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June 25, 2012The basics: The 1.1 million-square-foot University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor marks the largest construction project in the state in the last year, according to a Guardian Industries release. The facility incorporates 50,000 square feet of energy efficient, advanced architectural glass to maximize daylighting and views, earning it silver certification from the U.S.... -
June 18, 2012Specified Systems Inc., www.specifiedsystems.com, was ranked No. 39 on the 2012 Top 50 Glaziers list, up from No. 44 in 2011. With annual sales of between $10 million and $15 million, the contract glazier saw sales increase 5.8 percent from 2010 to 2011. Headquartered in Canonsburg, Pa., the company has two U.S. locations and between 42 and 59 employees. Photos by Phillip Sams... -
June 11, 2012The basics: The Lynn University Remembrance Plaza in Boca Raton, Fla., features a structure of six glass prisms built to memorialize four university students and two professors who lost their lives on Jan. 12, 2010, when a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti. The students and faculty were part of a group that went to Haiti in as part of the Journey of Hope, one endeavor in the university's tradition of... -
June 4, 2012The basics: The Mercy Corps headquarters in Portland, Ore., has been designated a 2012 Top Ten Green Project by the AIA's Committee on the Environment in part thanks to its advanced, energy efficient curtain-wall system, and to the use of electrochromic glass, according to a release from Guardian Industries and officials from Sage Electrochromics. The global relief organization took over an... -
June 1, 2012The basics: The Mansueto Library is Helmut Jahn's up-to-date extension to the existing Regenstein Library in Chicago. Buried deep in the ground is a fully automatic high-bay archives section. Above is the new reading room with a vast ellipsoidal glass dome of nearly 9,200 square feet. Library users enter the new building, located directly adjacent to the current library, via a glass-sided,... -
June 1, 2012The basics: The renovation of Missouri's St. Louis Centre, below, transformed an abandoned mall into the Seventh St. Garage at the Mercantile Exchange, a sleek, modern parking structure and retail space. Glass curtain wall fully encloses the 477,000-square-foot parking garage that houses 750 parking spaces and 85,000 square feet of retail space at the ground level.The players: Architect, Forum... -
June 1, 2012The basics: The $30 million Clyfford Still Museum, a gift from the artist's estate to the city and county of Denver, houses a collection of more than 90 percent of Still's total work. The 30,000-square-foot building is located on a prime site in Denver's Civic Center Cultural Complex, located directly west of Daniel Liebeskind's iconic Denver Art Museum building. Architects chose glass products... -
June 1, 2012The basics: Architects for the Southeast Cancer Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., designed the exterior wall with multiple curves and an outward slope of 14.5 degrees to allow for maximum light penetration without direct sunlight or glare.The players: Architect, Pansing, Nolan, Matlock, Ltd.; general contractor, Kiefner Brothers, Inc.; glass fabricator, Viracon; sunshade and glazing framing supplier... -
June 1, 2012The basics: Based in Seattle, the world's largest charitable foundation built a new headquarter campus that includes two, sixstory, boomerang-shaped buildings totaling 900,000 square feet in size. The project earned platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. Facade contributions to LEED included maximizing daylighting and... -
May 29, 2012The basics: The University of California-Berkeley's Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences facility, opened in January, is a sustainable facility designed for openness and collaboration. Clad in glass, metal and terra cotta, the five-story, 200,000-square-foot facility meets California' stringent performance requirements, including seismic ratings, as well as sustainable design...
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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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