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Bielefeld. At the end of February 2016, Schüco International KG received two of the renowned Gold iF Design Awards.  The winners were the innovative and aesthetically outstanding Schüco Parametric System and Schüco FWS 60 CV façade systems.

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The Okraglak department store in Poznan, the Plac Unii City Shopping Centre and Q22 office building in Warsaw, are historical structures that successfully blend into the surrounding modern architecture.

Over a 3 year period, Nathan Allan provided a substantial number of large, kiln formed textured glass panels to Lakeview Glass, for the Shellcreek project in Houston TX.  Panels ranged in sizes up to 5’6 wide x 11’0 high.

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