WINDOWS

Misa Lund of wHY Architecture talked about the importance of enabling design in cultural settings and showed slides of the firm’s planned pedestrian bridge for the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts. Targeted for completion in Spring of 2015, it will offer visitors alternate access to the museum’s main entrance, while preserving the integrity of the building’s Neoclassical-style façade.

CC4441 (Tokyo, Japan) Tomokazu Hayakawa sliced and stacked two black containers to create an angular art gallery and office space in the Taito district. Photo by Kuniaki Sasage

The Huys apartments come with electronically controlled solar shades with concealed window shade pockets and recessed lighting fixtures by Flos. Shown here, the living room of a two-bedroom unit.

Copper Shade Pendants by Tom Dixon over the island contrast the room's light palette, while a white Flos Skygarden lamp over the dining room table blends into it.

The entrance to the main pavilion is defined by a pivoting glass door from Fleetwood (above left). The stairs lead to the media loft, where Inga Sempé’s Ruché sofa for Ligne Roset breaks up the gray. Among the couple’s few directives were tall ceilings, which Feldman covered in low-cost plywood sheets.

Kister Scheithauer Gross Architects designed a laser jet-cut Star of David pattern for the facade, which creates a corner window in the sacral room housing the Torah.

Prominent black pop-out windows constitute one of the house’s more distinguished features. The windows are constructed of 3/8-inch steel and flush-mounted glass, offering outside viewers a mirrorlike reflection of the sky.

Sunlight streams through formerly boarded-up windows in the living area that was once Madame Wong’s stage. “When we took off the drywall, we realized there were windows in there. So we had more made to match these four,” says Dan. The new windows open up the east side of the building to views of the courtyard below and the San Gabriel mountains in the distance. The apartment is furnished with an eclectic mix of furniture, including an Eero Saarinen womb chair.

Wansbrough relaxes in the living room, a serene area with a bank of windows and an arrangement of Lezlie Tilley’s paintings inspired by the Australian bush.

“The tile, with its sporadic bolts and nails, doesn’t need a lot of art, as it is art too,” Lisa says. “The copper windows... Well, you just can’t find those anymore.”

Glass windows wall in the open-concept kitchen-dining spaces of the Sunrise House while glass doors open the spaces out into the garden beyond.

Stained-glass windows by Marc Chagall illuminate the choir at Fraumünster Church.

The loft above the living room is Suresh's terrain, given over to toys, books, and a colorful Lego table. The Clerestory windows maximize the natural light in the house—essential since there are only three hours of sun on a typical winter day.

While the homeowners and their guests have plenty of opportunities to view the outdoors, thanks in large part to windows and doors by Alumilex, an abundance of cedars offers privacy from the outside looking in. “We wanted to cut the least amount of trees,” Tremblay said.

A guest basement sits under the master suite toward the back of the home. Jeld-Wen Windows & Doors provided the aluminum-clad wood panes seen on each level.

The architect refers to the huge window opposite the bed as their “flat-screen television.”

The windows of the ICA's theater offer an expansive view of the harbor and the cantilevered galleries above.

The exterior of Samovar Tea's newest location on Valencia Street in San Francisco's Mission District.

A custom OIKOS Furniture window seat is nestled between the extension’s large windows and its latticework structure. Built out of glue-laminated plywood beams, the extension’s diagonal grid provides structural support and visual interest.