Architecture

Stained Glass Overlay

Project description

Designed as an architectural layer rather than decoration alone, the glass gently filters light and pattern while adding depth, softness, and visual rhythm to the space.

Client Goals

Introduce decorative detail that feels integrated with the architecture rather than applied as an afterthought.

Design Response

Develop an overlay language that filters light, adds pattern, and respects the restraint of the surrounding space.

Defining Features

Layered glass color, fine leading lines, and a crafted detail that shifts throughout the day.

Angled view of a floor-to-ceiling stained glass overlay installation extending along a window wall, where layered blue, purple, and amber glass panels filter daylight, preserve outward views, and create shifting color, light, and pattern throughout the interior corridor.

Exterior view of De La Salle North Catholic High School showcasing a contemporary brick and metal façade, where a custom stained glass overlay installation is integrated into the floor-to-ceiling entrance glazing, introducing color and pattern as part of the building's architectural identity.

Courtyard of De La Salle North Catholic High School featuring contemporary brick and metal architecture, a landscaped pedestrian plaza, and the stained glass installation visible through the floor-to-ceiling entrance glazing, illustrating how the artwork integrates into the campus environment.

Exterior view of a contemporary brick façade featuring a floor-to-ceiling window wall with a custom stained glass overlay installation composed of layered blue, purple, and amber glass panels, integrating color and pattern into the building's exterior while maintaining transparency into the interior.

Evening view of a contemporary campus building where a custom stained glass installation glows through the floor-to-ceiling glazing, creating a colorful illuminated façade that extends the artwork's presence into the surrounding courtyard at night.

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