These creatively reflective pieces of architecture have used mirrored techniques as a way to turn an ordinary structure into a magnificent artistic product.
Designing a structure that will stand out from all the other up and coming buildings is certainly no easy task, which is why deciding to outfit these structures with reflective capabilities is a creative way to add an artistic touch to these buildings. Featuring wonderfully unique exterior features such as reflective material and mirrored techniques, these architectural designs are able to reflect light, capture the image of surrounding entities and in some cases even blend in to the environment.
From crystalline shopping centers to reflective funhouse facades, these reflective pieces of architecture will definitely have people on the street completely mesmerized by the sight of these artistic structures.
42 Reflective Pieces of Architecture
From Water-Reflected Architecture to Reflective Ribbon Arenas:
Tana Makmanee — Oct 17, 2013 — Art & Design
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Mirrored Indoor Slide Abodes
The 'Skyhouse' By David Hotson x Ghislaine Vinas is Incredible
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Molten Metal Morphitecture
This Tokyo Night Club Merges Sculpture and Architecture
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Reflective Pre-Fab Homes
The A Cero Modularing House is one of a Kind in a Mass Produced Market
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Extensive Spiralling Sculptures
Sity by Sonik Module Wraps itself Around an Urban Park
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Reflective Funhouse Facades
Mirror House by MLRP Features a Playful Exterior
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Futuristic Gas Stations
The McDonalds and Fuel Station by Giorgi Khmaladze is Incredibly Slick
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Reflective Polyhedral Architecture
Manifold Masses Explores the Contrast of Solid and Void
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Reflective Rainbow Buildings
L'Ecole Professionelle in Viege by Bonnard Woeffray Architectes
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Reflective Mountainside Residences
Conference Crystal Iselsberg by MHM Architects is Breathtaking
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Mirrored Medical Buildings
Parkpraxis by X Architekten Blends into Its Natural Surroundings
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Mirrored Limestone Extenstions
The House at Goleen by Niall McLaughlin Architects Extends Hillside
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Quarry-Crossing Reflective Resorts
Coop Himmelb(l)au Won the Dawang Mountain Resort Commission
30
Reflective Coliseum Structures
The Ring Installation by Arnaud LaPierre and AUDI is Optically Bold
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Pristine Prismatic Buildings
The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland Toys With Geometry
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Secret Shed Workplaces
The Tina Tziallas Architecture Studio 'Black Box Office' is Slick
27
Luminous Free-Form Buildings
This Dubai Architecture is a Stunning Cube that Radiates at Night
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Mythical Reflective Structures
'The Stone' is Inspired by the Legend of King Arthur
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Fanciful Futuristic Facades
This Renovation Project has a Sun-Protecting Perforated Metal Shield
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Illusive Self-Reflecting Skyscrapers
The ‘Tower Infinity’ will be the World’s Ta
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Fascinating Lava Lamp Facades
Nordwesthaus is a Contemporary Lighthouse for the Sailing Community
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Crystallized Reflective Dwellings
The 'Keystone Building' by Em2n is Czech Cubism-Inspired
