Designed by Alterstudio Architects, LLP, East Windsor Residence is located in Austin, United States. Extraordinary views in the heart of the city and a small buildable footprint limited by restrictive easements prompted a thin, three-storey home with the main living spaces and master suite on the top floor – essentially a one-bedroom loft with 270° views. A 16’ ipe screen envelopes the body of...
Designed by logon, Shanghai Museum of Glass is located in Shanghai, China. Externally the mass of the building is formed of dark U-shaped glass imported from Germany, which has been delicately sand blasted and enamelled to create a number of transparent glass-related words in a wide variety of languages. During the evening, the building volume glows from within, illuminating this text with an LED backlight...
The Museum of the History of Polish Jews is designed by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects Ltd and situated in Warsaw, Poland. Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki’s Museum of the History of Polish Jews, currently under construction in Warsaw, features a layered façade design using pre-patinated copper in combination with glazing. Here, a regular grid of vertical, alternating glass and copper...
The Tribeca, 740 Great George Street designed by Alison Brooks Architects is located in Liverpool, United Kingdom. It will be the largest residential scheme in the city to date with over 700 new homes being created. The site forms three distinct triangles, so Urban Splash put the phrase together Triangles Beneath Cathedral to create Tri-be-ca, Tribeca. It echoes its famous New York counterpart which...
The Department store for House of Fraser designed by Stanton Williams is located in Bristol, United Kingdom. Stanton Williams have created a signature building of powerful visual interest. The design solution was to create a sculpturally strong urban but earthly form, dramatically inspired by shifting tectonic blocks or plates. The sumptious detailing of the bronze panels and etched glass by one...