Wide Open: 7 Bay Windows With a Contemporary Twist
Used to expand interior space and push a room’s volumetric possibilities, bay windows bring cramped and dark spaces new life.
Used to expand interior space and push a room’s volumetric possibilities, bay windows bring cramped and dark spaces new life.
Despite their narrow and in some cases tiny building footprints, these homes feature interior spaces that achieve shocking levels of expansiveness and openness.
Differing greatly in both scale and typology, these projects exhibit a breadth of flexibility while still remaining fixated on the diffusion of sunlight and connection to natural elements.
Flourishing with foliage, this year’s recognized projects featured bold experimentations and applica tions of greenery along various building faces.
Frameless glass is used to intentionally lay bare the activity that occurs inside. Transparent both aesthetically and ideologically, meeting rooms composed of frameless glass offer sophisticated atmospheres in which to collaborate and create. While varying in their finishings and purposes, each glass box featured in the following collection is both an illuminated centerpiece and a…
From the comfort of one’s own home, such openings allow habitants to forge visible and intimate conn ections with the surrounding environment.
Spanning office, residential, hotel and school environments, each selected project features a nested structure, which is functionally stationed within the main form's interior.
Each project draws critical attention to the expanses of vertical space — an orientation frequently cut short by low stifling ceilings.
Throughout the following projects, these enigmatic terraced staircases act as the pulsing heart of e ach design and provide unique arenas for alternate approaches to meeting, co-working and carrying out the work day.