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Glass Solutions is working with bespoke furniture and lighting designers FRD Ltd to produce individual lighting installations for both private and public spaces.
Pilkington Eclipse™ Gold is the solar-control glass with pyrolytic coating which allows high transmission of natural light inside the building, while its warm golden color gives to the structure a glamorous look.
Bohle has expanded its range of high performance convex safety and security mirrors, improving visibility, security and helping to avoid injury in a wide variety of applications.
In New York City, especially in prime locations such as Times Square, 5th Avenue or Madison Avenue, retailers are vying to be noticed.
An emerging trend in hotel, restaurant, and retail displays is the use of aesthetically pleasing high performance Semi-Transparent Mirrors to create a visually dynamic display/mirror combination.
We are proud to announce that Simon Slade, the principal technologist at NSG Group's European Technical Centre, has been awarded a prestigious ICG Turner prize – the first Britain to win the award in ten years.
It isn’t a steel and glass homage to Fenway Park’s famous “Green Monster” in left field, even though it overlooks Cornell University’s Hoy Field baseball diamond.
Safety and security glass has advanced significantly over the years, thanks to a number of developments in glass-making technology.
Jennie Marron, contact centre manager at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, discusses the company’s approach to customer service and explains how the contact centre has helped to deliver an enhanced service to clients.
In addition to ensuring that they are as functional as possible, designers of modern architectural interiors also place considerable emphasis on making sure that their creations have visual appeal.
Following the release of “Homes through the Decades”, a report by the NHBC, Phil Brown, discusses the evolution of glazing over the past 50 years, and examines how the glass industry has developed to make a signification contribution to energy-…
Architects and designers have always used glass to add that touch of marvel and class in homes and structures designed by them. Initially used only in window panels, this transparent and versatile building material is now also being used to replace…
To some New Yorkers, The Continental tower will always be known as “Tower 111.” It was originally named Tower 111 while on the books for many years, aptly named after the developer Tower 111, LLC, before changing officially to The Continental during…
As the domestic football season approaches its finale, the Product Knowledge season kicked off this week with the first of seven courses.
Theresa Griffin MEP (North West England) and Conor McGinn MP (St Helens North) have met with representatives from Pilkington, to discuss future measures that could support the growth and development of the glass and glazing sector in the UK and…
Architects and designers looking for ways to combine energy efficiency with their design inspiration will have two new Guardian® glass products to evaluate at the American Institute of Architects Convention in Philadelphia May 19-21.
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You may have already heard that we are now offering a new service called My Pilkington – an online service aimed at business professionals and architects.
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.
Glass for Europe has identified four essential priorities to put Europe back on the energy-efficiency track and believes that the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).
Madras® glass is the star in Metropolis, an installation created by architect Silvio De Ponte for Vitrealspecchi within the framework of Connessioni/Connections: forms, transparencies, reflections and tricks of perspective simulate the skyline of…
After decades on the drawing board, the eight-acre segment known as Riverside Center has spawned a pair of residential buildings at 21 West End Avenue and One West End Avenue with three other towers to the west undergoing site preparations.
Corning’s specialty glass is finding myriad new applications in industries such as retail  Corning first introduced its vision for advanced glass technologies back in 2011 with its “A Day Made of Glass” video series.