MVRDV has used cutting-edge glass technology to replace the brick facade of a former townhouse in Amsterdam with a transparent glass-brick replica. WOW!
MVRDV replaces Chanel store's traditional facade with glass bricks
The entirely transparent façade of a high-end flagship store on Amsterdam’s upmarket shopping street, PC Hooftstraat, uses glass bricks, glass windows frames and glass architraves in a way to evoke the vernacular of the area with the goal to maintain the character of the site. The 620m
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Dutch design firm MVRDV unveiled a glass brick facade for a Chanel store in Amsterdam earlier this year. The bricks, made in Italy, are stronger than concrete.
Chanel store façade made with glass bricks
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MVRDV's Crystal Houses, re-opens with an even more transparent
Completed in 2016 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Images by MVRDV, Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee, Poesia. MVRDV’s Crystal Houses began its existence with the request of Warenar to design a flagship store combining both Dutch heritage and international
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MVRDV’s Crystal Houses began its existence with the request of Warenar to design a flagship store combining both Dutch heritage and international architecture on the PC Hooftstraat, Amsterdam’s one and only luxury brand street that was previously primarily residential. MVRDV wanted to make a representation of the original buildings and found a solution through an extensive use of glass. The near full-glass façade mimics the original design, down to the layering of the bricks and the details of the window frames, but is stretched vertically to comply with updated zoning laws and to allow for an increase in interior space. Glass bricks stretch up the façade of Crystal Houses, eventually dissolving into a traditional terracotta brick façade f…
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