Curved glass

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about curved glass

Project • By Architecture CounselSecondary Schools

Kingsway College School Senior School

When Kingsway College School (KCS) decided to expand its curriculum to include grades 9-12, Architecture Counsel (ACi) was engaged to create an ambitious, phased master plan that would reflect the school’s unique vision and ambition. The first phase (which accommodates grades 9 and 10) was completed in September 2022 with the second phase now underway. The new senior school creates a new paradigm for high school students, using the City of Toronto as its laboratory and campus. With an emphasis on fostering community and strong civic values through experiential learning, a student-centric approach, and sustainability, the school is the only independent high school in Toronto to occupy an existing high-rise residential tower.  ... More

Product • By vandaglasCurvePerform DGU/TGU

CurvePerform DGU/TGU

Curved double or triple pane insulating glass. From simple cylindrical curved glass to complex polyaxial forms, from the curved shop counter to the curved glass façade, from float glass to super-efficient triple pane insulating glass, with over 90 years of experience, vandaglas is the bending specialist for curved glass in the (interior) architectural field. The vandaglas Döring-brand stands for a wide range of curved glass products and options. More

Product • By vandaglasCurvePerform Mono

CurvePerform Mono

Curved annealed single glass. From simple cylindrical curved glass to complex polyaxial forms, from the curved shop counter to the curved glass façade, from float glass to super-efficient triple pane insulating glass, with over 90 years of experience, vandaglas is the bending specialist for curved glass in the (interior) architectural field. The vandaglas Döring-brand stands for a wide range of curved glass products and options. More

Project • By Studio GangApartments

Q Residences

Studio Gang’s first completed project in Europe creates a new landmark in Buitenveldert district Q Residences, a new mixed-use development in Amsterdam, opened in a ceremony attended by Mayor Femke Halsema, Studio Gang founding principal and partner Jeanne Gang, and Kroonenberg Groep CEO Lesley Bamberger. The project is Studio Gang’s first completed work in Europe. Developed by Kroonenberg Groep in collaboration with NEOO, the 27,600 m2 project adds 248 residences to the heart of Buitenveldert, an Amsterdam neighborhood to the south of the city and one of the last garden cities constructed in the capital. Studio Gang, working with Amsterdam-based Associate Architect Rijnboutt, designed Q Residences as two new distinct building... More

Project • By De Zwarte HondSupermarkets

SuperHub Meerstad

De Zwarte Hond is proud to announce completion of the SuperHub in MeerstadInspired by the mission to better connect the burgeoning Groningen district, and to transform it into an interactive social space, De Zwarte Hond was commissioned by real estate developer MWPO to design a multifunctional and adaptive centralbuilding for the neighbourhood. The innovative community hub was inaugurated on November 2nd. Ronald Tilleman Centre in a Green Heart Meerstad is an up-and-coming district of Groningen. The area is popular for its open space, greenery, and the Woldmeer recreational lake, around which a neighbourhood with 5,000 new homes will be built in the coming decades. Eventually, the area will grow into a vivid city district. With this... More

Project • By vandaglasOffices

Grand Central Frankfurt

A highly innovative building complex – GRAND CENTRAL Frankfurt – is being built on a 30,000 m² site next to Frankfurt Central Station.  vandaglas supplied both straight and curved solar heat-resistant facade glazing IsoPerform Curved SolarControl. ©LarsGruber ©LarsGruber ©LarsGruber ©LarsGruber ©LarsGruber More

Project • By Architects of InventionApartments

SBERCITY

The proposed site is located within the newly designed masterplan of Rublyevo-Archangelskoe, a territory which occupies 461ha to the west of Moscow. It is a large-scale LEED ND certified project, with aspirations becoming a sustainable, high-tech and harmonious live-work city for business and families. Located on the greenbelt, adjacent to the Moskva river, it is an attractive location less than hour away from the city of Moscow.    The 640 residential unit building complex is comprised of a singular universal block, interconnected on two levels. It thereby suggests a permeable, notional, perimeter block. Each block is connected to the other as a bridge, which also produces a roof terrace on the free, upper surface of the block... More

NewsNews • 7 Jul 2021

SANAA revitalizes 19th century Parisian Art Nouveau department store with wavy glass facade and new interior street

Fashion house LVMH tasked SANAA with the revitalization of formerly the largest department store in Paris, La Samaritaine. The building on the rue de Rivoli has been destroyed and SANAA placed a new structure with an interior street that runs the entire building alongside social and commercial program. The passageway connects one existing and two new glass covered courtyards.  © Jared Chulski SANAA sees the connection as both a physical and symbolic link between the historic facade facing the Seine and the new wavy curtain wall along the new Rue de Rivoli building. The courtyards bring in natural light and lightness into the interiors. © Jared Chulski The soft irregular waves resonate with the rhythm and scale of... More

