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April Glass MagazineApril 1, 2007Dorothy 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,...
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Building creatively within time and budget constraintsApril 1, 2007It is often said that time is money. Nowhere is this adage more applicable than on a construction site, where staying within a budget requires up-to-the-minute accuracy from the first architectural sketch to installation of the last stainless steel rotule. Yet, no matter how diligently architects and contractors plan ahead, watch the clock and count their pennies, complications can arise and...
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Screen printing and Pelli’s magic touch the Minneapolis Central LibraryFebruary 1, 2007Inside 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...
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September 1, 2006Early in the 20th century, the major glass manufacturing companies located in Toledo bestowed the moniker, “the City of Glass” on their hometown.Edward Drummond Libbey, president of the Libbey Glass Co., founded the Toledo Museum of Art in 1901. One hundred years later, the museum’s design selection committee traveled the world looking for an architect who could create a home...
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May 1, 2006After 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...
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Features unusual and creative shelves from designers and manufacturers across the continent.April 1, 2006Click here to view PDF format. (366KB, Adobe Acrobat)
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Provides the competitive edgeApril 1, 2006Design and construction of building envelopes have become such complex processes that support services to architects—ranging from product selection and specification to energy ratings—have become integral to the work of every glass and glazing professional. To this end, even fabricators and contract glaziers in relatively small markets add to their staffs draftspeople and salespeople...
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Innovative designsApril 1, 2006One, two snap!Designers stretch imagination with channel glass “A major focus for [Technical Glass Products] is working with architects and designers to provide glazing solutions that meet their unique design challenges and expand their design options. … The Imagination Cube competition is a great way to inspire innovative designs.” — Jeff Razwick, director of...
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February 1, 2006Airline officials submitted the planning application for the $7.07 billion Heathrow T5 project in February 1993. After a detailed public inquiry, the government gave the go-ahead for the project in November 2001.Now, with almost two-thirds of the work completed on time and within budget, T5, the home of British Airways, exemplifies how future large-scale projects in the United Kingdom might...
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Concept of glass box takes shape in the MidwestFebruary 1, 2006Facing a downtown in serious need of makeover, city fathers in Davenport, Iowa, place the innovative, glass-clad Figge Art Museum at the forefront of urban renewal. The museum broke ground in September 2002 and opened in August 2005.Overlooking the banks of the Mississippi River, the $46.9 million landmark was designed by London’s David Chipperfield Architects. Its striking box-within-a-box...
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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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Building on the success of the Top Glass Fabricators rankings introduced last year, Glass Magazine is expanding its coverage to include the Top Metal Companies, featuring the leading manufacturers and fabricators of metal products in the United States and Canada. The Top Metal Companies include those that manufacture, fabricate and sell curtain wall, storefront and entrance, commercial interior...
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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...
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