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Laminated glass is a safety glass that is created by sandwiching two or more sheets of standard annealed glass together around layers of transparent plastic laminate.

More than 55 years after opening its doors, Wisconsin’s Franklin Middle School received much-needed renovations, including energy-efficient windows from Wausau Window and Wall Systems.

Safety and security glass has advanced significantly over the years, thanks to a number of developments in glass-making technology.

Visitors to the new £5.2m Land of the Lions enclosure at ZSL London Zoo will benefit from an improved viewing experience thanks to high performance anti-reflective glass supplied by specialist manufacturer Romag.

Demand for Romag’s high performance architectural toughened safety glass is on the rise after being specified for a contemporary new external staircase system in the heart of Manchester.

Guardian Industries’ Glass Group in Europe, a leading manufacturer of high performance architectural glass and a key supplier to the building industry, has introduced an all-in-one solution for conservatory and orangery roof applications.

The Welsh Government is currently consulting on new proposals to update its Building Regulations in several areas related to sustainability.

Unique Façade Hints at Aurora Borealis – The University of Alaska Fairbanks planned a 34,000-square-foot addition to and renovation of the Wood Center to expand the dining facility and create a campus destination.

Universal Studios Hollywood first opened its doors as the world's largest motion picture production facility in 1915 on a 230-acre farm.

SolarWindow Technologies, Inc., today announced that performance tests of its transparent electricity-generating coatings for glass and flexible plastics have produced favorable outcomes for glass-to-glass lamination processes.

Kuraray has introduced its Black & White series of laminated glass interlayers, part of the Trosifol® PVB product line.

PPG will exhibit a wide array of sustainable glass, coatings and paints and make a technical presentation about high-performance fluoropolymer coatings at the AIA Convention 2016.

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has announced the launch of a new solar control product, Pilkington Suncool™ One 60/40, which will be manufactured at the company’s site in St Helens.

17 major projects in New York, 29 across the entire USA - Right now, 17 skyscrapers going up in New York are being fitted with solar protection glass supplied by AGC Interpane.

TVITEC considers its presence at Veteco a superb launchpad for maintaining its national leadership in glass processing.

Single-pane safety glass (ESG) is suitable for use wherever large thermal or mechanical loads can be expected. Thanks to the tempering of the panes during the manufacturing process, it has a very high bending strength as well as being resistant to…

AGC introduces Sunergy Sigma, a new series of products that complement the well known Sunergy range of high performance pyrolytic solar control Low-E glass.

The new corporate headquarters of Puig – Torre Puig - are located in Plaza Europe, Barcelona’s new commercial and business centre.  It was designed by the architect Rafael Moneo and has a surface area of more than 23,000 m².

Architects and Artists Recognized for Use of Color Glazing in Design Projects

CHILDGARD is laminated safety glass constructed using of an arrangement of proprietary transparent materials.  CHILDGARD is designed to withstand extensive physical attack in a forced entry scenario, ultimately resisting entry until law enforcement…

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The impressive performance of the latest architectural glass products is often down to extremely thin surface coatings, normally made up of many different layers, each around 1,000 times thinner than a human hair.

Laminated safety glass with SentryGlas® interlayer from Kuraray receives extended approval from DIBt | Now also compliant with new DIN 18008 “Glass in the construction industry”

For architects, facades play a vital role from a design and structural point of view. Facades are usually known to set the tone for the complete glass infrastructure.