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The Window and Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) announced today that UL LLC is the newest member of the association.  
Aluminium façade systems from Technal have been specified for a new visitor centre and gateway to the Bournemouth seafront that forms part of a £4 million redevelopment to help make the town a world-class tourist destination.
With constant development in science and technology, glass curtain walls are finding increasingly more applications and their structures are also experiencing great changes.
Wrightstyle, the steel and aluminium glazing supplier, is this month celebrating its twentieth anniversary.
Aluminium Glazing Solutions for the World’s Finest Buildings is the latest brochure from Reynaers, showcasing the entire product range.
Northern’s experience in creating fenestration that can help breathe new life into old buildings made it a natural choice for New York University’s new global center for science, technology & education.  370 Jay Street in Brooklyn, NY is…
With a sleek, upscale aesthetic and strong corner presence in one of Bellevue, Washington’s, premier, mixed-use districts, LMN Architect’s 929 Office Tower is attracting big name tenants like the cloud-computing giant Salesforce.
Northern Architectural Systems has been tapped to provide the feature curtain wall at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s new state-of-the-art laboratory medicine facility at 327 East 64th St. in New York City.
The 9 glass walls of Vetroin, the tenth will be presented at Orgatech 2016, for specialized operators.
Manchester’s newest independent film hub and visual arts centre has an impressive façade using curtain wall products from Reynaers.   The external cladding and roofing work on Home, found on the city’s First Street, was carried out by Prater.
Aspen Aerogels, Inc. Awarded $2.75 Million from ARPA-E for Transformational Energy Technology. Aspen Aerogels, Inc. ("Aspen Aerogels") announced that it was awarded $2.75 million in funding from the U.S.
Walker Glass and PPG are pushing the limits once again with the launch of low-e coated acid-etched glass.
Graham Architectural Products announces the addition of Joe Cerminara as vice president of process engineering and Tuan Tran as vice president of design engineering.
Work is progressing well on site of the Lakesmere Group’s new contract to deliver the full building envelope to a landmark new energy centre that will power the homes and business premises of the popular Greenwich Peninsula development in London.
Recently, an ensemble consisting of five glass monoliths has embellished the ever growing skyline of Abu Dhabi.
How do you stand out from the crowd when said crowd is already one of the most popular areas in town?
GLASSOLUTIONS has given a new multi-occupancy office block at a Thames Valley business park a sustainable edge, with the company’s installation of solar control curtain walling providing exceptional thermal efficiency for the building.
We get to work on some pretty interesting homes in the counties surrounding our Downtown Los Angeles location.  This time, my project took place in a property that was a tri-level condo situated in Venice Beach, near the distinctive landmark of the…
Opened in March, Michigan’s new $23 million Gull Road Justice Complex improves operational collaboration through efficiencies in space, design and function.  The 85,000-square-foot, three-story building also houses the family division of the…
Bendheim is proud to announce its Decorative Glass Rainscreen Systems is a 2016 BUILDINGS Money-Saving Products winner. The prizewinning, budget-smart systems offer the building durable protection against costly moisture damage. 
A measure of the ability of a window or skylight to transmit solar heat. One of the important data for glass low e coating.   The shading coefficient is expressed as a number without units between 0 and 1.
In January of 2016, the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) released a draft of the updated national standard for wired glass in an effort to prevent further injuries stemming from the accidental impact with type of glazing. 
Glass isn’t only a versatile material; it’s crucial to our everyday modern lives.  It makes our roads safer, it’s vital to the development of new green energy solutions, it helps repair human bodies, and the material is fast-approaching nearly…
By Jess Sharman - In architectural terms, the word “daylighting” refers to the use of natural light to provide occupants with the level of lighting that they need for basic activities.