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| The glassy office tower 4 World Trade Center is set to open in November, and The Real Deal took a glimpse behind the construction fences to see what Silverstein Properties' latest development is shaping up to be.
| Expanded Wisconsin meeting house saves on energy with geometry, bioclimatic design  A 20,000-square-foot addition to Frank Lloyd Wright’s First Unitarian Society Meeting House in Madison, Wis., designed by The Kubala Washatko Architects, promotes…
| Pilkington K Glass™ S has reached a new milestone! NSG Group’s new coater at Cowley Hill has produced over two and a half million square metres.   As the UK’s first jumbo off-line coating plant, Cowley Hill allows the NSG Group to manufacture a…
| SunGuard High Durable Silver 70 changes the look of float glass by creating a highly reflective surface in an exceptionally neutral and transparent glass, this makes a facade appear brighter as the glass reflects and disperses the suns light.
| Nanotechnology product manufacturer Nanovations Pty Ltd, announces it has won the contract for the supply of its glass coatings to the Socar Tower project in Baku, Azerbaijan.  The Socar Tower at 209 meters is the highest building in the Caucasus…
| PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced that a student team from Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T) will feature vinyl windows fabricated with SOLARBAN® 70XL glass in the “Chameleon House” it is constructing for the U.S.
| Curved façade incorporates SOLARBAN R100 glass over OPTIBLUE glass substrate   Louis and Peaches Owen Hospital in Tyler, Texas, designed by WHR Architects, Inc., Dallas, is one of the first major buildings to be constructed with neutral-reflective…
| Glass curtain wall is a kind of beautiful decoration for modern building. Buildings with Large scale of glass curtain wall can be seen everywhere in cities.
| Attendees representing glass and related industries voted Guardian’s Booth “Best in Show” among large exhibitors at the GlassBuild America expo September 10-12 in Atlanta.
| Guardian Industries celebrated its newest float glass plant, Guardian Steklo Rostov, with a Grand Opening Ceremony Sept. 5 for customers and friends.
| Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections.
| Heated sun reflections from the yet-to-be-completed, 38-storey glass tower at 20 Fenchurch Street had melted part of a car parked on a nearby street and even been the source of several fires in the area.
| Educational content, expanded product info help homeowners shop for window glass -- PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has launched a new residential glass website at www.ppgglass.com to help homeowners more easily shop for windows and window glass.
| Guardian Industries is co-sponsoring the National Glass Association’s Architect’s Forum: Glass + Performance, an opportunity for architects to see and experience the latest in glass design, technology and performance and earn CEU credits.
| With the growing focus on energy conservation, emission reduction and environmental protection, countries in the world have successively introduced policies to encourage energy-efficient building materials, thus powerfully boosting the development…
| Here at the NSG Group, we’ve unveiled a new concept for achieving triple glazing performance in a double-glazing unit, unique to the Pilkington brand.      It has been specially designed for applications requiring an optimised Ug value.
| Members of the public have voted the UCD Student Centre as the winner of the Public Choice Award in this year’s Irish Architecture Awards.      The building was designed by Dublin based Fitzgerald Kavanagh & Partners, received 18% of the 12,500…
| Gains will benefit from a major rebound in building construction spending, continued improvement in motor vehicle production, and increased share for high performance products in the general flat glass market.
| The Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) Group is the largest bank in Austria.    The regions, known for its variant temperatures, demands architecture that can withstand the changing climates, thereby making solar control glass the natural choice for…
| A conservatory is more than just an extension to a home; it’s a valuable asset to a property. But all too often, tired and ill-insulated conservatories leave homeowners with a redundant room that can only be utilised during certain times in the year…