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China's first buildings to feature glass curtain walls will reach the end of their design life in the next few years, prompting experts to call for better maintenance of the structures to prevent accidents.
A leading UK steel glazing company has supplied fire-rated systems to the iconic King’s Cross redevelopment in London.
New Insulating Glass System Increases Transparency of Exterior WallsOwatonna, MN – Viracon, the nation’s leading single-source architectural glass fabricator, introduces ClearPoint™ - a point-supported insulating glass system that increases the…
On 23 May, 2011, the NSG Group announced a plan to build a new value-added float line in Vietnam to increase its production of specialist products to supply the solar energy sector.
Engineering, procurement and construction firm ABB has launched a new concentrating solar power (CSP) technology that the company says uses considerably less material, land and water than other CSP plants.
Wrightstyle, based in the UK, supplies specialist glass and glazing systems worldwide.
Light transmittance (Tv) 62 %, solar factor 29 % – a selectivity that is higher than factor 2. These excellent technical values have now become reality with the new solar control glass ipasol ultraselect 62/29 by Interpane (Laufenfoerde, Germany).
Glassman Europe 2011 will take place on 25 – 26 May 2011 in Barcelona and will provide the ultimate business experience combining a 2 day exhibition and conference.
Pierre-André de Chalendar, Chairman and CEO of the Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, inaugurated the new solar glass furnace at the Saint-Gobain Glass Renedo plant in Spain, 15 kilometers from Santander.
With the work on draping its Churchgate building almost over, WR realises employees inside will swelter in absence of ACs.
A visual highlight of the Champalimaud Foundation´s recently-completed biomedical research facility in Lisbon, Portugal is the lightweight steel and glass bridge that connects its two buildings.
Universal Aluminium’s new MU4200 curtain walling system has combined with SFS intec’s VDS canopy attachment system to meet the brief of creating a complementary but architecturally distinctive new access tower for an important Grade II Listed…
Daybreak is the weekday breakfast television programme broadcast from 6:00am to 8:30am for the British commercial ITV network anchored by Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley.
Materials Protect People and the EnvironmentDuPont opened a new production facility today to support growth in Central and Eastern Europe for its DuPont™ Butacite® G safety glass interlayers made entirely from recycled material.
Photos courtesy of Four Seasons Hotels Limited The Aer bar and lounge at the Four Seasons Worli in Mumbai, India, has a highly transparent laminated glass balustrade that provides guests with an unobscured view of the city.
A project with investment of total 2 billion yuan was officially inked in Fengyang on August.12. The project involves building production lines of glass used in photovoltaic(PV) industry and energy saving glass.
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Higher, further, faster: increasingly complex major international construction developments under strong pressure to maintain quality and deadlines while reducing costs are steadily raising the demands on building design and construction technology.
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This is a new door system that architects and designers have been waiting for, providing a new level of functionality coupled with absolute fire safety.
Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) is a $27 million, 70,000-square-foot facility located at the Research Park of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, 828 meters, was inaugurated on Jan 4, 2010. The tower accomplished a world record for the highest installation of aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 meters.
ST. LOUIS, Jan 06, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA) announced today that it will be supplying Therminol(R) VP-1 synthetic heat transfer fluid for Solnova 4, a new 50 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in Sevilla, Spain…