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MAISON HERMÈS |
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Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Tokyo – Japan |
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“The greatest contribution to glass block architecture made in the world to date”.
Inaugurated in 2001, the Maison Hermès, designed by Renzo Piano, stands tall in the center of the Ginza District of Toyko with a building surface of 6,000 square meters distributed through 15 floors. The 13,000 self-supporting glass blocks that make up the Maison Hermès reflect the sun light during the day and illuminate the internal light at night. Nicknamed for its brilliance and luminous effects, the Maison Hermès has been called a "magic latern" of glass blocks.
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TIBERIO'S BATHS |
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Moneo–Brock Studio, Panticosa (Huesca) – Spain |
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The glass block created for Balneario de Panticosa located in the Spanish Pyrenees. The harmonious union between nature and product "to size": Belen Moneo and Seves (2005-2007).
The magic continues in 2005, when Seves was asked by architects Belen Moneo and Jeff Brock to create a specialized glass block in harmony with the natural and pure landscape of the nearby mountains.
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University of Deusto Library |
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Rafael Moneo, Bilbao – Spain |
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Between tradition and avant-garde. The "Doric" glass block personalises the University of Deusto Library in Bilbao, projected by R. Moneo.
The link between the past and the future. This was the main characteristic for the library of the Jesuits University of Deusto, located in Bilbao, Spain. A project in which Seves, the world leader in glass block production, takes part alongside architect Rafael Moneo, one of major names in architecture.
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Beck’s Logistics Centre |
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Schulze und Pampus, Brema – Germany |
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Beck’s logistics centre in Brema (Germany).
The new Beck’s logistics centre designed in Brema by the Schulze Architectural Studio of Schulze und Pampus BDA is among the most recent creations that have affirmed the glass block as a distinctive element.
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Santo Volto di Gesù Church |
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Rome – Italy |
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Santo Volto of Gesù Parish complex.
Play with the light effects generated by the surface details of the glass blocks that make up the new parish complex of Santo Volto of Gesù, in the Magliana district of Rome. A building capable of melting the strong aesthetic aspect characteristic of contemporary architecture, with a mysterious and intimate atmosphere through the use of glass blocks and an expressive use of colour.
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Puccini Theatre |
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Florence - Italy |
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Puccini Theatre.
Florence’s nightlife unfolds under the silent watch of the historic Puccini Theatre tower, now returned to its original blue-green brilliance, as it was in November of 1940 when the entire complex, owned by Manifattura Tabacchi, was established.
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S-Bahn Station Expo 2000 Hannover Hainholz |
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Hannover – Germany |
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The new Hannover railway station designed by Hansjörg
Göritz is an extraordinary example of elegance and functionality united in one architectural project.
Created and presented at the Expo 2000 as part of a series of railway stations for the new Expo-line, which connects the airport to the exposition headquarters, the Hannover station is animated by “blue cobalt” glass blocks designed to match the exact colour of the German state railway logo.
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Buddha Lecture Room |
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Taichung - Taiwan |
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“Buddha Lecture Room”.
A glass block Tailor Made capable of softening direct sunlight while reflecting a magical myriad of small Buddhas in prayer. For the new "Buddha Lecture Room", a religious library in Taichung, Taiwan, designed by architect Daniel Tai and currently under construction, Seves supplied 9,700 glass blocks of which 1,800 were customized with an ad hoc design requested by the architect. The image chosen was of the Buddha in a meditative position.
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