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This week Octatube will be presenting three projects during a major international conference on the Architectural and Structural Application of Glass in buildings and facades.  The event is taking place in Switzerland on the campus of the Ecole…
When selecting glass types such as low E glass or solar control glass it is important for architects, M&E Consultants and owner /occupiers to measure how the glass will perform in a window or façade.
Leading specialist façade and building envelope contractor Lakesmere is set to be involved in two of London’s most exciting regenerations schemes after securing contracts to complete work as part of the large-scale redevelopment of the King’s Cross…
Despite the overwhelming need for effective fire-protection in system-built façades, windows and doors, few companies possess a range that is comprehensive enough to provide a complete solution.
Salt Lake City’s Public Safety Building sets a new standard in creating a functional, energy efficient government structure in stunning Modern architecture. It is the first public safety building in the nation to be designed as a net-zero energy…
Permasteelisa Group, worldwide leading Contractor in engineering, project management, manufacturing and installation of architectural envelopes and interior systems, has completed the façades of the new “Vertical City” in Rotterdam.
Onyx Solar’s first project in Turkey will be an innovative façade composed of the most revolutionary photovoltaic materials existing on the market    The Prestigious Yasar University in Turkey will have a cutting-edge façade designed and developed…
The technician team of the Klaes 3D software for the facade has finished successfully the training and the interfaces into Elumatec SBZ 151 and many other Elumatec machines for the aluminum by Alu Nasa Qatar last week.
Brisbane's tallest office building: inspired by nature / 30,000 square metres of ipasol solar control glass    With organic design behind a highly transparent structural glazing façade, the skyscraper "One One One Eagle Street" in the…
The new face of enterprise: Polysolar install revolutionary solar PV rainscreen facade on new social and environmental enterprise centre.
Eclipsall announced today its first building-integrated PV (BIPV) installation in Mississauga Ontario consisting of a custom designed BIPV canopy and BIPV tower.
The fact that for functional municipal buildings, aesthetics and design need not be the decisive criteria, is proven by the extension to the town hall in Baden's Waghäusel: clear in its form and, thanks to ultra-modern triple insulating glasses…
Local property developer the Tulip Group has recently signed an agreement with Hydro for Technal products for its world class high rise condominium and hotel Waterfront Suites and Residences.
Three months after a blaze in a glass facade building claimed four lives at Andheri, the fire department and BMC have come out with a fresh set of guidelines for such buildings.
After last year's fire incident in a Bandra-Kurla Complex building exposed the helplessness of firefighters, civic body draws up fresh guidelines to safeguard human life and property.
After four years, ift Rosenheim had to terminate the cooperation with the OTI test laboratory in Istanbul.
Ecological, close to nature and cost-saving: on Hamburg's Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg, the International Building Exhibition 2013 is showing how we will live in the future.
The Torre de Cristal at Madrid is an office building with the architecture design intended to look like a cut crystal. At 249 m and 52 floors, the glass tower is the second highest building in Spain.      It features a photovoltaic dome and the…
Bill Blazek joins the market team at Technoform Bautec North America, Inc. He will provide manufacturers of aluminum windows, doors and façades with high-precision polyamide insulation profiles that deliver energy efficiency, structural performance…
From stadiums in Brazil to a bank headquarters in Britain, architects led by Norman Foster are integrating solar cells into the skin of buildings, helping the market for the technology triple within two years.
As the trend for greener buildings is growing, the need to design building facades aimed at preventing bird collisions is increasing.     Numerous studies have been made relating to bird collisions in cities around the world.
The First Plaza is a commercial complex located in the quaint, historic town of Metz in France. The Lazard Group Real Estate has developed this sustainable building, based on design by Unanime Architects.
iPhotonic Corp., manufacturer of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic products (BIPV) and Solar Power Solutions LLC, an SBK Holding Group affiliated company, signed today an agreement establishing a joint venture company based in the United Arab…
A new police headquarters in Madrid is the latest architectural landmark in the city. With its transparent design created from extensive use of Technal’s GEODE-MX curtain walling system, the building aims to change the relationship between this…