The Washington Glass Studio recognizes that the integration of art with architecture turns public spaces into people places. Our philosophy is to “balance creativity with function” embracing the realties of design and construction while ensuring the highest level of creativity and innovation integral to each project’s success. |
The Washington Glass Studio will design and fabricate your entire project from conceptual brainstorming and site assessment to design development, fabrication and finished artwork. Our primary objective is the sympathetic integration of its glass work with architecture to make it more exciting, dynamic and ultimately more meaningful for those who experience and use it. Click below to see exmples of installed projects.
Click below to see exmples of proposed projects.
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Prince George's County Circuit Court This public artwork is the second work for Prince George's County Courts. Washington Glass Studio collaborated with artist Alonzo Davis. The sculpture is made using the original bell tower cupola salvaged from the disastrous fire that destroyed the courthouse in 2004. The structure and copper dome were cleaned and made good, and modified to accommodate artwork elements that include cast recycled glass formed into images of the community and the legal system, sandcarved panels with the County Seals for each of the Counties served by the Circuit Court, and a neon bell symbolizing the original bell that would toll each day at 9.30 am when the Court was in session. Titled "Rebirth and Renewal", the artwork is testament to a proud community and its ability to overcome adversity. |
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This design was the winning entry from an international design competition. Set in the historic Washington Square Park, the New Orleans AIDS Memorial will provide a healing sanctuary for family and friends and will promote understanding of the human tragedy of the AIDS epidemic. The goal for the monument was to create a public landscape where anyone who has been touched by AIDS can find comfort and sonsolation within a dignified and creative community setting. The memorial, made of concentric steel rings framing inspirational multicultural cast glass faces, will provide a powerful yet comforting reminder of the meaning behind the memorial. |
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Charity organization Food & Friends commissioned the Washington Glass Studio to create an outdoor memorial that was also a donor recognition wall, to be installed in the landscaped grounds of their Washington, DC facility. Bas-relief cast glass panels in complementary colors are set into a steel framework that allows light to pass thru the memorial wall and create colors and patterns on the surrounding plaza. The recognition panels are inset into the glass, so that names can be added on an ongoing basis. The variety of sizes permits donations of differing amounts to be recognized. The "Garden of Remembrance" opened in September 2009. The nature of the glass panels encourages tactile investigation and contemplative interaction. |
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The new luxury
boutique hotel in Dupont Circle wanted to project its high-end art
house design commissioned the Washington Glass Studio to provide
the signature lobby sculpture as part of the hotel’s “Art
In Motion” theme. |
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) The newly completed Hatfield Clinic at the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD incorporated cast glass panels between the reception and the patient consulting area. The deep relief panels were made with ‘healing’ imagery and were designed to form a privacy break while being artwork in its own right. The staggered arrangement of the panels allows for cleaning and maintenance of the glass wall. |
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The developers and designers of the new Silver Spring, MD commercial and residential project called the ‘Adele’ sought out the Washington Glass Studio to create the signature artwork for the building. Working on themes relating to the diversity of the area, the artists are creating large scale cast glass panels. This project is scheduled to be started in 2010. |
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The American Physical Society commissioned Washington Glass Studio to create an educational artwork to be featured in its commemorative poster for the ‘World Year of Physics’. "A New World View" is now on display at the group entereance of the Maryland Science Center in Balimore, MD |
American Physical SocietyThe park created as part of a new residential and retail development in Bethesda, MD. It has cast glass benchfronts at the entrance to the park and the park gates have inset cast glass panels. The entrance to the development also features a glass mosaic centerpiece inset flush into the paving. |
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