Archello Awards · Winners Announced
Archello Awards 2024 · Winners Announced
Archello Awards 2024
Winners Announced
22 Glass Billets
Charles Davis Smith, FAIA
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ElementBrandProduct Name
PendantVibia
ManufacturersSub-Zero/Wolf
ManufacturersBulthaup
ManufacturersFocal Point
ManufacturersKitchen Aid
ManufacturersMarvin Windows and Doors

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Skan by Vibia
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22 Glass Billets

Norman D. Ward architect as Architects

The client found beauty in the movements of life responding to music. She came of age as a ballet dancer.


Introduction of glass billets is imagined as a musical illumination, fixed on the wall as implied notes within an invisible stave.


Afternoon sunlight release the colors of glass billets embedded in the west wall of the entry porch. These colors move about the interior, reflecting off surfaces and dancing on the floor until the day comes to an end.


Today, this ballet dancer recruits and auditions students for the Texas Christian University School for Classical and Contemporary Dance. 


Material Used:

1. Bulthaup Kitchen

2. Marvin Windows

3. Focal Point Lighting

4. Vibia Lighting

5. 3G Lighting

6. Isokern Fireplace

7. Sub-Zero Refrigeration

8. Horizons Italian Tile

9. Prescolite Lighting

10. Thermador cooktop

11. Kitchenaide ovens and dishwasher

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