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In partnership with 3.0 University Place, SageGlass® is supplying 4,600m² of the façade of a huge commercial office building that will be under construction in Philadelphia’s University district (USA) in 2016.
Hudson Yards is the largest private real estate development in the history of the United States and the largest development in New York City since Rockefeller Center.
Wrightstyle, the Devizes-based steel and aluminium glazing supplier, has helped to complete Lidl’s first new concept shop in Northern Ireland that boasts wider aisles in a state-of-the-art energy efficient building.
Located on the banks of the Schuylkill River, the FMC tower in Philadelphia will be the new global headquarters of the FMC Corporation.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has updated and released a document laying out the process for determining the thermal performance characteristics of fenestration systems, specifically in commercial buildings.
Depending on whom you talk to about the newest crown jewel building of New York City’s “NoMad” neighborhood, the label is either “The Prism Tower” or sometimes “the fortress of glassitude”.
Aluminium façade systems from Technal have been specified for a third project at Chelsea Football Club’s Training Academy Campus at Cobham in Surrey – a seamless below-ground extension to an existing pavilion.
Donation Replacing Glass in More Than 350 Windows – Guardian Industries Corp. recently completed a long-term donation of glass to help the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant restore its windows.
Following the success of the first two FiT shows, SWISSPACER will be exhibiting for the third year in April.   A main focus of SWISSPACER’s stand this year will be its new free Marketing Toolkit.
Want proof that good things come to those who wait? Just look at the new Westin Hotel and Conference Center at Denver’s International Airport (www.westindenverairport.com).
Transparent, as well as grey and white facade elements, determine the appearance of the new Hilton Hotel at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.  The seemingly randomly arranged facade elements allow the striking building with the rounded corners, to…
The thought of “college” is often paired with the image of sleep-deprived students trudging across campus staring at their smartphones, only to enter dimly lit classrooms and labs, where they spend hours behind even more screens.
As we welcome in the New Year, we can’t help but reflect on an exciting and fruitful 2015!
Wall claddings made of glass were used in the new operating theatre at St. Josef's Hospital in Dortmund.  The choice fell on the highly transparent, extra-white EUROWHITE®NG from Euroglas, which was mounted directly on the walls as 10 mm-thick…
The Stadttor raises the bar when it comes to energy-saving construction, thanks to its intelligent combination of new technologies.   The building’s facade is made of an external shell made entirely of glass, and an inner facade that uses beech-wood…
Large-area fluidic windows use a fluid contained in microchannels to harvest ambient heat and solar energy and manage heat exchange, thereby boosting energy efficiency.  Compared to predecessor technologies, triple glazed windows have greatly…
CMS Window Systems has delivered an extensive housing upgrade programme which has transformed the lives of tenants and helped to reduce the risk of fuel poverty in more than 200 homes in Dunfermline.
mBank, formerly known as BRE Bank SA, was established in 1986 in Poland.
For the academy of Jewish Museum Berlin it was the aim to create a center of information and education which invites to linger in addition to self-studying.    With the extension of the present museum ensemble for German-Jewish history and culture…
Contemporary architects tend to stress the importance of daylight inside buildings. Therefore, most partitions have become glazed walls. Nevertheless, there have been restrictions to the dimensions of glass panels available in the market, wherever…
Manufacturing safety was an area of focus during the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) 2015 Fall Conference.
Pilkington Planar™ systems remain the world’s market leader for structural glazing systems, with a proven track record in the most demanding applications.
The Bauhaus Fachcentrum in Berlin-Halensee scooped one of the four coveted awards at the German Façade Awards for Rear-Ventilated façades on 1 October.  In addition to the three-dimensional aluminium cladding, the all-glass façade facing the road…
All those tall glass buildings you whiz past in your cars are a constant reminder of how glass has moved past beyond its traditional use in windows and mirrors and come a long way to become a reflection of contemporary architecture.
Autumn has begun, the days are getting shorter again and the outside temperatures are falling noticeably. Our need for warmth and cosiness at home increases - along with the heating costs, too, in many cases.  The newly developed SILVERSTAR® ZERO NG…