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Saturday 22 January 2022

Ten interiors that use glass-block walls to play with light and shadow

Apartment with glass blocks in Buckle Street Studios by Grzywinski+Pons for Locke hotels

As glass bricks are experiencing another renaissance, our latest lookbook features ten projects that showcase how glazed masonry can illuminate any interior – even cramped bathrooms and hallways.

Originally invented and popularised in the 1930s, as seen in Pierre Chareau's Maison de Verre and Villa Stenersen by Norwegian architect Arne Korsmo, glass blocks went in and out of style over the following decades.

The hollow bricks, which simultaneously reveal and obscure, were beloved by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, who used them to form the interior courtyard of his Ichihara House and the facade of Horiuchi House, both designed in 1979.

After they largely fell out of favour after their 1980s heyday, we've collated a number of recent interiors projects for this lookbook that have resuscitated the trend.

This is the latest roundup in our Dezeen Lookbooks series providing visual inspiration for the home. Previous lookbooks feature kitchen extensions, modernist open-plan living rooms and interiors with indoor trees.

Maido restaurant by Child Studio — *Top and above: photography is by Felix Speller*

Maido, UK, by Child Studio

When Child Studio converted a 1960s post office in London's Saint John's Wood into a sushi restaurant, the practice set out to pay homage to the building's late-modernist origins.

This is achieved through a mixture of dark cherry wood panelling, a soft-blue coffered ceiling and a semi-circular wall of glass blocks, which also accommodates a generous, leather-upholstered alcove seat in its curvature.

Find out more about Maido ›

Optical Glass House, Japan, by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

A two-storey wall made of 6,000 specially-made glass bricks separates this house and its planted courtyard from the busy streets of downtown Hiroshima, casting shadows and refractions onto the living spaces beyond.

Both its lounge and dining room open up completely onto the garden via pocket doors, allowing the towering glazed partition to feel like part of the interior.

Find out more about Optical Glass House ›

Red stairway with glass-block walls in Maryland House by Remi Connolly-Taylor — *Photo is by James Retief*

Maryland House, UK, by Remi Connolly-Taylor

Glazed inserts help filter light into this small statement staircase in the self-designed London home of Remi CT Studio-founder Remi Connolly-Taylor.

Glass bricks were also used to form the balustrade of the adjacent balcony, creating privacy from the outside without obstructing the sun from streaming into the two bright-white bedrooms.

Find out more about Maryland House ›

Buckle Street Studios, UK, by Grzywinski+Pons

A glass-brick facade with radiused corners surrounds the top floors of the Buckle Street Studios hotel in east London, making the building appear like a glowing lantern at night.

New York studio Grzywinski+Pons, which designed both the exterior and interiors, celebrated these curves in the guest suites by introducing custom-made furniture with a matched radius to fit into those rounded corners.

Find out more about Buckle Street Studio ›

Studio Andrew Trotter design event space and penthouse inside Athens' 10AM Lofts — *Photo is by Salva Lopez*

10AM Lofts, Greece, by Studio Andrew Trotter

To create a bright, sunny atmosphere inside this converted 1970s warehouse in Athens, Studio Andrew Trotter inserted new windows on the ground floor and replaced almost an entire concrete wall with glass masonry.

The space, which can now be rented for private events alongside a rooftop penthouse, is rounded off with vintage furnishings that provide a homely counterpoint to the otherwise industrial environment.

Find out more about 10AM Lofts ›

Glass-Block Micro House, Vietnam, by ROOM+ Design & Build

In this Dezeen Awards-shortlisted renovation, Vietnam architecture studio ROOM+ Design & Build replaced the walls of a small house in Ho Chi Minh City entirely with frosted glass bricks.

This even includes the second-floor bathroom, which was transformed from a dark, cramped space into a sun-dappled sanctuary without sacrificing privacy.

Find out more about Glass-Block Micro House ›

Spacial by Ivy Studio — *Photo is by Alex Lesage*

Spacial co-working space, Canada, by Ivy Studio

A glazed-block wall separates the public area of this co-working space in Montreal from the private offices beyond, while still allowing light to filter through the gridded glass.

