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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.
Conference papers from last week’s Glassman Europe conference in Lyon, France are now available to download for free.
Registration for the upcoming American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) 2015 National Summer Conference is now open.
Saint-Gobain recognized for philanthropic and civic leadership in the Philadelphia region at the 8th Annual Centennial Celebration.
SAGE announced this week the launch of a new mobile app for electronically tintable SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain.
The humble office is a thing of the past. Today, offices are nothing short of a style statement. And glass for office interiors is playing a key role in this vital transformation.
Saint-Gobain welcomes the decision of FINMA (Swiss financial markets authority) which, following other positive decisions, confirms Sika’s articles of association and does not express any reservations as regards the application of the opt-out clause…
Saint-Gobain is continuing to evolve its industry-leading 70-37 combination SGG COOL-LITE SKN 176 II with the addition of a 4mm option within the product range; primarily designed for the commercial and high-end domestic markets.
Juha Karisola - Windshield bending technologies have developed since the first commercial pieces of glass were bent at the end of the 1940s.
Spirit Lake Casino & Resort in St. Michael, North Dakota, is using electronically tintable SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain, to give guests breathtaking views of the natural surroundings, despite a challenging solar glare problem.
Today, Sika has submitted a notice to FINMA of a possible breach of the disclosure duty by the Burkard heirs and Saint-Gobain.
While many of the technological updates we hear about today come from companies that have only been around for a few decades, something sensational is coming from Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest and oldest building materials companies.
Tempered glass customers usually have certain tolerances for tempered distortion. However, there are a few types of defects with a zero-tolerance policy in most markets and applications.
The Torre Agbar is a reflection of Barcelona scarcely seen in its glorious past – bold, vibrant, and contemporary.
Dr. Jean-Christophe Giron’s 20-year career of innovation with Saint-Gobain has focused on dynamic glass - Dr.
Since November 2014, Saint-Gobain Glass has been helping architects in planning with BIM, a digital method for the planning of buildings.
Top Glass, Canada's conference event for the commercial glazing industry, smashed through expectations on April 15 at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ont., with glaziers, fabricators and architects swarming an expanded show floor and…
SAGE is all about keeping buildings cool. So we’re always excited about other technologies that tackle the challenge of keeping buildings energy efficient under the relentless power of the sun.
The automotive market for glass could see real growth in early 2016 when the country’s passenger car markets recover in a stable and sustained manner, says B Santhanam, president and MD, Flat Glass, Saint-Gobain India speaking on the sidelines of a…
Euro Tower will be remembered in the history of Bucharest as its first Green Building. At a height of 80 m or 246 ft., it is one among the tallest buildings in Romania.
Back when artificial illumination was a costly commodity (think whale oil and early electricity systems), it was incumbent upon architects to plan for the optimization of natural daylighting into their building designs.
Saint-Gobain takes note of the decisions taken today at Sika's Annual General Meeting following the restriction of the voting rights of Schenker-Winkler Holding (SWH), decided by Sika's Management Board in violation of SWH's rights.
For 50 years, Swiss construction-chemicals maker Sika AG has hosted its annual shareholder meeting in a town hall in a quiet suburb of Zurich, where the few hundred investors would be treated to a sit-down meal.
German bathrooms still frequently have a lack of space. According to a survey conducted by the Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung (GfK) market research company, almost one-third are smaller than 6 square metres.  As a result, flexibility and creative…
Written by Patrick Flannery - Top Glass, Canada's conference for the commercial glass building industry, is less than a week away and all indications point to an even greater success than last year's inaugural event.