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Infinitus plaza, a spiraling corporate headquarters
Infinite Ducks

Zaha Hadid Architects’ Infinitus Plaza in Guangzhou blurs the line between outside and in

the deakin law building, wrapped in concrete
Taking a Deak-in

The fluted Deakin Law Building at Deakin University Melbourne Burwood Campus hopes to charm students back to campus

Business In The Front...

Opening up to greater transparency, Marcus Hall provides a new home to SFSU’s Broadcast Program

Athletic Endurance

Colby College’s sprawling athletics center outperforms even the harshest Maine winters

the exterior of a stone like facade on a flat building designed by Studio Anne Holtrop
Stacking Stones

Studio Anne Holtrop’s 35 Green Corner builds texture with sand-cast concrete and aluminum

The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health at the University of Washington, with striated glass
Lighten Up

Airy facades enliven university buildings across the country

A multifaceted blocky building at Ryerson University
Reach For The Sky

The Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex towers over Ryerson University with textured aluminum

A long rounded building with glazed facade and a red staircase inside at the university of oxford
Clear Glass, Full Heart, Can't Lose

A pair of new buildings at the University of Oxford adds modern spice to a 1,000-year-old institution

Harvard’s new Science and Engineering Complex, with a grated facade
Grate Design

Harvard’s new Science and Engineering Complex is wrapped in a shimmering second skin

exterior full height shot of the building
Modern Motherboard

425 Park Avenue telescopes skyward with diagrid glass

a monument rendered in etched glass slabs
Etch-A-Sketch

These crafty interventions blend in and stand out thanks to high-performance glass

Outside of a museum welcome center with curved and scalloped glazing
Curved reflections

Advances in float glass are enabling ever more flexible, ethereal facade expressions

An aerial photo of a curved glass building
Mister Worldwide

Snøhetta’s Le Monde headquarters spans a rail yard with variegated glass

view of the bronze building from the center of the city, the new russian copper company headquarters
Tons Of Triangles

Foster + Partners’ Russian Copper Company headquarters echoes its namesake material

Exterior of the menokin house, a historic brick building partially rebuilt with structural glass
History On Display

The historic Menokin House gets a novel rewrapping in structural glass

The new home for columbia business school spans two glassy volumes
Carving Through The Canyon

Diller Scofidio + Renfro and FXCollaborative’s Columbia Business School carves out a niche with crystalline curves

a flat elevation of the east entrance with the colored wayfidning illuminating the checkerboard windows
Four Faced Facade

The Aya delivers a new housing prototype with its four-faced facade

brightly colored glass highlights the extruded window bays and terracotta of the facade at dusk
Bulbous Bays

PBDW Architects’ bulbous East Harlem Cooke School sails toward the future of learning

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