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“It’s a building that tends to disappear,” said architect Rene Gonzalez, leaning over the seventh-floor balcony of 120 Ocean Drive, an 18-story residential tower that recently came to completion in South Beach.
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…
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…
On 19th ~ 23rd, Oct., National chairman Xi Jinping paid a four days’ state visit to Great Britain at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Pilkington Planar™ systems remain the world’s market leader for structural glazing systems, with a proven track record in the most demanding applications.
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.
Aluminium curtain walling from Technal has contributed to a multi-award winning conference venue which has achieved ‘architectural excellence’ for its design and construction suspended in the woodland canopy on the historic Bowcliffe Estate in…
The Nuovo Apartments are a prestigious development in the Ancoats area of Manchester, a former industrial area that has been rejuvenated to house some fashionable businesses and the most impressive residential developments in recent years.
Oversized glass technology expands contemporary design capabilities, providing architectural solutions and still maintaining a slim and modern profile with units in sizes of up to 6000mm x 300mm.
New from Schueco UK is the FWS 60 CV concealed vent façade, a state-of-the-art aluminium system for floor-to-ceiling ribbon windows where it is not possible to distinguish from the outside which vents open and which vents are fixed.
The National Forum of Music was officially opened at the beginning of September in Wroclaw (Poland). For the investment we supplied about 2 000 m² of façade glass.
Located in the central part of Katowice (Poland), the International Congress Centre (MCK) is another large and prestigious facility with panes produced at our factories. The investment was carried out in 2011-2015.
As the nation puts behind the failed Palapye Fengyue Glass Manufacturing project, details have emerged to show that had it succeeded, it was going to cost the taxpayer more than P1.5 billion. This is P800 million more than the projected cost of…
At W&W Glass, we often view glass as a work of art as much as we do an integral cladding element to a project.
The rapid progress of coating technology allows architects and their air-conditioning engineers today to fine-tune the properties of functional glass with regard to light and radiation-related characteristic values.
The finest features for the extension of the Holy Mosque in Mecca are created on SHW machine tools When the remodelling and extension of the Holy Mosque in Mecca are completed in 2018 then one German company will have made a significant…
An insulated glass façade with computer-controlled integrated louvre-blinds has been installed for the first time in the UK at the new £6m Bennett Building at the Babraham Research Campus in Cambridge.
The small town of Iphofen in Lower Franconian, Germany has a lot of historical flair. Because, in spite of all historical rigour, it was able to maintain its historic town centre almost completely. Medieval and baroque link together in harmony - a…
The location of the new Styrian national centre of the Austrian automobile club (ÖAMTC) has for many years been at the heart of important North-South route.
When looking at attracting light into a space from above there are many different design options, performance considerations and fixing types that need to be thought through.
Aupark, a shopping and entertainment centre had the distinction of being the largest mall in Slovakia, when it first opened in 2001.
AachenMunchener Insurance at Aachen, Germany boasts of a brand new headquarters that is a vision in new-age open architecture. The office building stands out to make an exquisite statement with its stunning glass facades.