These are buildings whose reflective surfaces make them appear to blend into the landscape, reflecting and complementing its immediate environment. Such buildings can be found in both urban and rural settings.
Green Orchard in western England by London studio Paul Archer Design features a mirrored facade that slides across to cover the windows
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The recently demolished Rachel Raymond House in Belmont, Massachusetts, was originally designed by pioneering architect Eleanor Raymond in 1931 and re-visioned by Pedro Joel Costa as an “invisible” building with all mirrored surfaces.
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Mirror house, a temporary installation on the Isle of Tyree, Scotland, designed by Ekkehard Altenburger, 1996
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Mirror House – Danish-American based architects MLRP have transformed an existing dull playground structure covered with graffiti to an inviting and reflective pavilion. Funhouse mirrors are mounted on the gabled ends of this playground pavilion in Copenhagen, as well as behind the doors.
The Cira Centre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, opened in 2005
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The Mirrorcube, a treehotel in Harads, Sweden, designed by Tham & Videgård, 2008-2010
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Pinnacle at Symphony Place, an office and retail skyscraper designed by Pickard Chilton, Nashville, Tennessee
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Camelot at Cockfosters (north of London), a proposed cultural centre designed by Swedish studio Råk-Arkitektur, draws its shape from the story of Arthur pulling the sword Excalibur from a stone.
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The partially reflective Lucid Stead, by Philip K. Smith III, within the California High Desert in Joshua Tree.
Solar-Powered Alpine Capsule by designer Ross Lovegrove in the Italian Alps.
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A company in Seoul, South Korea, is moving forward with construction of the Tower Infinity, the first building in history capable of cloaking itself. The lair office tower works its magic through a series of LED projectors and cameras all simultaneously depicting whatever view the tower is blocking, which is another way of saying it’s going to look like a giant block of TV screens in the middle of the city. Designed by U.S.-based GDS Architects, the glass-encased Tower Infinity will top out at 450 meters
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