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Lasvit by OV Architekti: 2020 Best of Year Winner for International Facade
January 27, 2021
Photography by BoysPlayNice/courtesy of OV-A.
Novy? Bor, Czech Republic, the picturesque town in which Lasvit is headquartered, has been a glassblowing hub for many centuries. OV Architekti founders Jiri Opocenský and Štepán Valouch, collaborating with architect/critic Adam Gebrian, drew on that legacy in proposing a new scheme for the luxury brand’s home base, a small complex of buildings that includes a pair of carefully restored 18th-century cottages. Like the objects the company produces, the compound is a mash-up of old-world and new: Those historic edifices are now joined by two dazzlingly modern structures one sheathed in glass shingles, the other in sleek black cement facsimiles. The glass cladding was developed by Lasvit to mimic the diamond shape, texture, and arrangement of traditional slate siding. The facade is not only a glass-art installation in its own right but also,
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Petr Sís: Discovering our town
Petr Sís, photo: Ian Willoughby
Highly acclaimed children’s author and illustrator Petr Sís is just about to publish a new book, Nicky & Vera, inspired by the story of Sir Nicholas Winton and the children he saved. Sís has been living in Irvington on the River Hudson in New York State for the last two decades.