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According to Jonathan Cohen, Global Marketing Director of Trosifol® Business, GPD provides a conducive platform and atmosphere that encourages participants to think and act ‘outside the box’. This is why Trosifol® has been part of the GPD…
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Comenza supplies 4500 metres of GlassFit SV-1301 railing system for the residential building Sea Senses in Torrevieja, Spain.
AGC Automotive Europe has introduced its darkest grey glass to date, intended primarily for car roofs and rear windows.
McMullen Facades is set to continue its work in the Elephant & Castle area of London after securing a new circa £16m contract to deliver the full vertical envelope for The Highwood, a new 31-storey residential development that forms part of the…
Modern Greek Landmark by Renzo Piano
NYU Langone Medical Center has set out to fulfill an ambitious vision: to be a world-class patient-centered integrated academic and research medical center.
Every year, summer signals the arrival of hurricane season across the Southeast and East Coast. Unpredictable and powerfully destructive, these weather systems can wreak havoc on countless homes and buildings in a matter of hours, as well as lead to…
The project used overall about 2000 m² of glass manufactured by Press Glass.
AGC Automotive Europe has reached a basic agreement with Induver Holding, a glass manufacturer in Morocco, to set up a joint venture for manufacturing automotive glass destined both for Europe and for North African markets.  This move marks the AGC…
Aldora Aluminum and Glass Products is pleased to announce the acquisition of Louisville Plate Glass Company, Inc. (LPG) of Louisville, KY. The purchase was completed in early 2016.
The building will also feature View Dynamic Glass from View Inc. that brings a new level of sustainability, unobstructed views and elimination of blinds, all while enhancing occupant comfort and productivity.
Vetrotech has provided the glass solutions for the Forensisch Psychiatrisch Centrum (FPC – Forensic Psychiatric Centre) in Ghent, Belgium.  Costing 80 million euros to build, the FPC provides care and rehabilitation in high-specification treatment…
Carrie Davis from Protection Engineering Consultants, presented a primer on blast-resistant design, focusing on how blast loads differ from and interact with “traditional” loads.
More than 500 PVC-U windows were chosen for an 11-storey residential new-build, X1 The Exchange, after the developer was presented with specification and costings that showed the material to be an economic alternative to the aluminium frames…
High performance laminated, coloured glass from Romag is set to light the way as the centrepiece of a new elemental garden design feature in Cheshire.
We often report on Ritec’s team of specialist applicators’ great on-site work to already-installed glass.
AGNORA laminates 13 oversize panels & digitally prints -with accuracy & precision- the history of basketball seamlessly across them all.
Eurolamex® S Phon makes rooms with especially high noise protection possible. Are concentrated office work and undisturbed meetings possible in the middle of a scrapyard?   Schlicht Lamprecht Architekten created a rust red oasis surrounded by the…
The fifth edition of the Challenging Glass conference on Architectural and Structural Applications of Glass took place in Ghent last 16th and 17th June, and Gerardo Masiello, CEO at Studio Masiello Strutture, presented two different projects by his…
It’s been highly anticipated, and it didn’t disappoint. The Hudson Yards project, the largest private development project in New York City’s history, has recently made the first step towards completion with the opening of its first building, 10…
Toughened safety glass can play an obvious role in financial institutions, hospitals, prisons, cash businesses and other commercial properties where security is a primary concern.  However, toughened glass is also becoming a much more prominent…
AGC’s "Glass Measurement App" offers a new added benefit: coating detection  In 2015, AGC Glass Europe created a new tool for measuring the thickness of installed glazing with a smartphone, using a special App.