FRPO creates "cathedral of energy" with translucent polycarbonate tower
Architecture studio FRPO has designed DH Palencia, a thermal power plant in Spain consisting of a concrete base topped by a lantern-like building and an adjacent tower. More
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Fabric creates timber and polycarbonate shed to double as light sculpture
Timber slats that mimic the surrounding treeline wrap around a shed in Akaroa, New Zealand, which was designed by architecture studio Fabric to transform into a light sculpture at night. More
Estudio Flume builds fisherman's kiosk with translucent roof on Brazil's Jaguanum Island
São Paulo's Estudio Flume and architect German Nieva have designed a beach hut on Brazil's Jaguanum Island for fishermen to sell food during the day and store boats at night. More
Ten translucent buildings with exteriors that allow light to pass through
A laboratory, a tennis pavilion and a kindergarten are among these ten translucent buildings with exteriors made from semi-transparent materials including polycarbonate and frosted glass. More
La Shed Architecture creates translucent barn to give cows "a better quality of life"
Architecture studio La Shed Architecture has built a large agricultural barn with polycarbonate sheeting walls for a farm in Montérégie, Québec. More
Studio Rain erects translucent flat-pack sauna on banks of Yarra River
Australian art and architecture collective Studio Rain has installed a temporary sauna next to Melbourne's Yarra River that is prefabricated and off-grid, so it can be built, disassembled and reused without the use of heavy machinery.
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Translucent glass house built alongside historic buildings for Lasvit's Czech Republic HQ
Prague studio Ov-a Architekti has built a translucent house and restored a group of 19th-century timber buildings for the office of glass company Lasvit in Nový Bor, Czech Republic. More
Lemoal Lemoal Architectes builds translucent half-timbered tennis pavilion
Paris studio Lemoal Lemoal Architectes has completed a half-timbered changing pavilion at the Garden Tennis Club of Cabourg on the north coast of France. More
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Behnisch Architekten clads energy laboratory in translucent polycarbonate
Translucent polycarbonate panels encase the concrete and timber laboratory at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, by Behnisch Architekten. More
Yoshichika Takagi adds translucent facade to asymmetric house in Hokkaido
A house with an asymmetrical roof on the Japanese island of Hokkaido has been renovated and extended by architecture studio Yoshichika Takagi + Associates. More
Garden Room by Indra Janda features translucent white walls
Belgian architect Indra Janda has used translucent polycarbonate shingles to create a garden room at her parent's home. More
Kindergarten in Czech Republic encased in two layers of translucent fibreglass
Petr Stolin Architekt has wrapped a double-skinned translucent facade of fibreglass around the Nová Ruda kindergarten in the Czech Republic. More
Helsinki Central Library Oodi topped with translucent "book heaven"
The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, designed by ALA Architects, is topped with large open-plan reading room under an undulating roof punctured by circular skylights. More
Foster + Partners unveils Apple Store in Macau with translucent stone walls and bamboo
Tall shoots of bamboo rise through the central atrium of a new Apple Store completed by Foster + Partners in Macau, China. More
Steven Holl's Institute for Contemporary Art comprises sculptural blocks of zinc and translucent glass
Architect Steven Holl has built an exhibition and performance centre for Virginia Commonwealth University, which has been captured by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan. More
Translucent panels create glowing facade for São Paulo gallery by Metro
Polycarbonate panels run along the base of this gallery in São Paulo by local architects Metro, flooding the space with natural light during the day and transmitting light from within at night. More
White translucent box forms Singapore residence by Park+Associates Architects
A+Awards: designed as a series of interconnected voids, this house in Singapore by local firm Park+Associates Architects won a 2016 Architizer A+Award. More
MAD reveals plans for translucent China Philharmonic Hall in Beijing
Chinese studio MAD has released visuals for its new concert hall in Beijing, which will be draped in a translucent fluted facade. More
Steven Holl's Bloch Building in Missouri recaptured in photographs by Iwan Baan
Architectural photographer Iwan Baan has taken new images of the Steven Holl-designed Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins art museum, which show the structure as it enters its 10th year (+ slideshow). More
Pitsou Kedem's Lago events complex contrasts opaque and translucent materials
Architect Pitsou Kedem has completed an events hall in Rishon LeZion, Israel, featuring translucent glass-plank facades designed to "glow like a firefly" at night (+ slideshow). More