A car swinging upside down suspended on only two sheets of super-thin glass: ‘Gravity’ is showcasing the potential in glass processing, adhesives, high-precision engineering and manufacturing in a highly innovative, efficient and aesthetic design. The bold idea of ‘Gravity’, conceived by Vladimir Marinov (Define Engineers),…
‘Orientation – maquette for a monument to the honeybee’ is a small-scale art project initially designed for Agrikultura- a temporary outdoor exhibition run in Malmö, Sweden in summer 2017. The work – presented as a full-scale maquette – can be seen as a warning from…
’Folded Light’ is a 40-metre high integrated artwork across ten storeys, specifically designed for a slender void space in the new office development, where it serves as a strong visual connection between the lower ground floor and roof. The artwork exploits the almost vertical angle…
The Light Ceiling evokes the effect of arriving under a day-lit canopy and complements the visual impact of the glass stairs, creating a dynamic entrance into the store and its upper level. In 2004, Apple opened its first European high-profile store in London‘s Regent Street,…
The Salvation Army Chapel could be seen as a beacon but paradoxically it must also function as a calm space for reflection within the administration of this busy international organisation. The headquarters of the Salvation Army is on one of the most significant public routes…
The Glass Lens is a public artwork that acts as a subtle flickering screen between the main entrance lobby and street of Park House, which is a mixed-use building in the west end of Oxford Street. The sculpture defines the entrance without obstructing the view…
The Transition Screens are used at the two boundaries between the landsideand airside areas in Terminal 5 at Heathrow International Airport. On either side of the landside boundary passage and waiting area these screens mask concealed security staff who can monitor passengers without being seen…
The Light – Water – Screens façade is an artwork evocative of light on rippling water, that primarily addresses a public courtyard, enhancing the experience of daylight within, while simultaneously providing solar shading to the office space and acting as visual privacy screening. Reflections on…
A playful structure suspended in the café space of the Royal Albert Hall directs and reflects light around the room in place of a more traditional light fitting. The café space inside the Royal Albert Hall is tall and full of light, curving around the…
The Fluid Glass installation was to be the first architectural-scale structure ever constructed from this type of ultra-thin glass. The form celebrates the material and reflects the serpentine convolutions of the River Thames. The Fluid Glass sculpture was proposed for the London Design Festival and…
The design of the Lichthof Façade in the German Foreign Office in Berlin creates a physical and symbolic threshold. Transparent but at the same time a boundary, the ambiguity inherent in using glass as a metaphor for openness is made explicit. Conceived by the architects…
The Plantation Place Galleria is a covered semi-public passageway between two phases of a new office development in the heart of the City of London. The design is a transparent glass roof with a minimal number of structural elements. To achieve this, the glass is…