The paper analyses questions concerning the integration of architecture and art. The objective of this publication is to examine visual interferences that occur in architecture and to determine their effects on how the building is seen and on the architectural space. This phenomenon is an important artistic issue that opens the way for new compositional values in architecture. Visual interferences can occur when there are at least two layers of an image composed of repetitive elements, put in a certain order. Overlapping of graphical layers results in image concentration, and in this way compositions such as lines, circles and polygons are created, which are known as interference patterns. In art glass, it is possible to remove image layers from each other, thus obtaining an additional effect. This creates visually mobile surfaces, which react to movement of the observer. The present paper will analyse this phenomenon with the aim to determine what principles govern the occurrence of visual interferences as well as how they affect the building’s reception. The typology, classification and characteristics of each type of arrangements will be presented. An attempt will also be made to establish conditions for the design of interference arrangements, which may be used as guidelines by graphic artists and designers alike. The phenomenon will be examined based on buildings created over the past two decades. Examples will include works set both on the façade as well as in the interior of buildings. Due to the global nature of artistic phenomena, no restriction is given on the area where the examinations take place.