Thursday, August 31, 2017

Naturally-ventilated glass building looks like a shimmering urban mirage

This office building in Geneva features a complex glass facade that makes it look like an urban mirage. The new Headquarters of the Swiss Société Privée de Gérance (SPG), designed by Italian firm Giovanni Vaccarini Architetti, appears as an immaterial object that shimmers and vibrates in dialogue with the nighttime urban landscape in which it is set. The building sits on Route de Chêne, at the gates of the historical center of Geneva. involved the conversion and extension of the existing...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building http://inhabitat.com/naturally-ventilated-glass-building-looks-like-a-shimmering-urban-mirage
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