Product • By SaflexSaflex Solar PVB interlayer

Saflex Solar PVB interlayer

Solar absorbing solutions for laminated glass Saflex® Solar PVB interlayers are high-visible light transmittance, infrared (IR) radiation-absorbing interlayers designed to enhance solar heat gain performance in laminated glass compared to monolithic clear glass and laminates made with conventional polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer. They have the capability to meet or exceed many regulations for laminated safety glazing when properly selected, laminated, and installed. The ideal solar product eliminates UV and NIR energy while allowing as much visible light transmittance as possible. As shown in the below chart, Saflex Solar has the transmittance of a highly effective high-visible light transmittance solar product. Plus, Saflex Solar... More

Project • By ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic)Restaurants

SNOG XX

An exterior cracked wall turns out a sleek interior curved glass for a cafe in Bangkok by ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic) ©ASWA ASWA schemes aim to play with contrasting materials between the exterior and interior of the SNOG XX cafe. A rustic cracked concrete-like wall on two sides of the exterior tends to work contrastingly with a curved glass entrance and the polished stainless counter. Because the cafe is located on the second floor of the building and can easily notice on the street, then the priority is to make the cafe stands out from its surroundings by using a cracked concrete-like opening for the outer skin. ©ASWA Behind the cracked wall, the curved entrance with the stainless steel bench penetra... More

Project • By BEHIVE ArchitectsWellness Centres

Rainbow Arches Energy Salon

Rainbow Arches is a brand focused on contemporary physical meditation and therapy, based on the theory and methodology of Chinese colorization energy. The flagship store is not merely a meditation and classroom space, but also a headquarter office for their staff and a prototype space for their future opening of new stores.   The interior functions include: headquarter space, psychology consultation, yoga meditation, educational training, and interactive entertainment, etc. The design challenge is to fully understand the brand and their provision of services, and translating our ideas and understanding into a physical space framework with a strong identity.   Existing Space and Design Concept The project is located on the 11t... More

Project • By OMAShops

Tiffany & Co. Fifth Avenue Flagship Store

Tiffany & Co. and OMA have collaborated on a new vision for the brand’s iconic Fifth Avenue Flagship store. The renovation reimagines the retail experience while preserving the historic identity of the original building. Construction on the project is currently underway and is on track to be completed in Spring 2022. The project marks the first holistic renovation and preservation effort in the building’s 80-year history. OMA has collaborated with Tiffany & Co., on specific aspects of the transformation— including the re-imagined upper volume atop the building. This new addition (floors 8 to 10) of the 10-story architectural icon located at 727 Fifth Avenue will become an exhibition, event and clienteling space th... More

Project • By gmp · von Gerkan, Marg and Partners ArchitectsCultural Centres

Silk Road International Conference Center

Construction of the Silk Road International Conference Center has been completed. In 2017, the Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners won the competition for the conference center which, together with the Silk Road International Exhibition Center, also by gmp, forms the Center for Trade and Industry of Shaanxi Province. Situated on the eastern part of the site, the conference center?with a total floor area of 128,000 square meters above ground?offers conference, exhibition, and multifunctional facilities for international forums, as well as for bilateral and multilateral summits, and thus is the largest integrated conference center in the north-west of China.   The sweeping symmetrical shape of the roof, the measured horizontal fac... More

Project • By FPA Felipe Pacheco ArquitetosOffices

Pimentel & Rohenkohl Advogados

This office comprises two large rooms for founder partners and five smaller ones, for associate partners. There are two meeting rooms, a rectangular one for 10 people, while the other, elliptical, for six. There are also the general lawyers’ office, the administrative area and the trainees’ workstations area. The office is served with six toilet rooms and a kitchen. The idea was to solve form and function by making the best from solar orientation and external views, so a system that emulates an urban tissue was defined. Private offices and meeting rooms comprise “blocks”, while internal and external circulations form “streets”. Reception, print sectors and meeting points form “squares”, from... More

Project • By AMBIGRAM ARCHITECTSPrivate Houses

Belsize Park 1

This is a luxurious renovation of a large detached Victorian villa in NW3 Belsize Park, North London. We were approached to transform a dilapidated property with 2 flats into a single-family dwelling. This included major works that only retained the four elevations with a new superstructure with services and a complete internal re-modelling of the property with a double garage. The brief was to create a contemporary home for a family of three with a drawing room, media room, open-plan kitchen, dining space, playroom, bespoke garden, wine cellar and five double bedrooms and bathrooms. We also gained planning for a full basement development below the existing footprint of the house and garden but that was never implemented. A daring double... More