Finishes and furnishings throughout the interior are largely kept to a greyscale palette, save for a few huge circular blue mirrors and a reception desk plated in anodised zinc.

Find out more about Spacial Montreal ›

Diamant Glass Art Gallery by Jun Murata — *Photo is by Jun Murata*

Diamant Glass Art Gallery, Japan, by Jun Murata

Glass bricks of varying textures and translucencies, from stippled to frosted, cast glistening refractions into this antiques showroom by Japanese architect Jun Murata to create the impression of light being filtered through water.

Beyond the feature wall, the interior is sparsely furnished, housing one of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's classic Barcelona chairs and not much else in order to leave space for temporary product showcases.

Find out more about the Diamant Glass Art Gallery ›

Beetles cover the walls and ceiling of J Boroski bar in Shanghai by Atelier XY — *Photo is by Schran Images and Hu Yanyun*

J Boroski, China, by Atelier XY

This bar in Shanghai's former French Quarter was designed to reflect the owner's fascination with insects and is bisected by a glazed wall.

This divides the main bar from an intimate lounge area with comfy low-slung seats and offers revellers a ledge on which to rest their drinks. For an unusual interior design, it also displays a collection of 42 preserved Thai Black tarantulas in illuminated resin cubes.

Find out more about J Boroski ›

Vizor office by Studio11 — *Photo is by Dmitry Tsyrencshikov*

Vizor office, Belarus, by Studio 11

Studio 11 reinterpreted traditional Soviet-era design details for the office of gaming company Vizor in Minsk, incorporating signage informed by the city's 1970s and 1980s underground stations alongside a deep red colour palette and geometric flooring tiles reminiscent of the eras' public buildings.

This same theme also pops up again in the wall of glass blocks, which snakes its way through the workplace underneath a row of hanging ferns.

Find out more about the Vizor office ›

This is the latest in our series of lookbooks providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen's image archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing kitchen extensions, modernist open-plan living rooms and interiors with indoor trees.

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This week a proposal to extend Manhattan was revealed

This week on Dezeen, Rutgers professor Jason Barr proposed extending Manhattan to add homes for 250,000 people to the city of New York.

Barr's scheme, which would be named New Mannahatta in reference to the indigenous name for the island, would see 1,760 acres of reclaimed land added to the tip of Manhattan.

The land would be covered with 180,000 new homes and surrounded with wetlands and marshlands to absorb storm surges.

The Danish Wadden Sea Centre by Dorte Mandrup — Mies van der Rohe Award 2022 shortlist revealed

In architecture news, the 40-strong shortlist for the biannual European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award was revealed.

Among the shortlisted schemes was a visitor centre by Dorte Mandrup (pictured), David Chipperfield's restoration of Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie and a memorial park on the site of a former synagogue.

La Muralla Roja by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura — Ten notable projects by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill

Following the news of Ricardo Bofill's death last week, we looked at 10 standout projects from his six-decade-long career.

Spanish architect Bofill, who passed away on 14 January at the age of 82, was the founder of Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura.

In design news, Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair announced that this year's edition will be postponed until June "to ensure a strong presence of foreign exhibitors and professionals".

We also rounded up the 11 top architecture events taking place in 2022 selected from Dezeen Events Guide.

Peter Barber portrait — Homeless housing is "a Band-Aid" for UK shortages says Peter Barber

We also interviewed British architect Peter Barber this week. The housing specialist told Dezeen that architects should be using their influence to help bring an end to London's homelessness crisis.

However, he admitted that his homeless housing projects projects are "just scratching the surface" of the problem.

Aerial view of Camber Sands houses — Pink concrete covers "fun house" on English coast by RX Architects

Our lookbooks this week focused on modernist living rooms and hotels with original bathrooms.