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Water-Reflected Architecture
The National Archives of France Building Features Fluid Seperations
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Crystalline Shopping Centers
The Starhill Gallery by Sparch is Luxuriously Faceted
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Ravishing Reflective Architecture
Eco-Friendly Salvation Army Building Design Receives Award
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Trippy Reflective Seating
Mount Fuji Architects 'In Flakes' Benches Let You Sit on the Sky
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Reflective Ribbon Arenas
The Seoul Urban Stadium is an Inspiring Setting for Community Sports
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Forest-Reflecting Buildings
The Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre is Mirror-Clad
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Stadium-Shadowing Photo-Ops
The BP Pavilion Inducts Its Presence in the Olympics
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Mirrored House Installations
The Ekkehard Altenburger Temporary Installation Reflects Nature
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Transparent Sin City Abodes
The Veer Towers Give Residents an Unfettered View of Vegas
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Reflective Architecture Blogs
The Puddling Photoblog Captures 'Architectural Puddle' Pieces
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Whimsical Work Environments
The 'Ocean of Dots' Office by Matsuya Art Works is Dynamic
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Reflective Ribbon Architecture
The PRISM by Marcelo Spina is Translucent at Night
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Transparently Layered Interiors
The Urbatek Showroom by CuldeSac is Modern in its Design Aesthetic
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Human Hibernation Pods
‘The Alpine Capsule' Mimics a Giant Drop of Mercury
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Reflective Surface Residences
The Mirror House by Ekkehard Alteburger is Narcissistic
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Bold Broken Mirror Eateries
The Alegra Restaurant by Mr.Important is Dynamically Designed
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Mail-Order Reflective Residences (UPDATE)
The Treehotel Mirrorcube is Now Available for Purchase
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Reflective Public Art
Crystal City Mind
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Kitschy Nightclub Retailers
The Shoebaloo by MVSA Fuses Footwear Shopping with Dancing
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Mind-Bending Mirror Entranceways
Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku Futuristically Welcomes Visitors
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Temporary Reflective Shelters
The Hexayurt Geodesic Dome is the Perfect Nomad Desert Refuge
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Plant-Filled Latticed Buildings
Wallflower Architecture + Design Creates the Touching Eden House
Jewelry-Inspired Furniture
'Through Chrome Reflections' is a Fusion of Jewelry and Furniture
Shapeshifting Outer Space Hotels
The Acromnia Orbital Hotel Imagines Life in Space
Blurry Abstract Photography Exhibits
Hiroshi Sugimoto Displays the Optical Allusion Exhibition
Extreme Space-Saving Architecture
A 74-Square-Foot Apartment is Redefining Urban Living
Discreet Architectural Polish Homes
Mobius Architekci Designs the Loop House in Rural Poland
Kaleidoscopic Kindergarten Buildings
The Tianshui Kindergarten by SAKO Architects is Whimsical
Colorful Educational Art Installations
Mario Cucinella Architects Displays Sparking Change
Beautifully Sculptural Concrete Museums
Qatar Museums Unveils Official Images of the Lusail Museum
Historic Fashion Try-Ons
The Design Museum's London Fashion Exhibition Integrates AR Mirrors
