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SWISSPACER warm edge spacer bar has been specified in windows for Devonshire Homes’ luxury housing development near Bristol. Bracken Hill is an exclusive development of townhouses and coach houses in Leigh Woods, Bristol, on the site of the former…
Gov. Jay Nixon was joined today by leadership from CertainTeed Corporation at a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s new $100 million manufacturing and distribution center in Jonesburg, Mo.
Leading UK glass processor and distributor Glassolutions Solaglas is growing with the opening of a new branch in Gateshead to enhance its service to the door and window industry and building trades in the North East of England.
As the trend for greener buildings is growing, the need to design building facades aimed at preventing bird collisions is increasing. Numerous studies have been made relating to bird collisions in cities around the world.
Since 1st March 2013, Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland (SGGD) has been the first flat glass manufacturer to become a member of the DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council).
The First Plaza is a commercial complex located in the quaint, historic town of Metz in France. The Lazard Group Real Estate has developed this sustainable building, based on design by Unanime Architects.
Saint-Gobain shareholders responded favorably to the dividend reinvestment option, with 72.5% of the total dividend to be paid in stock.
Pennsylvania’s Grove City College is using dynamic glass from SAGE as its showpiece feature in a new sustainably-designed building for science, engineering and mathematics education, known as STEM Hall.
Pear, raspberry and pistachio - what sounds like a delicious ice-cream sundae, are three of the nine new shades of the lacquered glass SGG PLANILAQUE EVOLUTION which thus correspond to the current trend towards fruity natural colours.
iPhotonic Corp., manufacturer of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic products (BIPV) and Solar Power Solutions LLC, an SBK Holding Group affiliated company, signed today an agreement establishing a joint venture company based in the United Arab…
Saint-Gobain Glass has launched SGG DECORGLASS, a range of clear patterned glass. Providing an alternative to what is currently available on the market, this exclusive range offers six new designs creatively named WATERDROP, ENTRELAZADO,…
With more than five years of successful CE marking compliance behind it and an easy-to-use web portal in place, GLASSOLUTIONS has moved to reassure window fabricators and installers concerned about the change in law on 1st July.
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/ research/d335hb/global_automotive) has announced the addition of the "Global Automotive Glass Market 2012-2016" report to their offering.
As key components of the hospitality sector, there’s more to hotels & restaurants than just ambience and aesthetics.
Until now, designers of buildings have no choice but to use black or bluish-gray colored solar panels.
In conjunction with its parent company Saint-Gobain, CertainTeed Corporation is dispatching a powerhouse of Building Knowledge experts to Denver for the 2013 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention, June 20-22.
One of the best-backed players in the smart glass industry, Sage Electrochromics Inc., is making some of its first deliveries from the world's largest electrochromic glazing plant, one capable of producing up to 4 million square feet of glass…
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A new police headquarters in Madrid is the latest architectural landmark in the city. With its transparent design created from extensive use of Technal’s GEODE-MX curtain walling system, the building aims to change the relationship between this…
The newly completed 62 Buckingham Gate building, hailed by Land Securities as the jewel of its extensive transformation of London’s Victoria district, owes its striking glazed facade to Saint-Gobain Glass.
Birmingham-based Royale Windows fabricates and installs PVC-U windows, doors and conservatories. The family-run company has been established for 33 years and says its success is down to providing the best quality products.
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In the protection of plants and buildings in the public, military or institutional area like embassies, government buildings or prisons, composite safety glasses are used which are shatterproof and impede bullets.