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It has taken more than six years in the planning process, but the five tower blocks that make up the Chalcots Estate in Swiss Cottage, North London are finally receiving a long awaited multi-million pound make-over.
Leviev Boymelgreen Marquis Developers of Florida has commissioned renowned artist Tom Patti to create a monumental wall sculpture for the garage façade of the Marquis luxury condominium – adding art and flair to Miami’s new cultural arts district.
SentryGlas Expressions is created by encapsulating a computer or photographic image in full colour, high resolution, in Class One safety glass.
Boston's tallest skyscraper, the John Hancock Tower, was sold to a New York real estate firm as part of a $3.3 billion deal for a package of buildings in four cities.
The Historical Glass Museum raised $6,000 during its parking lot sale and from sales at its gift shop Dec. 9. The event will help maintain operating costs for the museum.
"Incredibly tough but looking weightless, almost invisible!" This is how laminator Cristacurva describes the complex, curved laminated glass balustrade containing DuPont™ Butacite® that is an interior design centerpiece at the Ford Dealers…
Developers unveiled the design for a soaring, curving skyscraper Monday that will be the centerpiece of a redevelopment of La Defense, the business district west of Paris, and will rival the Eiffel Tower in height.
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec) said glazing work was nearing completion on Phase 1 of its state-of-the-art exhibition and conference centre currently under construction in the UAE capital.
One of leading green-field investors in Bulgaria, Turkish glassware producer Sisecam, has made a bow to local culture and history giving the start to a limited series of glassware.
Team owner Jerry Jones thinks the new Dallas Cowboys stadium is edgy and technologically hip. Its tab has ballooned to $1 billion from the original $650 million estimate, Jones said Friday as he discussed details of the stadium's final design…
The figures speak for themselves: to date, over 30 airports in around 20 countries have chosen Glaverbel glass to provide the high level of acoustic insulation, solar control, thermal insulation, safety and security that airport buildings require.
Saint-Gobain’s Construction Products Sector is consolidating its position in Turkey through the acquisition of Izocam, the leading Turkish name in insulation.
Compliment your glass splashback or just enhance your décor with Graphic Glass’ new range of frameless glass cabinet doors.
Inspired by the port The Law Courts, located on the southern edge of Antwerp, cover a surface area of 78,000 m² and features six levels: one underground and five above ground, the highest of which is just 15.75 m off the ground.
The 20-story concrete base of the skyscraper being built to replace the World Trade Center will be covered with thousands of glass prisms.
Six years after conception, construction of the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion is in the home stretch.
Danway LLC - a subsidiary of Emirates Holding - and UK's Fusion Glass Designs Ltd have joined hands to set a set up a joint venture under the UAE Offsets Program.The two companies will hold 51% and 30% stakes respectively in the new company…
Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI), global developer and exclusive supplier of the Diamon-Fusion® patented nanotechnology, is proud to announce that ALCOA has been the recipient of The Best of ’05 by the USGlass Magazine “2005 Product of the…
Structuran Glass Ceramic is a 100% recycled (& fully recyclable) material formed from auto glass using a patented method.
Guardian Industries Corp. announced at the 2006 International Builders’ Show its newest glass innovation, ShowerGuard™, the first and only temperable, permanently protected shower glass.
To curb the proliferation of substandard flat glass in the market, the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) Bureau of Product Standards has imposed mandatory product certification for flat glass.
Four Season Solar Products LLC is recalling the glass used in about 6,000 sunrooms. Sunlight reflecting off of certain sunroom roof glass and skylights onto adjacent cedar shingles or cedar shakes could pose a fire hazard.
Grand Canyon West, a destination owned and operated by the Hualapai Tribe at the Grand Canyon's western rim, announces new features planned for The Skywalk, which will push the project's completion date to later this year.
Lacobel is a clear glass, one side of which is coated with a high-quality paint. The painted side is always protected by positioning it against the supporting structure.
When she needs a break from her day as a city council aide, Theressa Hamilton retreats to a garden oasis on the roof of City Hall.There, among the cement, steel and glass, Hamilton smiles at an orange butterfly alit on a green bush with pink flowers.