Artful Wooden Pavilions
Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónia Designs the Orchid Pavilion
Aluminum Cladded Mountain Refuge
EX Creates the Pinwheel Shelter with Prefabricatef CLT Panels
Everyday Material Colorful Pavilions
Foster + Partners and NEON Create Two Pavilions in London
Paper-Inspired Artful Museums
Bjarke Ingels Group Designed the Museum for Papirkunst
Whimsical Joint Lighting Collections
Rakumba and Tom Fereday Join Forces on the Port Collection
Vibrant Multi-Level Office Designs
Gensler Reimagines the Accenture Office Space in Chicago
Curvaceous Shelf-Paired Mirrors
The Wave Mirror by Joao Teixeira Has an Abstract Silhouette
Philosophical Residential Skyscrapers
Mercedes-Benz Places is Now Under Construction in Miami
Racism-Reflecting Art Installations
Yinka Ilori Designs the Reflection in Numbers Pavilion
Origami-Inspired Steel Art Sculptures
Jyhling Lee Created the Stainless Steel Reflector Sculpture
Artful Hanging Contemporary Mirrors
Bower Studios Presents the Ready to Hang Series
Energy-Efficient Office Buildings
This Czech Office Complex is Outfitted With Eco-Friendly Designs
Kilometer-Long Museums
Junya Ishigami Introduces the Zaishui Art Museum Along a Lake
3D-Printed Ceramic Home Facades
The Ceramic House in Amsterdam Gets a Ceramic Feature
Water Movement Sculptural Instruments
The Inner Waves Installation is a Musical Light Show
Jewelry-Holding Flower Vases
The Mirror Vase Stand Has a Minimalist Yet Multifunctional Form
Gallery-Like Elevated Retail Designs
Format Architecture Office Designs the Leica Store & Gallery
Highway-Side Narrow Skyscrapers
RCR Arquitectes has Designed the Muraba Veil Skyscraper
Sculptural Water Tower Structures
White Arkitekter Designs the Våga Water Tower
Swooped Museum Roof Planes
BIG Designs the Waterfront Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
Eco-Conscious Slim Skyscrapers
Muraba and RCR Arquitectes Join to Design the Muraba Veil
Striking Glass Canopy Designs
Heatherwick Studio is Redeveloping Olympia in London, United Kingdom
Bamboo-Inspired Cultural Buildings
This Cultural Center Seamlessly Blends Into its Surroundings
Vaulted Glass Structure Additions
A Vaulted Roof is Added to the Domino Sugar Refinery
Diamond-Inspired Luxe Skyscrapers
ODP Architects Designs the Villa Miami Skyscraper
Ski Resort Crystalline Skyscrapers
A Skyscraper is Designed at the Trojena Ski Report
Lotus Plant-Inspired Skyscrapers
Aedas Designs the Pair of One Future Buildings Lined with Bronze
Subterranean Courtyard Galleries
Buzz Designs the Hermit Space Yards in Beijing Park
Fiji Ocean-Front Estate Homes
A Tesm of Designers Join Forrces to Create the Reef House
Y-Shaped Community Pavilions
Sam Crawford Architects Creates a Red-Roof Pavilion in Sydney
Mushroom-Inspired Sleek Lamps
Danil Repko Designs the Bright Lunar Lamp Concept
Energy-Neutral Media Pavilions
AMDL Circle Designs the Novartis Pavilion in Basel, Switzerland
Viewing Box Cultural Centers
The Center for Arts & Innovation Hosts Events and Education Spaces
Artful Custom Mirror Collections
Martin Grasser and TRAME Unveil the Portraits Collection
Rippled Glass Shopping Centers
Healtherwick Studio Redesigns the Hanwha Gallerie Shopping Center
Architecture-Inspired Compact Mirrors
OBJEKTE UNSERER TAGE Designs the Friedrich Mini Mirror
Recycling-Centric Waterfront Homes
Measured Architecture Designs the Shor House Project
Robust Monolithic Walled Homes
H Arquitectes Completes the Casa 1736 in Barcelona
Juxtaposing Digital Art Exhibitions
TRAME and ARTXCODE Presents the RIFLESSI Exhibition
Stingray-Inspired Restaurant Roofs
Atelier Nomadic Designs the Canopy of the Overwater Restaurant
Architecture-Inspired Home Sculptures
Origin Made Spotlights the Spiral and Flight Sculptures
Geometric Prefabricated Pavilions
Heams & Michel Architectes Presents the 7 Kiosks Project
Contrasting Facade Clad Apartments
Messner Architets Designs the RVTK Apartments in Italy
Simplistic Timber Warehouses
