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“A little over the top but it makes a statement” says commenter

January 16, 2026 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Tiffany & Co’s flagship store in Beijing, designed by Dutch studio MVRDV with a curving glass facade. Crafted from translucent, frosted glass fins in an icy blue hue, the store’s 20-metre-high facade was intended to pay homage to jewellery created by Italian designer Elsa Peretti for the brand.

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MVRDV drapes glass veil around Tiffany & Co flagship in Beijing

January 14, 2026 Lizzie Crook 0

A curving glass veil that appears to be “constantly changing as you move” cloaks the exterior of the flagship Tiffany & Co store in Beijing, designed by Dutch studio MVRDV. Located in the Taikoo-Li Sanlitun neighbourhood, the store’s 20-metre-high curving facade is crafted from translucent, frosted glass fins in an icy blue hue associated with

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Bétyle Studio transforms historic French farm building with wood and glass partitions

December 11, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Local practice Bétyle Studio has transformed a former agricultural building in Marseille, France, into a compact home featuring rooms separated by glass blocks that allow light to filter through. The client asked designers Carla Romano and Nicolas Cazenave de la Roche to create an interior that could function both as her daily workspace and a

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Santiago Calatrava adds angular office block to Zurich station

November 6, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Architect Santiago Calatrava has added a stone and glass office building beside the Stadelhofen Station in Zurich, which includes a multi-level bicycle parking facility. Named the Haus zum Falken, the eight-storey building sits on a narrow, triangular plot at the eastern end of the Stadelhofen railway station, which was previously updated and expanded by Calatrava in

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Dezeen Agenda features Gare de Mons station in Belgium by Santiago Calatrava

October 30, 2025 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Gare de Mons station in Belgium by Santiago Calatrava. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Swiss-Spanish architect Calatrava has completed the Gare de Mons station in Belgium, a 165-metre-long glass and steel structure that traverses platforms and bus stops. This week’s newsletter also included the

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro wraps Cartier Miami in glass for “sense of mystique”

October 28, 2025 Ellen Eberhardt 0

American architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed an expansion to the Miami flagship store of jewellery brand Cartier, which has a bulbous facade informed by a vintage Cartier piece. Located in Miami’s Design District, on the corner of NE 39th St and the walking corridor Paseo Ponti, the building has a wraparound facade

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Santiago Calatrava arranges Belgian station around “monumental bridge”

October 28, 2025 Starr Charles 0

Swathes of glass and steel make up the sinuous exterior of the new Gare de Mons station in Belgium, which has been designed by Swiss-Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Located along the international Paris to Brussels train line in Mons, the station’s sculptural structure is organised around a raised gallery volume that stretches 165 metres across

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Mur Mur Lab creates glazed pavilions overlooking “mysterious” landscape in China

October 17, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Mur Mur Lab has designed the Dongdan Grassland Sea Ruins Station in eastern China, creating two wave-topped glass pavilions that offer passers-by a “moment to connect with nature”. Located in the Dongshen Township in Zhejiang province, the structure overlooks an area of mudflat pasture spanning nearly 1,000 acres (405 hectares), that was created

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Renzo Piano Building Workshop completes “big cube” in Paddington

October 9, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Curtain walls and an exposed steel structure define Paddington Square, a contentious mixed-use building in central London by architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Ten years in the making, the building takes the form of a 55- by 55-metre cube, elevated on a podium of public amenities including an entrance to the London Underground. While

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Offhand Practice creates glass-walled cafe in Shanghai park

September 17, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese studio Offhand Practice has completed the Mei Yuan Cafe, a glass-walled pavilion in Shanghai that allows visitors to “immerse themselves” in the surrounding park. Located within the previously inaccessible Mei Yuan Park in the district of Pudong, the slender structure of white steel and glass is designed to have as minimal impact on the

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