Hesiodo in Mexico City

Hesiodo is a building located in Mexico City, which has blown glass spheres features in the façade.

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The façade is made up of 7,723 blown glass spheres made by craftsmen at a workshop in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Each sphere is supported by a disk of EPDM (a kind of rubber used in the automobile industry, with excellent resistance to weathering), which in turn is fastened to a stainless steel cable by means of a conventional nut. Each cable carries a maximum of 27 spheres, which are fastened at the top to the concrete structure of the building and at the bottom to structural steel elements.
That’s the words from Hierve-Diseñería, the designer of Hesiodo.

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Sentosa Cove House by ONG&ONG Architects

By mya | Category: Architecture, Home Design

Sentosa Cove House located in Singapore, designed by ONG&ONG Architects.

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Sentosa Cove House: “This is a home that can endure the tropical climate with minimal environmental impact, by tapping on available natural resources. Four levels make up the building, each catering to the family’s various social and entertainment needs while also accommodating each member’s individual need for solitude.”
That’s the description I got from the architects.

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O House | Philippe Stuebi with Eberhard Tröger

By mya | Category: Architecture, Home Design

O House located in Vierwaldstättersee, Switzerland, designed by architects Philippe Stuebi with Eberhard Tröger

O House in Switzerland _1

“On both, the front and the lake side, this sculptural villa shows very expressive and ornamental facades. Facing mount pilatus the white concrete elements are dotted with circular openings that allow glimpses into the two-levelled orangery with its exotic plants, as well as the lounge, the guest tract and the staircase accessed through one of the openings at the ground floor. The lake side with superb mountain views of the rigi and the bürgenstock shows off a protruding, glistering loggia made of round glass bricks. Very decorative, such elements are a strong contrast to the rough renderings of the side facades. The basement nestles along the slope and opens into a large fitness area with a 25 meter pool, half inside, half outside, which is inserted in a white terrazzo plate. This terrazzo plate extends gracefully from the pool bar located inside along the boathouse made of white tinted, rough jetted concrete into lake lucerne.”
That’s the architects description for O House.

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