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frameXpress Ltd, one of the UK's leading window and door manufacturers, was recently commissioned to supply 125 units for a South Staffordshire Housing project in Stone, Staffordshire.
The Glass Academy has joined hands with Gujarat Technological University (GTU) to impart training in glass facade and processing skills to the diploma and degree students of civil and mechanical engineering.  The training will be imparted in the GTU…
Four more associates at Wausau Window and Wall Systems have earned a Certificate of Approval for successfully completing the National Fenestration Ratings Council (NFRC) Approved Calculation Entity (ACE) Training Workshop and passing all necessary…
Materials scientists coordinate new EU-project on intelligent façades - Windows that change their light permeability at the touch of a button, façades, whose color can be changed according to the sunlight, façades and window parts in which…
The Window & Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) released today a comprehensive advocacy agenda for 2015.
Tecnoglass, Inc. (NASDAQ:TGLS; OTCBB:TGLSW) ("Tecnoglass" or the "Company") today announced that it acquired selected assets of Glasswall, LLC, a Miami, Florida-based manufacturer of impact-resistant windows and door systems…
Dow Corning will promote their innovative solutions for high performance façades to building designers and construction management at the forthcoming BAU exhibition in Munich, Germany.
Lawrence D. Carbary, an industry scientist on the facade engineering and architectural design team, high-performance building solutions, for Dow Corning Corp. in Midland, Michigan, has been elected to serve a three-year term on the ASTM…
The building housing the Louis Vuitton Foundation dedicated to contemporary art is equipped with Saint-Gobain glass.
One of Octatube’s recent projects in Germany is the engineering, production and installation of a bespoke structural glass facade of the Audi Sport facility in Heilbronn.
The UK Commission for People and Skills, the body responsible for Investors in People - the UK’s premier people management standard - has awarded Schueco UK Limited, Britain’s foremost specialist in aluminium systems for the building envelope, IIP…
Two beautifully designed £1.2 million family homes in the South Hertfordshire village of Cuffley were recently finished using a variety of products from the frameXpress range.
District President visited company in Bretten. - District Karlsruhe. The dome of the Reichstag in Berlin, the facade of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, the roof of the British Museum in London or the base of the World Trade Centre One have…
Folienwerk Wolfen’s EVA film opens up new application options in architecture and façade construction. In modern architecture, individuality counts.
According to leading aluminium systems supplier Schueco UK Ltd., the continuing upturn in activity in the UK building industry – particularly in respect of commercial properties – has led to an increasing demand for all types of their fire-…
Digital glass printing of architectural glass can be seen in cities across the globe. Join us on a few minutes world tour to check out some of these incredible glass architecture projects.  These beautiful and unique glass facades were all printed…
Open and full of light, with a clear view to the outside. These were the requirements for the new cafeteria at the German-Spanish Primary School in Hamburg.
The AVC showroom in Kortrijk, Belgium is a picture of magnificence, elegance and class. The massive structure exudes the quiet sophistication that comes from glass facades for commercial exteriors.
The LEO Building in Frankfurt is covered by a highly technological skin done by operable modules of Closed Cavity Façade and Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete Units the permasteelisa group achieves the first “closed cavity façade” with operable…
In August this year, the UK’s leading aluminium systems specialist, Schueco UK Ltd, is further augmenting its range of glazed, panoramic sliding doors with the introduction of a manual version of its successful Schueco ASS 77 PD.
Aluminium façade specialist, Wicona, has released Building Information Modelling (BIM) components for its curtain walling, window and door systems, which are now available to download from the BIMstore.
Double the Height, Double the Light - An inherent characteristic of untreated glass is its natural transparency and light transmission.
You may have spotted GGR UNIC mini spider cranes and glass vacuum lifters making an appearance on Channel 5’s Super Skyscrapers this week.
With more and more architects choosing natural ventilation over energy-intensive air-conditioning to control the internal environment of a building, the launch of the new Schueco AWS VV ventilation system is opportune.