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The restoration glasses TIKANA®, RESTOVER® and GOETHEGLAS will be focused by the technology group SCHOTT at its premiere at Monumento, the trade fair on monument preservation, to be held in Salzburg, Austria, from January 28 - 30, 2016 (Hall 10,…
Wrightstyle, the Devizes-based steel and aluminium glazing supplier, has helped to complete Lidl’s first new concept shop in Northern Ireland that boasts wider aisles in a state-of-the-art energy efficient building.
For those people who are eco-friendly and believe in energy efficiency, opting for solar control glass or reflective glass can be the best choice! There are many benefits and advantages of using these types of glass.   Buildings and glass have a…
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has updated and released a document laying out the process for determining the thermal performance characteristics of fenestration systems, specifically in commercial buildings.
NSG Group's SPACIA, the world's first commercially available vacuum glazing, was selected for a project to restore an historic high-end apartment in the United States.   The building is 90 years old and located on Park Avenue, well-known…
SGG COOL-LITE XTREME 70/33 II is the latest product from Saint-Gobain Glass to target the premium commercial market, offering specifiers and glass processing companies a thermally efficient ‘to be toughened’ option that features high light…
Asahi India Glass Limited (AIS), India’s leading integrated glass company expanded its existing portfolio in the architectural segment with the introduction of a new series under its Ecosense range of high-performance glasses (The Green Standard in…
Windows are the connector between the built environment and natural environment. They let in daylight, provide outdoor views, enhance building energy-efficiency goals and can truly transform the indoor experience.
TruFit® expanding foam window installation tape is taking the industry by storm. The take up of the product launched by Edgetech UK, the leading voice for energy efficient glazing, has exceeded all expectations.  It's easy to see why, with…
SGG COOL-LITE XTREME 70/33 II is the latest product from Saint-Gobain Glass to target the premium commercial market, offering specifiers and glass processing companies a thermally efficient ‘to be toughened’ option that features high light…
Last month, Paul Needham (European Manager) and David Brennan (Managing Director) of Smart-Builder attended the prestigious G15 Awards dinner, a black tie event held at the Hilton Park Lane in London UK.  Smart-Builder were G15 Awards finalists in…
CMS Window Systems has delivered an extensive housing upgrade programme which has transformed the lives of tenants and helped to reduce the risk of fuel poverty in more than 200 homes in Dunfermline.
Keeping pace with high performing insulating glass products is a struggle for quality control, specially when it comes to insulating gas retention.
For the academy of Jewish Museum Berlin it was the aim to create a center of information and education which invites to linger in addition to self-studying.    With the extension of the present museum ensemble for German-Jewish history and culture…
A modern and tasteful adaptation of the minimalist door-peephole (which has its genesis as a one-way spy hole).   Consider the upper third of a wooden front door.
Designed for today’s stringent energy codes, Tubelite Inc. introduces 400TU Series high-performance thermal curtainwall system for medium- and low-rise commercial buildings.
The Vitrum exhibition in October proved a successful show for TuffX Processed Glass this year as further machinery investment was made by the company.
New School Building Wins Multiple Design Awards – Stubbs Muldrow Herin architects navigated the challenge of designing a new school in historic Charleston on the South Carolina coast – including facing the analysis and sometimes-stringent…
Large expanses of glass make amazing building facades. However, in the past, architects and glaziers have had to tailor their vision, due to stringent sizing capabilities of North American MSVD (Soft-Coat) Low-E glass.
The Smart-Builder team are thrilled to announce they are finalists for the G15 Component Supplier of the Year, based on the astounding success of their Smart-Web configurators.
Fencing and balustrades are an essential component of most building structures. A fence or a balustrade affords safety, security and privacy.  Several types of material may be used to build a fence which includes wood, steel, wrought iron, glass and…
The rapid progress of coating technology allows architects and their air-conditioning engineers today to fine-tune the properties of functional glass with regard to light and radiation-related characteristic values.
On the day before the opening of the annual AGGA conference the Melbourne Pullman Hotel will host the 1st LiSEC Day of Australia.   More information can be obtained from our team in Sydney: angela.demaina@lisec.com
If it was a wedding anniversary, a traditional gift, though somewhat unromantic, is aluminium, which makes some sense because we supply glazing systems in both aluminium and steel.