Aretz Dürr Architektur Designs the Structures of Halle S 46
Sleek Structural Lighting Designs
Hania Jneid Designs the Dynamic Emotional Lab Light
Temple-Inspired Sculptural Lighthouses
Gonzalo Lebrija Designs the Dynamic El Faro Lighthouse
Cloister-Style Sculptural Galleries
Axel Vervoordt and Tatsuro Miki Design the Meridiano
Crystalline Chinese Museum Buildings
The 'Space Crystal' Building Looks Like An Otherworldly Rock
3D Solar Panel Modules
The TIPA Design is Made with a Chamber of Mirrors to Maximize Energy
Stainless Steel-Wrapped Buildings
Payette Adorns the EXP Building with Metal Strips Throughout
Suspended Mirrored Lighting Series
Benjamin Hopf Designs the Mirror Collection of Lights
Mesmerizing Fluid Art Installations
Dutch Invertuals Creates the Flow Fountain Installation
Floating-Style Classroom Designs
Ennead Architects & Rockwell Group Completes the Bloomberg Center
Metal-Wrapped Exhibition Spaces
Trace Architecture Office Creates a Structural Steel Wrap
Artfully Inspired Home Renovations
Reflect Architecture Designs the North Drive House in Toronto
Artful Reflective Art Exhibitions
Rice Roshan Showcases The Space in Between Exhibit
Monolithic Sleek Summer Homes
Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter Creates the Vollerup Atrium Home
Live-In Art Gallery Homes
Casa Galeria is a Home That Doubles as an Art Gallery
Reflective Ping-Pong Parlour Installations
The Match Point Installation Takes Over a Paris Gallery
Vast Wooden Structural Pavilions
Sou Fujimoto Architects Showcases Progress of the Grand Ring
Graphic-Accented Brutalist Apartments
Jean Verville Designs a Creative Laboratory in Quebec City
Woodland-Inspired Timber Office Spaces
Atelier du Pont Completes the Pavilion Jardins Building
Architecture-Inspired Building Blocks
James Paulius Designs the Blockitecture® Frank Lloyd Wright
LED-Wrapped Airport Renovations
Prague's Airport is Getting a Sustainable and High-Tech Update
Clover-Style Conference Center Designs
MAD Designs the ZGC International Innovation Center
Textural Brick Structures
Bennetts Associates & Citizens Design Bureau Create BEAM Cultural Center
Glass-Walled Shanghai Cafes
Offhand Practice Completes the Mei Yuan Cafe in Shanghai
Dynamic Structural Mirror Designs
Béton Brut Designs the Mirror 001 and the Mirror 002
Perforated Light-Passing Art Installations
The Volvo Circle Pavilion Uses Tyvek Facades
Sophisticated Copper Mirrors
Manu Bañó Showcases His Adeptness with Copper Through OBJ-08 Mirrors
Swirled Public Art Installations
FreelandBuck Designs the Tunnel Vision Installation
Archetypal Conical Light Designs
The Fragile Lamp by Jaume Ramírez Has a Timeless Look
Halo-Like Skylight Homes
Tamara Wibowo Architects Designs the Halo House in Indonesia
Subway-Lined Waved Panels
Ateneo Used 3D Tech to Form Sculptural Walls Around Wuyuanwan Station
Poetic Habourfront Nature Centers
3XN Created the Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing
Crystal Effect Eco-Designs
Wheaton Unveiled Innovative Glass Eco Designs at FCE Cosmetique
Cascading Aluminum Pipe Museums
Kengo Kuma Design the Audeum Museum with an Aluminum Facade
Red Concrete Exhibition Centers
Mix Architecture Designs the Red Box Exhibition Center
Campus-Based Cylindrical Glass Sculptures
Zeller & Moye Were Commissioned to Create the Mirage
Sunset-Inspired Polish Apartments
wiercinski-studio Reimagines the 18TH Apartment
Bright Red Timber Buildings
Office ParkScheerbarth Designs the Compact Haus 2+ in Berlin
Sunlight-Reflecting Paints
Stanford University Researchers Develop an Innovative Color Paint
Kaleidoscope Vibrant Pavilions
Google's Mountain View Features a Halo Pavilion Artwork
Modern Deco Office Designs
Reflect Architecture Designs the NewGen Office with Contemporary Detail
Lighthouse-Functioning Concrete Structures
Lin Architecture Creates the Concrete Pavilion in China
Intricate Glass Whisky Sculptures
Zaha Hadid Architects Designs the Luminary No.2 Rare Sculpture
