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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.
Tubelite Inc. offers architects and other building team members on-demand, free access to Building Information Modeling (BIM) libraries, product specifications, performance data and other information on its entrances, windows, storefront framing,…
Gary started at American Glass Research in 1970 after completing his studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Bendheim Wall Systems Inc. offers a variety of exterior and interior channel glass systems, allowing architects and designers to create virtually seamless glass walls, up to 23’ high and limitless in length, including corners and serpentine walls.
Façade – the term derives from Latin and means face. This is not the only reason why a design should not only be practical but cater to architectural demands as well.
Performance requirements and test procedures described -- The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has published AAMA 653-14, “Voluntary Performance Requirements and Test Procedures for Organic Coatings on Wood and Cellulosic…
With over 160 years’ experience in the lubricants industry, CONDAT is constantly developing and improving its products.
Architectural Record to Honor Winners at AIA Convention - Guardian Industries has won an Architectural Record “Excellence in Advertising” Award for its integrated online banner campaign promoting Guardian SunGuard Neutral 78/65.
New Stadium Featuring Glass Façade, Balustrade, Lounges Will Host Opening Match of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™  AGC, a world-leading supplier of glass, chemicals, ceramics and other high-tech materials and components, today announced the company has…
Glass facades have become a $100 million-a-year industry in the Christchurch rebuild, but most of those dollars are now going offshore.
Glass Coating Offers Superior Aesthetics, Complete Flexibility and Design Options - Viracon, the nation’s leading single-source architectural glass fabricator, introduces VRE-65 – the latest addition to its lineup of high-performance glass coatings.
At this year’s fensterbau/frontale show in Nuremberg, UNIGLAS once again provides convincing proof that it’s unique as an independent cooperative group.
Steel systems specialist, Schueco Jansen, has just introduced a range of steel windows and doors that can achieve ultra-low ‘U’ values thanks to a newly developed isolator made from glass fibre-reinforced polyurethane.
EnduroShield® Glass Treatment, Cuts Cleaning Time at award winning Forest Lodge ECO House. - Forest Lodge ECO House, officially opened on the 23rd of January 2014 by Sydney's Lord Mayor Clover Moore, is a testament to green design and…
Paarhammer Windows & Doors has introduced a new range of glass facades designed to deliver energy efficiency and sustainability.
Sentech's structural glass systems fuse structural strength with transparent beauty at Empire City Casinos at Yonkers Raceway.   This project features Sentech's Vetrapoint Wall & Vetrastep Stairs system.
UNIGLAS® | FACADE Timber-Glass-Composite elements are the products to watch at this year's Fensterbau frontale.
Porous films, which use similar properties to those seen in moth eyes in combination with nanoparticles, are being developed into robust, self-cleaning antireflective coatings for use on both plastic and glass.
Modern buildings are often clad in multi-layer insulated glass units (IGU) to enhance views and daylight.
Spring 2014 offers from March 26-29 one of the world’s leading trade shows for the glass and glazing industry: fensterbau/frontale in Nuremberg, Germany.
March 2014 will offer one of the world’s leading trade shows for the glass and glazing industry: fensterbau/frontale in Nuremberg, Germany.
This week Octatube will be presenting three projects during a major international conference on the Architectural and Structural Application of Glass in buildings and facades.  The event is taking place in Switzerland on the campus of the Ecole…
When selecting glass types such as low E glass or solar control glass it is important for architects, M&E Consultants and owner /occupiers to measure how the glass will perform in a window or façade.