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The 2012 World of Color Awards™ – Inspired by Vanceva® is a global recognition program created to honor innovation and inspire the use of color in the built environment.
Architects, interior designers, glass fabricators, glazing engineers and other industry professionals will be recognized for their awe-inspiring architectural design projects that demonstrate creativity and forward-thinking uses of colored glass made with the Vanceva color interlayer system.
The call for entries is now open. Register your project here.
Or learn more about the international design competition here.
May 3rd, 2012
Impeccably designed by Michel Penneman and Oliver Hannaert, the Pant one Hotel, Brussels showcases the color of emotion with a distinctive hue on each colorous guest floor. From vivid to subdued, for business or leisure, the unique boutique hotel perfectly suits your savvy palette and colorful imagination.
Welcome to the center of the color universe.
April 23rd, 2012
In the Reflection Room of the Owatonna Hospital, patients find a quiet refuge amid the hustle and bustle of a busy hospital. The architect states that “the colored glass, combined with other calming features, makes this an ideal place to celebrate a birth, pray with family members, contemplate...
April 16th, 2012
The call for entries for the 2012 World of Color Awards™ Inspired by Vanceva® is officially closed. The winning architectural designs will be announced at Glasstec Tradeshow, Düsseldorf, Germany, and Oct. 23rd– Oct. 26th. Continue dreaming in color and we hope you return soon.
April 5th, 2012
“All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.”
~ Marc Chagall
April 4th, 2012
Building Owner: Metropolitan Construction Company
Architectural Firm: Shin Takamatsu
On a motorway to Taiwan from the Taipei airport gleams a magnificent and sparkling jewel-like building, located in the center of a bustling new business park designed for information technology and biotechnology companies. Metropolitan Construction Company, who named the building “Black Pearl,” commissioned this project to be built not only as prime real estate but also as a landmark. Cross-shaped LED lights mounted at the intersection of...
April 3rd, 2012
“He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to denote a laxity, if not a decadence of morals.”
~ Oscar Wilde
Irish Playwright, Novelist, Poet, Short Story Writer and Freemason, 1854–1900
April 2nd, 2012
In March 2010 a group of researchers from Quebec, Canada tested the visual quality and comfort of different types of window glazing in a typical office space. What they discovered may change the way architects think about window glazing in office buildings.
Based on an oral questionnaire, a written questionnaire, and ratings from the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS), the researchers compared the visual comfort, naturality, pleasantness, precision, and light level of blue, bronze and neutral glass experienced by each of the thirty-six participants. The results from each survey were combined and given an average score so that researchers could compare the three colors of window glazing.
They discovered that blue glazing actually increased the participants’...
March 29th, 2012
Architect: Shohreh Davar Panah – Sarre, Atelier Architectes
Laminator: Pilkington
Building Owner: City of Paris, Paris, France
We have all dreamt of a candy-coloured school at some point in our lives. Well, architect Shohreh Davar took this childhood dream as inspiration for the new...
March 28th, 2012
Mixing glass and steel with natural fibers, Architect Brunete Fraccaroli created an unusual Japanese restaurant in the heart of São Paulo. The main concern of the client was to not loose the orient al style, while achieving a unique and original space.
While Brunete Fraccaroli makes use of...
March 27th, 2012
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