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After last year's fire incident in a Bandra-Kurla Complex building exposed the helplessness of firefighters, civic body draws up fresh guidelines to safeguard human life and property.
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The diversity of colour choice and product options recently secured frameXpress a contract to supply a series of bi-folding doors and composite door for a striking project in Hertfordshire.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has released AAMA 643-13, "Voluntary Specification, Performance Requirements and Test Procedures for Solar Reflective Finishes," which describes the test procedures and…
Ecological, close to nature and cost-saving: on Hamburg's Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg, the International Building Exhibition 2013 is showing how we will live in the future.
The Torre de Cristal at Madrid is an office building with the architecture design intended to look like a cut crystal. At 249 m and 52 floors, the glass tower is the second highest building in Spain.      It features a photovoltaic dome and the…
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has released an updated standard that establishes minimum performance requirements for self adhering flashing surrounding exterior wall fenestration products.
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The City University of New York's (CUNY's) Borough of Manhattan Community College's opened the Miles and Shirley Fiterman Hall at the beginning of the 2012-13 academic year.
Opened in February 2013, the Wisconsin Veterans Home of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin is the newest one of three nursing homes in Wisconsin dedicated to veterans and their families.
Come join WDMA for its Annual Executive Management Conference for industry CEOs and Senior Executives!     This unique event in the window, door, and skylight industry will focus on topics and trends which will shape the industry over the coming…
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Kolbe’s new Ultra Series tilt-turn window will be on display at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention & Design Exposition in booth #334.
Kolbe’s online resources now include multiple audience-specific websites, social media channels, demonstration videos and expanded on-demand content within the Architect Library.
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