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Aluminium façade systems from Technal have been specified for a third project at Chelsea Football Club’s Training Academy Campus at Cobham in Surrey – a seamless below-ground extension to an existing pavilion.
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Transparent, as well as grey and white facade elements, determine the appearance of the new Hilton Hotel at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.  The seemingly randomly arranged facade elements allow the striking building with the rounded corners, to…
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The Stadttor raises the bar when it comes to energy-saving construction, thanks to its intelligent combination of new technologies.   The building’s facade is made of an external shell made entirely of glass, and an inner facade that uses beech-wood…
Large-area fluidic windows use a fluid contained in microchannels to harvest ambient heat and solar energy and manage heat exchange, thereby boosting energy efficiency.  Compared to predecessor technologies, triple glazed windows have greatly…
Viracon, Inc., the nation’s only single-source architectural glass fabricator, announced that it is expanding its flagship manufacturing facility in Owatonna, MN, USA.  The expansion will add over 360,000 square feet to the existing site footprint…
mBank, formerly known as BRE Bank SA, was established in 1986 in Poland.
Pilkington Planar™ systems remain the world’s market leader for structural glazing systems, with a proven track record in the most demanding applications.
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Oversized glass technology expands contemporary design capabilities, providing architectural solutions and still maintaining a slim and modern profile with units in sizes of up to 6000mm x 300mm.
New from Schueco UK is the FWS 60 CV concealed vent façade, a state-of-the-art aluminium system for floor-to-ceiling ribbon windows where it is not possible to distinguish from the outside which vents open and which vents are fixed.
Apogee Enterprises, Inc.’s Building Retrofit Strategy Team leader, will represent Tubelite – along with Alumicor, Linetec, Viracon, and Wausau Window and Wall Systems – at IFMA World Workplace 2015 in booth #575, Oct. 7-9 at the Colorado Convention…
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