Latest Articles in Fabrication

  • What architects want
    March 23, 2009
    Architects, a demanding bunch, push for performance, innovative design and aesthetics. Read about the trends in larger lite sizes, custom curtain wall, green glazing, aluminum panels, steel curtain wall and energy rating education in articles authored by representatives from leading companies in the industry.

  • 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...

  • Marvelous mesh
    Cable net application grows in intelligent glazing
    December 1, 2007
     Her face looks on gracefully from a statue in the square, soon to be an icon of a renovation. Chosen for her calm, romantic qualities, her profile will be magnified on the prominent façade of the Fifth Third Bank building at Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati. A glass cable net will give the building a distinctive look while meshing easily with the rest of the square structures....

  • Hanging out
    Suspended glass offers aesthetics, advantages
    May 1, 2007
    Floating limitlessly above heads, the glass seems to extend past its steel perimeter. It glows in the light and shields passers-by from nature’s elements. This innovative approach to canopies is quickly catching the attention of architects worldwide. Glass has become one of the architectural designer’s “go to” tools for accomplishing artistic expression. When a building...

  • 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...

  • Idea book: Glass shelves
    Features unusual and creative shelves from designers and manufacturers across the continent.
    April 1, 2006
    Click here to view PDF format. (366KB, Adobe Acrobat) 

  • Glazing services to architects: Custom Work
    Provides the competitive edge
    April 1, 2006
    Design 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...

  • Vast curtain walls to the sky: Heathrow T5 takes shape, slated to open in 2008
    February 1, 2006
    Airline 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...

  • Figge Art Museum, clear and square
    Concept of glass box takes shape in the Midwest
    February 1, 2006
    Facing 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...

  • Idea book: Glass sinks
    Bathroom sink idea book
    December 1, 2005
     Click here to view PDF format. (630KB, Adobe Acrobat)  
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