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After working within historic worship spaces across Europe and the US in his family-owned liturgical arts studio, Daniel Winterich developed an interest in creating the same inspirational qualities of light within contemporary environments. The goal of his studio’s work is to create memorable places through the use of light and light altering materials. His practice, Studio Winterich, is a multi-discipline studio pursuing commissioned permanent and temporary art installations, design and architectural projects.

Origins

Raised in a one hundred and five-year-old family business devoted to the liturgical arts, Daniel Winterich’s training in stained glass, painting, and mosaic work began in 1974. His extreme attention to craft, materials and design details developed over these early years while working on ecclesiastical projects across the Midwest and southern states.

During his studies at the University of Cincinnati School of Architecture and Interior Design, Daniel expanded his education at the German stained glass studio Oidtmann Glasmalerei in 1982 where he apprenticed in glass painting while working with Germany’s leading glass artists.

Upon completing his undergraduate design degree, Daniel’s interest in the integration of art and architecture led him to work with three award-winning architectural firms from 1984 to 1994 and become a registered architect.

After studies under Johannes Schreiter in 1994, one of Germany’s most renowned glass artists, Mr. Winterich started his own art and architecture practice through Studio Winterich where he pursues large-scale site-specific installations, autonomous artwork, and architectural projects.

Portfolio

Receiver

Receiver

Sunnyvale, CA

Tilting slightly towards the building, the sculpture shape is derived from a section of the parabolic antenna at the nearby Onizuka Air Force Station in Sunnyvale which is the site of the "Blue Cube". Ellison Onizuka was one of the astronauts on the Challenger space shuttle. The department of defense renamed the Air Force Station in his honor after the Challenger disaster. The glass pattern in the sculpture matches the actual star pattern in the sky above Sunnyvale on January 28, 1986, at 11:38am, the time of the Challenger lift-off. An ellipse shape is used for the brightest...

Many Bays, Many Days

Many Bays, Many Days

San Francisco, CA

The luminous glass wall shifts in color and shape across its length. As you walk through the reception area, the composition gently reveals itself like a landscape painting on a folding Japanese screen. The intent of this installation is to draw one through the windowless elevator lobby towards the expansive views of San Francisco Bay at the north side of the 38th floor. The optical effects across the wall shift between crisp geometric shapes from one perspective to the illusion of floating glowing cubes when viewed from just a few feet in either direction.

Approach

Approach

Palo Alto, CA

The color and shapes of the San Francisco Bay salt ponds as seen from the air are a distinctive feature of the Bay Area landscape. Winding their way through the salt ponds are several major sloughs and innumerable minor branches off the sloughs. Evident in the sinuous shapes of these waterways is the source of inspiration for this sculpture, fractal geometry.

Cascading Glass Wall

Cascading Glass Wall

Los Gatos, CA

Inspired by the gardens and rural architecture of Tuscany, the “Cascading Glass Wall” is a prismatic focal point at the central courtyard of the Netflix Campus. Framed in bronze and stone, the garden wall glass reflects blues, oranges, and purples at different times of the day....

_Solar Matrix

_Solar Matrix

Mountain View, CA

Public art award for the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus constructed of concrete, pyrex glass, dichroic glass, stainless steel, and water. 362 pyrex glass rods, each capped with a dichroic glass lens, penetrate a 15" thick concrete wall. Water cascades from the top of the wall over the glass rods creating a meditative field of rumbling water. As the sun tracks across the sky, a color shift from yellow to aqua blue occurs at the ends of the glass rods. The hour of this transformation changes throughout the year.   Selected for the permanent Library Collection at the Corning...

Vernal Landscape

Vernal Landscape

Fremont, CA

Inspired by the golden hills in the distance, this abstracted art glass composition suggests a late spring landscape in the East Bay Hills. Alternating pieces of antique glass and clear bevels are laminated to the interior surfaces of an insulating glass window.

Retu(r)ned Oak

Retu(r)ned Oak

1100 Broadway, Oakland, CA

Studio Winterich was awarded a major public art commission by Ellis Partners for their new hi-rise at the corner of Broadway and 12th Street in Oakland. Our work is along the storefront of this 18 story building designed by Gensler. Forty-four kiln-formed glass panels measure 11 feet tall by 45" wide. Inspired by the geometry of an acorn cap (Oakland was once covered by live oaks), the glass walls span 91 feet along Broadway and 74 feet along 12th Street.

Structural Mondrian

Structural Mondrian

San Francisco, CA

Commissioned structural glass partition of painted tempered glass and stainless steel. Each of the 11-foot high lites is painted with multiple blocks of color....

Heighway Fractal

Heighway Fractal

Menlo Park, CA

Interior glass panels at the reception area for US Venture Partners' new offices in Menlo Park, CA. Fabricated of textured kiln-formed glass, dichroic coated glass and stainless steel.

Standpoint

Standpoint

Sunnyvale, CA

Public art requirement for private development. Stainless steel and dichroic coated glass sculpture commissioned by Peery Arrillaga for a new office building at 479 N Pastoria Ave, Sunnyvale, CA.

Exultadagio

Exultadagio

San Francisco, CA

"Exultadagio” includes prismatic glass fins on the south façade of the modernist, six-story addition to the historic San Francisco Conservatory of Music building. In each fin, a thin strip of dichroic glass projects colored light onto the building façade and into the conservatory classrooms—to the delight of students and faculty. The ornamental purple and yellow light beautifully contrast with the historic structure’s traditional painted terracotta cladding. Philosophically, the Conservatory emphasizes the importance of performance and requires students to perform almost daily. In keeping with this philosophy, the...

Respite

Respite

Santa Clara, CA

A free-standing art glass wall is the centerpiece of this installation for the Mediation Room. The 1/2" thick textured glass wall is laminated with hundreds...

Strata

Strata

Palo Alto, CA

Throughout the new offices of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, there is a metaphorical expression of time on several scales. On the one...

Reflecting Whisper Wall

Reflecting Whisper Wall

Mountain View, CA

An embracing ring of gentle falling water cascades over reflective glass shelves. Dappled colored light playfully reflects off the white concrete water wall and creates a soothing environment at the entrance to this medical office building.

Glass Lattice

Glass Lattice

Oakland, CA

A combination of textured handmade glass and clear float glass were used to create this dramatic art glass mural in the lobby of a...

RNM Restaurant

RNM Restaurant

San Francisco, CA

A vertical row of glass rods travels up this wall sculpture like a string of champagne bubbles in a tall glass flute. Trailing up the stairs and around the mezzanine, a translucent guardrail subtly obscures one's view. The combination of stainless steel with acid etched glass creates an elegant backdrop for one of Conde Nast magazine’s top 75 new restaurants in the world.

Constructive Musings I & II

Constructive Musings I & II

San Francisco, CA

Commissioned glass murals consisting of fused glass, acid etched glass, mirrored glass, flashed glass, copper foil and stainless steel. Entirely lit from the front like a mosaic, a variety of glass surfaces impart a quality of luminosity. The murals convey a sense of suspension that is also found...

South by Southwest

South by Southwest

Napa, CA

Based on the topographic survey of the property, this art glass window creates a sense of intimacy within the homeowner's private theater. An...

Rosa Luna

Rosa Luna

Palo Alto, CA

Located within a two-story atrium of the Cardiology Center at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, the Rosa Luna fabric modules capture colored light from...

Nine on Time

Nine on Time

Santa Clara, CA

Developed in collaboration with Carducci Associates Landscape Architects for Marvell Technology Group, nine glass and steel water walls create a soothing environment at the center of campus. Paired with a wind sculpture by artist Ned Kahn, the fountains create a dialogue between natural & man-made elements.

LIFT

LIFT

Palo Alto, CA

Located on the campus of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, this public art sculpture is a functional elevator enclosure. On the west side of...

Sixteenth

Sixteenth

Atherton, CA

The school song musical score is the basis of this glass mural. Dichroic glass fins of varying length are set into a glass mosaic tile feature wall adjacent to the school's new Music Center. There are eight measures represented on the wall, four each on two lines....

Resignal

Resignal

San Jose, CA

“Resignal” was developed as an expression of the core work at Maxim Technologies. Maxim is a semiconductor company specializing in translating analog signals into digital signals and back to analog. Maxim’s custom designed semiconductor chips are found in thousands of devices including iPhones, audio/ visual equipment, environmental controls and sound systems. Located at the center of the new corporate campus, this water wall is the focal point of the main outdoor courtyard. At night, the sculpture radiates a deep blue light from the hand painted glass. By contrast, the concentric dichroic glass...

Maritime Metronome

Maritime Metronome

San Francisco, CA

Commissioned five-story curtain wall consisting of insulated glass, laminated handmade antique glass, and commercial tinted glass. Having an opal quality, the German antique glass...

De Stijl Glass Structure

De Stijl Glass Structure

New York, NY

Second in a series of three commissions constructed of painted glass. Located on the top floor of 230 Park Avenue North, this glass wall is...

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, CA

Studio Winterich developed a custom designed point-supported glass wall system for the interior atrium of the school using stainless steel tubing, custom milled aluminum connectors and standard stainless steel spider fittings. The scope of work included the design, fabrication, and installation of the multi-layered glass walls.

Bus Shell-ter

Bus Shell-ter

Stockton, CA

The glowing shell-like form was visible from a distance of one-quarter mile. The Bus Shell-ter was made of bent strips of fluorescent Plexiglas attached to a steel frame in a shiplap pattern. Photovoltaic cells on top of the shelter provided power for recessed uplights located on the sidewalk....

Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus

Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus

Mountain View, CA

Within four of the campus buildings, Studio Winterich assisted with the design and implementation of a four-sided structural glass wall system cantilevered off the...

Stand

Stand

Napa, CA

Located in the Napa Valley, the Oakville Ranch Vineyards is renown for premium wines. In the decades since Bob and Mary Miner bought the 350-acre property, the winery has become an exemplary practitioner of biodiverse organic farming in the region. Of equal significance to the wine of Napa...

Signal

Signal

San Jose, CA

Following the shape of an analog wave, Signal expresses the core mission of Maxim Technologies. Maxim, a semiconductor company, specializes in translating analog signals into digital signals and back to analog. Maxim’s custom designed semiconductor chips are found in thousands of devices including iPhones, audio/ visual...

Campbell Hall Public Art Proposal #1

Campbell Hall Public Art Proposal #1

Berkeley, CA
Crescent

Crescent

Sunnyvale, CA

The sculpture, “Crescent”, was derived from looking at the sloughs that wind their way through the former salt ponds at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay and the north edge of the city of Sunnyvale. Due to its location, Sunnyvale's shoreline was an...

Hilsabeck Residence

Hilsabeck Residence

Lafayette, CA

A contemporary home originally built in 1982 on Silverwood Drive in Lafayette, CA was slowly sliding downhill due to a creeping hillside site. The homeowner's interest in adding a wine cellar to the property provided an opportunity to reinforce the foundation system and add a beautiful entertaining space...

Quezada Residence

Quezada Residence

Mill Valley, CA

Studio Winterich collaborated with Fred and Cecilia Quezada on numerous glass elements within this award winning home in the hills of Mill Valley. The glass entry canopy is the primary focal point of the house and features minimally detailed tempered and laminated translucent glass panels secured by structural...

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  • In the Studio

    September 24, 2019

    Case study: Finding a balance between openness and protection

    At Studio Winterich, our work ranges from artistic expressions in glass to custom-designed architectural glass and beyond. One architectural glass challenge involved a client who wanted a new office and display area for an art collection that included many centuries-old...

  • News

    April 9, 2021

    Podcast featuring Daniel Winterich

    A friend from many years ago, John Wheaton of Wheaton Sprague Building Envelope, hosted our founder Daniel Winterich on Episode #16 of his podcast, "Creating Structure."  Have a listen and learn about Daniel's history, recent projects, and creating public...

  • Awards

    July 30, 2019

    Many Days, Many Bays

    Venable LLP's Lobby has won a national award! Congratulations to our collaborator Inga Birkenstock and her team at BLD Lighting for their IES Illumination Award of Merit for meritorious contribution to lighting design. The awards ceremony took place on...

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