Pale Fire: The Renewed Appeal of Stained Glass

It’s been percolating for a while now (design editors everywhere have been swearing “it’s about to happen”); i.e. a stained glass revival. We’re finally seeing it: Some of our longtime favorite designers and architects—London designer Rose Uniacke, SF interior designer Lauren Geremia, LA designer France Merrill of Reath Design, and Bay Area-based Jerome Buttrick of Buttrick Projects—are deploying stained glass in new and modern ways. Here’s a roundup of favorite spaces:

Above: The grand entry at the newly revamped Hotel Château Royal Berlin in Berlin, with architecture by David Chipperfield and interiors by Irina Kromayer.
Above: A stained glass transom window by Charlestowne Stained Glass Company, in a house designed by Basic Projects in Charlestown, South Carolina.
Above: A stained glass privacy window in a bath by San Francisco designer Lauren Geremia.
Above: The hallway at the newly revamped San Vincente West Village, with interiors by Rose Uniacke, features a bespoke stained-glass window. “I worked with a San Francisco glazier on this and I’m thrilled with the result,” Uniacke told Christies. “I wanted to create something modern and exciting while also making a nod to a past tradition.” Photo Simon Upton via Rose Uniacke.
Above: A stained glass kitchen back door in an LA project by Frances Merrill of  Reath Design.
Above: The dining room at the Hotel Château Royal Berlin features sliding stained glass doors.
Above: An abstract stained glass window by Molly’s Magick Glass for LA jewelry studio Unearthen.
Above: A stained glass pocket door in a project by Toronto-based Studio Cajole, working with Cabin Glass.

Above: In a kitchen by Sharon, Connecticut-based firm Hendricks Churchill, the designers inserted opaque stained glass into the swinging pantry door: “that way the homeowner doesn’t have to worry about keeping the space tidy when guests arrive,” Heide Hendricks says.
Above: In an Oakland kitchen, Jerome Buttrick of Buttrick Architects worked with Theodore Ellison Designs to restore and create new stained glass leaded-glass windows.
Above: A stained glass kitchen window detail in a Norwood village house listed with UK-real estate agency Inigo.
Above: Stained glass doors open onto a garden area; photo via Maison Flaneur.

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