Latest Articles in Commercial Glass

  • Glazier Bulletin: Pretty panes
    Dip Tech brings digital drop-on-demand print on glass
    April 1, 2008
    Residents of Hamburg, Germany, ride in style when they visit one of their local administrative buildings. The building’s elevator was enclosed in printed glass as part of a recent renovation. The end result was a joint effort of the creative vision of Bernd Hoffmann, principal designer, Hoffmann Glas-Technik-Design, Hildesheim, Germany, the glass production expertise of Interpane-Sicherheitsglas...

  • Machinery: GlassJet prints digital images directly on glass
    Machine uses solvent-based ceramic link, no screens
    April 1, 2008
    The Eiserfeld Municipal Bank in Germany has a glass façade imprinted with a satellite image of the town and its surroundings. GlassJet digital printer from Dip Tech of Israel imprinted the image on the glass. GlassJet is marketed as the first industrial direct-on-glass digital printer that uses a computer inkjet printing method with solvent-based ceramic inks.

  • Installing channel glass
    Guidelines for correct setup
    June 1, 2007
    Architects today have more options than ever for incorporating glazing into building designs. One product introduced to North America in recent years is channel glass. The U-shaped, linear cast-glass channels are self-supporting and mounted in an extruded metal perimeter frame to provide a truly distinctive architectural feature. A popular daylighting system for interior or exterior glass walls,...

  • Decorative Glass Jewel Box
    April Glass Magazine
    April 1, 2007
                         Click here for Decorative Glass Slide Show.          Glass jewel box legend 1. Carolina Glass & Mirror, Inc. Cast glass made with a popcorn pattern, formed in a kiln using ceramic fiber molds. 2. Ultraglas. ArchiTexture Custom Deco Dolphin piece was produced in Aqua glass. 3. GlassKote....

  • Follow the Yellow Brick Road
    April Glass Magazine
    April 1, 2007
    Dorothy Gale has landed in the Coronado Public Library in California, but she did not arrive on a twister. Her image and those of the Cowardly Lion, Tin Man, Scarecrow and other familiar “Wizard of Oz” characters are on nine glass panels that create an entry portal to the children’s section.The panels, ranging in height from 4 feet to 7 feet and in width from 2 feet to 8 feet,...

  • Joy of decorative glass
    Field among the fastest growing in the industry
    April 1, 2007
    It’s easy to see why people are drawn to decorative glass installations. Kiln-cast glass refracts light and reflects color. It changes with ambient light levels, surrounding colors and movement. Installing decorative glass is like putting architectural scale jewels into your projects. This glass is both durable and gorgeous. Long after resin, flooring, wall...

  • Texture on glazing
    Screen printing and Pelli’s magic touch the Minneapolis Central Library
    February 1, 2007
    Inside the 353,000-square-foot Minneapolis Central Library, sunlight filtering through screen-printed glass panels creates an ever-changing pattern of shadows. “When you are in the library, there’s a playfulness of having the sunlight come in through the fritted glass,” says Tom Hysell, principal at Architecture Alliance, Minneapolis. “The light and shadows play across the...

  • Thermal tempering with fused glass: Opportunities for fused glass designs in kitchens, baths expand
    September 1, 2006
    Artists have long decorated the surface of annealed glass with thin pieces of colored substrate and used heat to fuse them to the surface. The thermal tempering of such fused glass panes has been of great interest to users of this material—particularly glass artists—and has been extremely difficult to achieve.The challengeResearchers at Schott AG in Germany conducted tests with...

  • Mirroring medicine: Breathtaking architecture matches breakthrough medical technology at CHOP
    May 1, 2006
    After five years and $650 million, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia now shines as the city’s latest architectural jewel. The three-phase project transformed CHOP from a dark, 1970s-era structure to a light and welcoming glazed expansion that tested technical and creative abilities of participants every step of the way.The importance of the CHOP expansion and recladding, however...

  • Solutia International Design Awards: Color play
    Architectural, auto-glass designers win accolades
    January 1, 2006
    For the first time, automotive entries were accepted and celebrated at the seventh annual 2005 Solutia International Design Awards, according to the St. Louis company’s release Nov. 9.The awards recognize architects, interior designers, automotive designers and laminators for outstanding architectural and automotive design projects with Solutia glazing products. Bold use of color dominated...
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    Great Glazing: Custom interior officeThis commercial office space in Tulsa, Okla., features a 42-foot-long, custom, continuous art mural that spans 14 glass panels suspended from the ceiling. Created by Tulsa artist May Yang, the mural is based on local Oklahoma themes, transitioning from rural landscape to the Tulsa skyline.   Great Glazing: Joliet Junior College Campus...
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    In an effort to spotlight the people who make the Glass Magazine Award-winning products and projects possible, this year’s program included people-centric categories, for which the industry submitted their picks for best installer, production supervisor, project manager and sales rep.After narrowing down the nominations to three finalists in each category, the Glass Magazine editors asked the...