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Friday 21 January 2022

Arsenal uses Piccadilly Underground line seat pattern as latest kit

A model wearing a patterned Arsenal shirt

Sportswear brand Adidas has collaborated with London's public transport network Transport for London to launch a football kit for English club Arsenal that uses a pattern found on Underground train seats.

The kit uses the same pattern of circles and stripes, which incorporates stylised versions of several London landmarks, that can be seen on the seats of the Piccadilly line.

A blue long sleeved shirt and footba;l trousers — The kit is based on the pattern used on chairs on trains used on the Piccadilly line (right)

Adidas designed the "disruptive" print in collaboration with Transport for London (TFL) to mark the fact that Piccadilly line trains stop at Arsenal tube station, which is located near the club's Populous-designed stadium.

The pre-match kit will be worn by players before matches until the end of the season.

A footballer wearing a blue Arsenal football t-shirt — The kit will be worn for pre-match warm-ups

"The range celebrates Arsenal station – the only underground station to be named after a football club, following its name change from Gillespie Road on October 31, 1932," Adidas said.

"This came after concerted lobbying from visionary manager Herbert Chapman, who wanted to make it much easier for supporters to instantly know how to get to see the team and to cement the identity of the club into the local area."

A blue Arsenal football shirt on tube seats — The kit includes versions of London landmarks

The largely purple and blue seat covering used for the kit incorporates several London monuments including St Paul's Cathedral and the Marks Barfield-designed London Eye, which is represented by a red circle.

To make clear the collaboration, the London Underground logo was placed on the back of the shirt at the nape of the neck and on the leg of the tracksuit bottoms.

The clubs' crest is embroidered on the left-hand side of the chest while the Adidas logo is on the other.

The shirt, which has a ribbed crewneck is made in part from polyester recycled from production and post-consumer household waste.

Five clothing items including a youth jersey and a reversible padded gilet vest from the range are available to customers via the Adidas website and official Arsenal club stores.

London Underground logo was used on the kit

Alongside the kits, Adidas has released an Oyster card designed by London-based artist Reuben Dangoor.

Adidas also looked back to history for its design of the chevron-covered home shirt of its 2020/2021, which took cues from the club's art deco crest.

The sportswear company also designed a kit for FC Bayern Munich based on the facade of its home stadium, Allianz Arena.

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Five houses that take centre stage in films including Parasite, Crazy Rich Asians and Ex Machina

Following our interview with the set designer behind the house featured in The Girl Before, Dezeen takes a look at films and TV series in which residential architecture plays a starring role.

Parasite

The multi-award-winning movie Parasite takes place in the modernist home of a wealthy family in South Korea. Though it evokes a real dwelling, it was actually designed as a series of sets modelled on a sketch by director Bong Joon–Ho.

Brought to life by production director Lee Ha Jun, the residence features minimal furnishings and large expanses of glass, such as in the living room, where the window was specifically designed to the proportions of the ratio for shooting a widescreen picture.

Find out more about the house in Parasite ›

The Favourite

Production designer Fiona Crombie transformed a 17th-century country manor in England to create the set of The Favourite, a film set during the reign of Queen Anne.

While "taking advantage of the bones of the building" such as its natural light and existing maximalist decor, Crombie said, the crew added secret passageways and a giant fake facade to help the house better resemble a royal palace.

Find out more about the house in The Favourite ›

The Girl Before

Minimalist Japanese architecture informed the design of the fictional one-bedroom house in The Girl Before. Production designer Jon Henson's goal was for the house to act as "a fourth character", shifting from a sanctuary to a prison-like space depending on the scene.

While the home's exterior was constructed specially for the BBC television series, the majority of the interior scenes were recorded in a purpose-built set.

Find out more about the house in The Girl Before ›

Ex Machina

A fictional tech billionaire's hideaway in Alaska is the main location featured in the science-fiction movie Ex Machina – though it was actually filmed in three different places.

One of the three sets was a wood-clad clifftop house in Norway designed by studio Jensen & Skodvin Architects. Furnished in a Scandinavian-retro style, the house was chosen for the film as it rejected "the literature of films and popular culture, which says that for the future it has to be shiny and bright," according to production designer Mark Digby.

