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May 20, 2013The basics: Architects for the two-story 18,000-square-foot SunNFun recreational facility in Sarasota, Fla., wanted to offer residents a place to swim or exercise that stayed cool indoors but also offered direct access to the beautiful Florida weather. To accomplish this, architects designed three 20-foot sections of the eastern facade with impact-resistant folding glass walls that would allow... -
May 13, 2013The basics: The Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University features a striking, angular façade of pleated stainless steel and glass. The 46,000-square-foot, three-story museum is a contemporary house for art, featuring stainless steel cladding and accompanying glass that leans in different directions, allowing light to penetrate at multiple angles, at different times of day. The players:... -
April 1, 2013The basics: LECOM Dental School, a 100,000-square-foot two-story dental school and patient clinic in Bradenton, Fla., features striking bright blue glass surrounding the exterior. The new curtainwall construction was on a tight, three-month timeline with difficult design pressures and mullion spans from the architects. By using prefabricated glass systems, Key Glass LLC finished the glass and... -
March 13, 2013The basics: Erected in the recently opened North Carolina Veterans Park in Fayetteville, the all-glass veterans’ memorial is a striking testament to the remembrance of U.S. soldiers. Rising 10 feet in the air and almost 5 feet wide, the piece of art is etched with a quote from former governor of North Carolina, Thomas W. Bickett. While the monument itself pays homage to fallen soldiers, the use... -
March 13, 2013The basics: Minnesota's 24,000-square-foot, two-level Lakewood Cemetery Garden Mausoleum has a simple, yet elegant, exterior clad in rough-textured gray granite, white mosaic marble and glass. The interior is flooded with light that filters through skylights and lantern windows, creating a calming and meditative atmosphere. To connect mausoleum visitors to the outdoors, designers used... -
March 7, 2013The basics: Penn State’s recently opened Millennium Science Complex features cutting-edge design and high-performance materials that meet its multi-use demands and environmental standards. The $215 million, 275,600-square-foot MSC houses the University's premier research organizations. Completed in 2011, the building was initially planned as two separate buildings, but architect Rafael Viñoly... -
March 7, 2013The basics: The $7 million, multi-purpose Mustang Stadium at Stevenson University in Owings Mills, Md., features about 2,700 square feet of solar-control glass that provides clear hilltop views of the surrounding community while reducing the stadium’s energy use. When designing Mustang Stadium, lead architect Andrew Kulp faced the challenge of bathing the interior of the building in light while... -
February 21, 2013The basics: Soaring above the brick facade of the Museum of Art at Georgia's Savannah College of Art and Design is an 86-foot-tall, semi-transparent channel glass tower. This tower is the first to use hurricane-rated channel glass in a horizontal, dual-glazed configuration without additional support, according to a Technical Glass Products release. To meet code, the installation had to satisfy... -
February 21, 2013The basics: MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital’s Dally Tower in Puyallup, Wash., received a new look with the installation of a fire-rated curtain wall and updated daylighting. The building features glass canopy-covered entries, expansive windows and circulation hubs―all oriented to allow light to easily transfer between interior spaces. The nine-story, 357,000-square-foot facility now offers... -
February 18, 2013The basics: The Empire State Building recently received an extensive renovation that included an update to the panoramic windows on the 102nd floor observation deck. The 102nd floor is the highest observatory at the New York City landmark, and the renovation team faced the challenge of offering time-tested clear, unobstructed views from its windows. For the project, the team chose a combination...
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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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