Facades, Building Envelopes and Systems
News
Guardian Glass is marking the 30th anniversary of the SunGuard™ architectural low-E coated glass product line in 2025.
A Landmark Achievement in Glass Engineering
With the steady progress of the NorthGlass High-End Equipment Industrial Park project, the landmark R&D Center Building’s "Super Glass" curtain wall has been successfully installed.
Birmingham revitalizes its Brutalist arena facade with a new curtain wall featuring Solarban® 72 Acuity® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass.
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Mississippi’s first dedicated children’s hospital, the Sanderson Tower, combines advanced care and modern design with Vitro’s Solarban® 90 glass for a bright, welcoming space.
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of UW Interco, LLC, for $242 million in cash.
The big hot topics of this year’s glasstec (21 – 24 October, Düsseldorf) read decarbonisation, digitalisation and circular economy.
Explore hygiene perfection at MEIKO's Experience Centre, featuring SANCO PRINT and SANCO Phon glass solutions.
Okalux’s OKASOLAR F daylight system optimizes natural light while offering effective solar shading, and OKATHERM insulating glass provides exceptional design flexibility and energy efficiency.
SANCO’s partner, HoffmannGlas Peine, equipped the school with SANCO Sun and SANCOPlusEN2 glass solutions.
FTF, Fenster Türen Freund, a renowned Bavarian window and door specialist, has elevated its office building with advanced SANCO glass solutions.
To complement this visionary architecture, the roof employs Okalux’s OKASOLAR S system.
Watch the AT online panel discussion, in partnership with Kuraray, on avoiding risk when specifying structural glass.
The 151st global edition of the Zak World of Façades conference was held on 5th June 2024, at The Hall, Zurich.
Articles
This paper gives an extensive overview of the state of the art, like realized structures, deformation criteria and cold bending associated stress development, while also prompting a new analytical approach for the calculation of stresses in cold bent glasses.
The organic design and seamlessly reflective surface of “The Henderson” establish it as a landmark in Hong Kong. With its all-glass façade and a height of 210 m, the skyscraper designed by Zaha Hadid Architects offers spectacular panoramic views.
The purpose of this work is to implement an algorithm to perform topology optimization for glass structures fabricated by the AWJ cutting method.
This paper focuses on a numerical investigation of the in-plane behavior of an innovative steel-reinforced glass frame prototype, designed to incorporate (partially) UV-curable beam-column connections.
Visual defects, in particular haze, in glass and façade technologies can significantly impact the aesthetic quality and human experience of daylight and views in buildings.
This paper introduces the concept of a numerical sensor as a key element for creating a hybrid digital twin focused on the monitoring of load-bearing glass façades.
This paper presents investigations on a novel approach for post-tensioning laminated glass beams with adhesively bonded iron-based shape memory alloy tendons along both longitudinal glass beam edges.
This paper investigates the post-fracture spring-back effect and the post fracture behaviour in warm bent glass, aiming to assess its safe use in structural glass applications.
This article presents the metric avoided carbon for the reuse of aluminium unitised curtain wall façades, that are to be taken from a donor building and applied onto a receiving building.
Structural sealant glazing systems are increasingly used in transparent glass constructions, but designing bonded joints still relies on outdated safety concepts, despite recent research proving the reliability of hyperelastic silicone bonds.
A Composite Approach in the Design of Glass-Aluminium Facades to Minimise Embodied Carbon Emissions
This study is part of a comprehensive research to develop a better understanding of the structural performance of Glass-GFRP composite façade panels.
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