Decorative fire-rated glass at Vancouver, Wash., medical center

Photos by Vetrotech Saint-Gobain North America, Auburn, Wash.

The basics: Southwest Washington Medical Center - Kearney Breast Center, Vancouver, Wash., features fire-rated interior wall assemblies in the front entry, reception area, waiting room and conference room. The assemblies incorporate etched and colored art glass of varying patterns and meet a one-hour fire rating. The custom-designed art glass features a grass pattern running vertically and continuing through intermediate mullions. The glasses have an etched finish that graduates from solid at the bottom to clear at the top.

The players: Architect, PKA Architects, Portland, Ore.; contract glazier, Benson Industries, Portland; art glass supplier, Skyline Design, Chicago; fire-rated glass supplier, Vetrotech Saint-Gobain North America, Auburn, Wash.; fire-rated frame supplier, Aluflam North America, Huntington Beach, Calif.

The glass and systems: Contraflam 60 insulating glass units with Organics Asian Grass Pattern Glass in aluminum fire-rated frames.