Find out more about the house Ex Machina ›

Be-Landa house by 29 Design — Photo is by Lin Ho

Crazy Rich Asians

A contemporary house in the jungle outside Kuala Lumpur was used as the home of wealthy matriarch Eleanor Young in the blockbuster movie Crazy Rich Asians.

Designed by local architecture firm 29Design, the dwelling comprises three volumes with an open-plan layout and an infinity swimming pool. According to 29Design founder Stephanie Maignan, it was used for the film as it accurately depicts the lifestyle of the movie characters' real-life counterparts who are "very interested in modern architecture".

Find out more about the house in Crazy Rich Asians ›

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Andrés Reisinger and Alba de la Fuente design modernist house in frosty metaverse landscape

The clean geometry of Dieter Rams' industrial designs informed Winter House, a virtual residence by digital artist Andrés Reisinger and architect Alba de la Fuente that exists in a pink-hued winter world.

Designed as a hideaway in a snowy forest, the two-storey house is characterised by floor-to-ceiling glass windows and rectilinear volumes.

Winter House is stacked on a large concrete slab to create a "floating floor", underneath which a glass box houses a chunky concrete staircase that leads visitors from the front door into the house.

A tubular pink elevator runs from the top to the bottom of the structure and can be seen through the house's glass facade.

Argentinian digital artist Reisinger created the house together with Madrid-based architect De la Fuente to reflect the early 1960s projects of industrial designer Dieter Rams, while also exploring winter in the metaverse.

"We wanted to picture what this time of year looks like in the metaverse, and so we gathered all the feelings that we associate winter with – mainly stillness and comfort – and transported them into this parallel reality," Reisinger told Dezeen.

Concrete virtual house — The house was rendered within a frosty landscape

The metaverse is an umbrella term for any virtual-reality space where users can interact in a computer-generated environment such as the snow-covered landscape designed for Winter House.

Reisinger explained that the house's expansive windows intend to connect the inside and outside spaces, all of which have been rendered with a subtle splash of pink.

Pink-hued interiors — The project features pink-hued interiors

The virtual residence features a selection of minimalist furniture arranged in open-plan rooms that nod to modernist interior design.

An angular fireplace is suspended from a skylight in the living room, which has low-slung pink sofas and sleek, light-grey floors that add a wintery feeling to the interior.

"I like to use furniture as the protagonists of my spaces," Reisinger said. "I always push reality to a limit where it feels slightly distorted, but not explicitly – I only want to add a light touch of oddness, to unsettle viewers."

The digital artist explained that Winter House is a virtual residential project that can be applied to any metaverse, and is the second house of its kind that he has designed in collaboration with De la Fuente.

Designing virtual houses for the metaverse is no different to ones in the real world, Reisinger said.

"It's the same as for the physical world: these houses are designed to live in and use as curated spaces to showcase ourselves," he explained.

Tubular elevator by Reisinger — A tubular elevator runs the length of the house

"I truly believe that we can use the metaverse as an exploration territory to apply successful outputs to our beloved physical world," he added.

"I see terrestrial nature and the metaverse as travelling in the same direction, not in opposition or contradiction."

Increasing interaction with the metaverse could even lead to a stronger relationship with nature, according to Reisinger.

"I envision that if we can transfer a good portion of our interest in buying material objects to the metaverse, then we’ll be able to strengthen our relationship with nature in our physical world," he said.

Room at Winter House — Winter House has views of snow-capped mountains

Reisinger revealed that Winter House is at the forefront of a new metaverse architecture company that he is spearheading with other creative partners, but said further information on this is not currently available.

After rising to prominence on Instagram through his distinctly dream-like renderings, Reisinger has completed a number of other virtual projects. These include the sale of a collection of virtual furniture that fetched almost $70,000 at an NFT online auction.

An armchair from the collection, called Hortensia, was recently made into a physical object with the assistance of Dutch design brand Moooi.

The renderings are courtesy of Andrés Reisinger and Alba de la Fuente.

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