Aegean Architecture-Inspired Home Designs
Studio Kali Designs the Arkhe Collection of Furniture
Office Building Rainbow Facades
SAKO Architects Designs the Vertical Rainbow Office Building
Rippled Facade Luxe Retailers
Aranda\Lasch Designs the New Dior Store Interior Facade in Qatar
Sculptural Museum Expansions
Diller Scofidio + Renfro Unveil Images of the Broad's Expansion
Latticed-Steel Transport Hub Columns
Tremend Designs the Metropolitan Station in Lublin
Embassy Wait-Representing Installations
The Water Clock Installation is Made from Glass Bricks
Bright Artful Cabinet Collections
Muller Van Severen Introduces the Bridges Collection
Weathering Steel-Clad Retreats
Miró Rivera Architects Completes the River Hill Residence
Artfully Rotating Glass Pillars
Sebine Marcelis Created the Panorama Pillars in Atlanta
Atrium Stacked Toronto Courthouses
Renzo Piano Building Workshop Creates a Justice Building
Mirrored Panel Tropical Gardens
Research Artistic Design + Architecture Designs the Frame Garden
Roman Architecture-Themed Pavilions
Pratique and Fanum Design the Forum des Vestiges Pavilion
Clear Glazing Compact Residences
IGArchitects Designs the Check Patterned House in Japan
Basketry-Informed University Facades
Heatherwick Studio Designs a Building for Universidad Ean
Porcelain-Clad Skyscrapers
Selldorf Architevts Completes Another New York Skyscraper
Dynamic Structural Mirror Designs
Bo Zhang Designs the Zig/Zag Collection of Colorful Decor
Reflective Surface German Apartments
Demo Working Group Designs the Kier Apartment in Cologne
Optimal Energy Research Centers
Zara Hadid Architects Designs the Alisher Navoi Research Center
Reflective Mountain-Based Shelters
Senorer Tammerle Architekten Updates the Shelter Santerpass
Mirrored Steel Solar Farms
Bilgin Architects Designs the Central Control Building in Turkey
Paper-Like Art Museum Roofs
BIG Expands the Museum for Paper Art in Denmark with a Folded Roof
Industrial Warehouse-Inspired Offices
Carr Designs a New Office Block with Industrial Themes
Ice Block-Formed Pavilions
BIAD Creates the Ceremonial Falling Hours Pavilion for Visitors
Illuminated Seated Chamber Skylights
James Turnell Designs the Leading Skyspace in a School
Empowering Artful Basketball Courts
Na Chainkua Reindorf Creates Bright Art for NYC Courts
Dual Level Concrete Galleries
Morphosis Designs the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas
Golden Divider Apartment Renovations
Raúl Sánchez Renovates a Classic Barcelona Apartment
Metal Mesh Residential Buildings
Ædifica Designs the Cité Angus II Structure Outside Montreal
Star-Shaped Structural Pavilions
Minsuk Cho Designs the Archipelagic Void Shelter in London
Dynamic Concrete Modern Buildings
Atelier Matias Mosquera Designs the Shire Building
Sloped Concrete Roofed Restaurants
RAD+ar Completes the Aruma Restaurant Design in Jakarta
Housing Block Defensive Facades
Bureau des Mésarchitecture Creates Gold Aluminum Shutters
Water Flow-Inspired Art Buildings
MAD Designs the Waterfront Nanhai Arts Center in Guangdong
Metal Sheet-Facade Book Stores
Wutopia Labs Designs the Shanghai Book City with a Dynamic Facade
Glass Facade Premium Skyscrapers
Zaha Hadid Architects Near Completes the Henderson Office
Precisely Designed Toronto Homes
Reflect Architecture Created the Baby Point Home in Toronto
Sunset-Inspired Printed Glass Furniture
Alejandra Gandía-Blasco Designs the Iris Collection
Red Brick Geometric Mosques
Cubeinside Creates the Bait Ur Raiyan Mosque by a Riverside
Repurposed Imperfection-Embraced Buildings
Civic Architects & VDNVP Elevate a Series of Workspaces
Dynamic Wavy Steel Canopies
New Office Works Creates the Cheung Sha Wan Pier Canopy
Distinctive Airlifted Structures
Arête Architects and Makers Fabrication Design the Karka Tower
Colonial History Art Exhibitions
RIBA Presents Raise the Roof: Building for Change
Community Water Access Points
Paulo Moreira Architectures Completes the Luanda Waterpoints