Regner Ramos - The Glass Magazine

Glass talks to architect Paul Murdoch about his Flight 93 Memorial

September 8, 2017

Honour in the Field – Glass talks to architect Paul Murdoch about how, through his Flight 93 Memorial, the sacrifice of 40 9/11 passengers can still be heard today THERE was nothing extraordinary a...

Glass falls in love with London again at Cheval Three Quays

Regner Ramos

August 31, 2017

Feature, Travel

LIKE any cosmopolitan traveller, I believe there are beautiful places meant for sleeping – a lush bed, a floral arrangement or two and gorgeous restroom where you can relax in a bath—and beautiful places meant ...

Glass travels to Daios Cove Luxury Resort, Crete

Regner Ramos

June 1, 2017

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

I’M SITTING on the wing deck, below the blue and white sails of a catamaran heading back from dry, rocky Spinalonga island, off the coast of Crete. Every so often the smoothness of the ride is interrupted and I...

Glass talks to Yasmeen Lari – Pakistan’s first female architect

Regner Ramos

April 21, 2017

Architecture, Design, Feature

For the People, By the People – Glass talks to Yasmeen Lari Pakistan’s first female architect about how disaster-affected communities can rise above adversity through sustainable vernacular construction YASM...

From the archive: Architecture with a Difference – Glass meets Thomas Heatherwick

Regner Ramos

February 24, 2017

Architecture, Design, Feature

Architecture with a Difference – Glass meets Thomas Heatherwick, whose unorthodox approach to architectural and urban design is testing the boundaries of the field, one staggering project after anothe...

Front Cover. Aerial view of the regenerated High Lane running through Manhattan, New York looking south towards the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Centre site

Glass meets … landscape virtuoso James Corner

Regner Ramos

November 18, 2016

Architecture, Design, Feature

Winning without Losing – Landscape virtuoso James Corner on how reusing and readapting our public spaces can be powerful tools for democracy, authenticity and wellbeing ON the 9th floor of 475 10th Avenue, N...

From the archive – Glass interviews Britain’s leading architect Sarah Wigglesworth

Regner Ramos

September 2, 2016

Architecture, Archive, Design, Feature

In Sensible Spirits – Britain’s leading architect Sarah Wigglesworth on how a sustainable approach to building and designing can not only benefit people but also inspire them SITTING in a bright dining room...

Glass travels to the northwest coast of Portugal and explores Porto and Viana

Regner Ramos

August 24, 2016

Feature, Portugal, Travel

ON the northwest coast of Portugal, on the right bank of the Douro River lies the city of Porto. Although it’s the second largest city in the country, I sense there’s a slight rivalry between its inhabitants an...

From the archive – Glass talks to four of the greatest Olympic athletes

Regner Ramos

August 19, 2016

Archive, Feature

Nationality, Identity, and Humanity: Reflections on the Olympics – Glass asks four of the greatest Olympic athletes and an anthropologist for their views on the social impact of the world’s greatest show EVE...

Gran Melia Rome Villa Agrippina at Night

Glass stays at Gran Meliá Villa Agrippina hotel in Rome

Regner Ramos

April 11, 2016

Europe, Feature, Italy, Travel

I WALK in the room and there, on a white, circular table on the foot of the queen-sized bed, I see a bottle of chilled white wine, a fresh arrangement of pink and purple wild flowers, and a hand-written note we...

The Miramar Hotel and Spa hidden behind the local flora

Glass has a special rendezvous at the Tiara Miramar Beach Hotel and Spa on the French Riviera

Regner Ramos

April 4, 2016

Europe, Feature, France, Travel

AT JUST 40 kilometres from Nice and 10 from Cannes, surrounded by the majestic Esterel Mountains, lies the charming town of Theoule-sur-Mer. The town, dedicated to fishing, is home to the Tiara Miramar Beach Ho...

Glass stays at The Midland Hotel Manchester

Regner Ramos

February 23, 2016

Europe, News, Travel, United Kingdom

Visiting a luxury hotel you’ve never been to before is always a gripping experience,“16 Peter Street, please”, I tell my taxi driver at Manchester Piccadilly station, when a few minutes later the car comes to a...

Dizzy heights

Regner Ramos

October 15, 2015

Europe, Feature, Travel, United Kingdom

Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the Radisson Blu Edwardian is a renowned five-star hotel located in the historic Free Trade Hall building just moments from Manchester Piccadilly Station. A rather recen...

(re)Viewing 100 Contemporary Architects

Regner Ramos

January 2, 2014

Feature, Glass Design

“An architecture book is read three times.” At least that’s what one of my professors used to say, while I was doing my undergraduate studies at the School of Architecture of the University of Puerto Rico. Th...

A Modern Geppetto

Regner Ramos

November 22, 2013

Glass Design

The trick to interviewing someone you’ve never met before is to do your research. Not only so that you become familiar with their work but also to see if you can find out anything about their personality t...

Like a bullet to the hippocampus

Regner Ramos

November 12, 2013

Culture

. When people first find out that I left a tropical island in the Caribbean to move to the UK, their initial reaction tends to be one of complete disbelief that anyone would leave “paradise” to live in Londo...

Author Regner Ramos