Glass is all around us and – even at its most trivial and, thus, least glorious – it is a source of enjoyment and delight. When we are checking out our reflection in the shop windows, when we are drawing circles in the dust, when we are sensing at our finger tips the vibrant singing sound of raising a glass – we are always aware of the magic of this fascinating material. This selection is about experiencing glass in different outside-the-box situations – where, how – and even – when we are least accustomed to seeing it.
Related collection spotlight on the blog: http://openbuildings.com/blog/2011/08/architexture-the-magic-of-glass
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Built / Austria, Innsbruck Nordpark Railway Stations -
Built / Portugal, Porto Casa da Musicaby OMA -
Built / United States of America, Santa Barbara Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion -
Built / Korea (South), Seoul Galleria Department Storeby UNStudio -
Built / United States of America, New York Apple Store -
Built / Spain, Lena Rioglass Solar Production Plant -
Built / Denmark, Copenhagen Kolonihavehusby Tom Fruin -
Under construction / France, Paris Maison de Verreby Bernard Bijvoet and Pierre Chareau -
Built / Japan 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa -
United States of America, New York 40 Bond Street, New York -
Completed / Austria, Bregenz Kunsthaus Bregenz -
Denmark, Aarhus Your Rainbow Panorama -
Built / China, Shanghai Apple Store, Pudong -
Japan, Minato Prada Aoyama -
Completed / Japan, Chuo Maison Hermes -
Completed / Japan The Waterfall Barby Tadao Ando and Tokujin Yoshioka -
Completed / Switzerland, lausanne Transparent toiletby Oloom -
Completed / Austria, Vienna Postal Savings Bankby Otto Wagner -
Completed / Netherlands, Leerdam Glass House Laminata -
Completed / United Kingdom, Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre
