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Wrightstyle, the UK steel and aluminium glazing company, has won a major Network Rail contract in Wales.

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The Stern School of Business at New York University is one of the premier programs in the U.S. for nurturing future economic leaders.

CGI International has developed a new RIBA CPD seminar that will equip architects with the latest knowledge and legislative guidance to support the specification of fire resistant glasses.

For over 30 years, Fullex has led the residential multipoint lock market with innovative, secure, reliable products and the addition of the XLCrimebeater Dual spindle composite lock range, continues that tradition.

Ecological, close to nature and cost-saving: on Hamburg's Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg, the International Building Exhibition 2013 is showing how we will live in the future.

Gibraltar has been in the news a lot recently due to increased diplomatic tensions between the Spanish and UK governments.

The Torre de Cristal at Madrid is an office building with the architecture design intended to look like a cut crystal. At 249 m and 52 floors, the glass tower is the second highest building in Spain.      It features a photovoltaic dome and the…

Opened in April 2013, the new Port of Entry in Van Buren, Maine, relies on Wausau Window and Wall Systems’ curtainwall to help achieve the U.S.

Wrightstyle, the UK steel glazing company, has significantly extended its system range by becoming a network partner for global building envelope giant Schueco.

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Bill Blazek joins the market team at Technoform Bautec North America, Inc. He will provide manufacturers of aluminum windows, doors and façades with high-precision polyamide insulation profiles that deliver energy efficiency, structural performance…

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Pilkington Pyroclear® has been given the seal of approval by Certifire, for use with steel and timber frames.

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The City University of New York's (CUNY's) Borough of Manhattan Community College's opened the Miles and Shirley Fiterman Hall at the beginning of the 2012-13 academic year.