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Imagine a woven wooden basket that's 120 feet high, broad at the base and curving gently inward as it rises. Now imagine that basket wrapped in opaque glass.
Fenton Art Glass, the largest manufacturer of handmade colored glass in the United States, will mark its centennial anniversary May 4, 2005, 100 years to the day since the company opened for business.
Work is expected to start this month on the multi-million- dollar Motors Holden dealership upgrade in Launceston.Motors Pty Ltd managing director Marcus Birrell said yesterday that the upgrading would cost more than $4 million and take about a year…
The massive renovation of Churchill Downs includes $1 million of commissioned art. The artists were hitting the homestretch this week, painting, uncrating and installing their work.
A Minnesota-based glass manufacturer is considering the Wilkes-Barre area for the location of a new plant, its chief executive confirmed Thursday.
Dubai Investments PJSC is planning to set up a manufacturing plant for float glass in the UAE at an estimated investment of Dh735 million.
All-glass construction to present Croatia’s architecture.
A 60-year-old man was crushed to death Friday by a load of glass panels at a construction site, officials said.
The Buffalo News today continues its occasional series on notable bridges, as our community works toward an agreement on what kind of bridge to build across the Niagara River.
After a year under construction, the new Bergen City Parkinghouse in Norway is now complete and is proudly displaying Pilkington glass.
New DuPont™ SentryGlas® Secure™ is the tool architects need to design the next generation of laminated glass applications to meet today's stringent security standards.
The high cost of building a glass structure that can withstand the unforgiving Canadian climate has forced the Royal Ontario Museum to rethink the controversial "crystal" design for its extension.
A one-year WRAP funded project aims to help increase glass recycling. BRE-led research will assess the recycling opportunities for non-contaminated, high-grade flat glass and non-contaminated timber and plastic profiles from the demolition and…
City and county leaders welcomed Component Technology Inc. to the city on Monday.The company, which will retain its plant in Branchburg, Somerset County, is expected to create between 50 and 75 jobs at the Harris Industrial Park, the site of the…
Some 1,100 exhibitors covering more than 63,000 m2 of net space are opening up dimensions never thought possible years ago, especially in a difficult economic environment such as the current one.
TRADITION AND INNOVATION ON SHOW AT GLASSTEC 2002With their three new lines of decorative profiles developped especially for the stained glass and cathedral glass units producers, FBSPROFILATI s.r.l. confirms the constant evolution of their…
The largest conference in the global glass industry, Glass Processing Days (GPD), will take place on June 15–18 2003 in Tampere, Finland.
Glaspro Inc., designer and manufacturer of custom-design architectural glass, was recently selected to manufacture over 50, eight-foot tall, bent, laminated glass panels for interior columns at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif.
Tough action and tough talking have followed the announcement by US commerce chiefs of plans to slap anti-dumping duty on specific glass products.
The twin-towered, glass-skinned high-rise that straddles the main train station in the city of Nagoya has entered the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest building housing a railway terminal.
Dow Corning silicones are used in many important ways. For example, they allow architects to build towering structures where sealants contribute to the mechanical strength of structurally glazed building fa‡ades.
Demand for flat glass in the United States is forecast to rise three percent per year to almost seven billion square feet in 2005, valued at $9.1 billion.
Modern architecture, with its increasing dependence on glass, is stimulating the development of newer and safer glazing that is designed to meet tighter requirements of impending European CEN standards for bullet and blast-resistant screens.
The Window & Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) received approval on I.S. 6A, the industry standard for architectural stile and rail doors, from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) named Atlanta firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates (TVS) as recipient of the 2002 AIA Architecture Firm Award.