The latter will consist of three free-standing units a square glass pavilion (as a workroom for the sculptor's poet wife), a tall triangle of recycled steel (forming the sculptor's studio) and an arc-shaped monolith of untreated wood, whose patina will turn grey with age (for the couple's house).
In the overwater bungalows, a square of glass in the floor gives you a direct view of the water.
Upstairs in her showroom is a square Yves Klein glass table filled with 46, 000 carats of loose aquamarines.
Just why the demand is softer is a little complicated, given that the LCD TV market keeps growing: he notes that units were up about 13% in 2011, with square footage of glass up 18%, as average screen sizes increased.
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The 30, 000-square-foot home has glass walls overlooking Biscayne Bay and was designed to feel like a private resort.
Thin-film solar makers want to work with the 64-square-foot sheets of glass used by Applied's LCD customers, but solar glass is four times as thick as display glass.
They will be married by the Archbishop of Canterbury before returning to Buckingham Palace in a glass carriage along Parliament Square, Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade and The Mall.
The prospective owner enters a starkly elegant 50-square-meter room whose black-glass walls ensure privacy.
The prospective owner enters a starkly elegant 500-square-foot room whose black-glass walls ensure privacy.
He bought a one-bedroom at the Orion, a glass condo building near Times Square with a three-story "amenity suite" and an indoor pool, with the help of Prime NYC, a local brokerage.
Last year, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando designed the Stone Hill Center, a 32, 000-square-foot cement-and-glass space that is the area's first modern architectural icon -- and a seamless addition to the serene grounds.
The robot was encased inside a clear glass box, about fifteen feet square.
But when it comes to big windows, nothing beats the glass features of a 600-square-foot multi-paned wonder in Lake Hayden, Idaho.
Glass shattered across 200, 000 square kilometers (77, 220 square miles), the state-run RIA Novosti news agency cited the Chelyabinsk regional emergencies ministry as saying Saturday.
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Other hotel amenities include six unique dining venues, an 860-square-meter spa by ESPA, a glass-enclosed infinity pool with LED screen ceiling and an outdoor terrace with a glass-enclosed bar, both on the 118th floor.
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Mr Heatherwick's future projects include the world's first all-glass bridge, and a public square in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which will take the dramatic and humorous appearance of a gigantic, electric-blue carpet landing, as it were, from outer space.
The 399 rooms start at 484 square feet and feel even larger thanks to their glass-curtain walls.
They sees glass growth increasing to 3.6 billion square feet, from 3.2 billion, up about 12.5%, as screen sizes continue to increase.
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Hawkins paces out just one square foot of foreshore and picks up Victorian plate, modern glass, oyster shell, medieval roof tile, granite ballast from merchant ships and clay pipe stems.
Mr. Headington combined three of the units to create the 8, 262-square-foot penthouse, which has a circular all-glass living area, ocean views and wine as well as Champagne tasting rooms.
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Ando simplified the 53, 800-square-foot space by aligning doorways and hanging a giant white veil under the glass atrium to diffuse the natural light.
He created 3, 500 square feet of ultra modern, zen-inspired indoor living space that includes a glass-paneled kitchen, remote-controlled dining room table and master bed, and a living room atrium open to the sky.
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Similarly in 1992 the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) put forward the idea of launching 55, 000 "solar sails" into orbit around the Earth, each with an area of 100 square kilometers, the sails collectively producing the same effect as Early's single glass panel.
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To design the museum he tapped Tadao Ando of Japan, whose dramatic 320, 000-square-foot building was to be shaped like a giant ocean liner topped by twin glass towers.
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Opened in 1866, this incredible cemetery boasts 250, 000 square-metres of eclectic art nouveau sculptures including Greek temples, elaborate obelisks and giant, glass-fronted, marble tombs that could pass for houses.
Measuring a zaftig 65, 000 square feet, it's a multilevel facility with 26 treatment rooms, locally made stained-glass windows, intricately carved mesquite desks, tables and benches, and gentle Paul Ferrante lighting.
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