Looking Glass
An interior precedent for a double-height residential living hall utilizing monumental glazing and a dramatic suspended glass art installation.
- What we like about this project
- A cascading vertical cluster of massive, organic blown-glass bubbles acts as both sculptural screen and light catcher.
Materials
- glass
- timber
- steel
- upholstery
- plaster
Visual identifiers
- double-height-glazing
- suspended-glass-pendants
- mezzanine-balcony
- floor-to-ceiling-windows
Style tags
- contemporary
- luxury
- warm-modern
- residential
Visual tags
- luxury-interior
- double-height
- custom-lighting
- waterfront
- open-plan
- Geometry
- Lofty open-plan volume featuring a double-height window wall on one side and a mezzanine gallery overlooking the main seating area.
- Facade system
- Full-height multi-story structural wood or steel-framed glazed curtain wall.
- Structural guess
- Post and beam construction with a suspended mezzanine floor plate.
- Spatial scale
- Grand double-height residential hall; approximately two stories high.
- Lighting
- Warm, low-angle sunlight streams through the full-height windows, creating long shadows and highlighting the texture of the suspended glass pendants.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, glowing, and luminous with a serene connection to the surrounding nature.
- Environmental context
- Coastal or lakeside woodland setting visible through the expansive glass facade.
- Spatial experience
- The space balances soaring verticality with an intimate sectional furniture arrangement, drawing the eye toward the exterior waterfront landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullions establish a rhythmic facade division that contrasts with the organic, floating cluster of glass pods.
- Style reading
- Contemporary luxury Pacific Northwest residential interior
- Program
- Luxury residential living hall
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- glass, timber, steel, upholstery, plaster
- Visual identifiers
- double-height-glazing, suspended-glass-pendants, mezzanine-balcony, floor-to-ceiling-windows
- Style tags
- contemporary, luxury, warm-modern, residential
- Visual tags
- luxury-interior, double-height, custom-lighting, waterfront, open-plan
- Geometry
- Lofty open-plan volume featuring a double-height window wall on one side and a mezzanine gallery overlooking the main seating area.
- Facade system
- Full-height multi-story structural wood or steel-framed glazed curtain wall.
- Structural guess
- Post and beam construction with a suspended mezzanine floor plate.
- Spatial scale
- Grand double-height residential hall; approximately two stories high.
- Lighting
- Warm, low-angle sunlight streams through the full-height windows, creating long shadows and highlighting the texture of the suspended glass pendants.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, glowing, and luminous with a serene connection to the surrounding nature.
- Environmental context
- Coastal or lakeside woodland setting visible through the expansive glass facade.
- Spatial experience
- The space balances soaring verticality with an intimate sectional furniture arrangement, drawing the eye toward the exterior waterfront landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullions establish a rhythmic facade division that contrasts with the organic, floating cluster of glass pods.
- Style reading
- Contemporary luxury Pacific Northwest residential interior
- Program
- Luxury residential living hall
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior