountains b...
Open House returns to London this weekend
Every year Open House tempts the architecturally curious side in each of us to roam around both public and privately owned buildings and spaces. Over one weekend, this coming weekend, we’re permitted access to ...
Tadao Ando reflects on how architecture can bring people closer to their original values
Mirroring the promise
of the individual – Tadao Ando reflects on how architecture can bring
people closer to their original values
The architecture of Tadao Ando bears the conceptual mark of mirrors and re...
From Architecture, SCANning Art
To scan is to glance and examine the particulars of an object or a condition. Yet it is also to scrutinise and observe sweepingly, as a large expanse. In summary, these are the actions and ambitions of Pedr...
Monika Sosnowska’s Tower on view at Hauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth will present Monika Sosnowska’s Tower, a sculpture alluding to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s structures and the International Style, next month in NYC,
Polish-born Sosnowska is known for her ...