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August 9, 2010Photo by Matt Wargo, Architectural & Interior Photography, Philadelphia. The basics: The 100,000-square-foot King's Court English House Residence Hall at the University of Pennsylvania, originally built in 1915, underwent a major façade renovation in 2009, making it the most environmentally friendly and sustainable residence hall on the campus, according to a Wausau Window and Wall... -
August 2, 2010"The various cladding materials came together really nicely. ... It was a little tricky, and required a lot of layout and coordination, but most of the work we do is pretty detailed. We try to go after jobs like this. ... This project is almost like a catalog of all of the facades we do."—Jake Johnson, head project manager, United Panel Technologies Corp.The basics:The 55-room Nolitan luxury... -
July 25, 2010“Performance is critical. The project was tested for air, water, structural, floor displacement and seismic movement with repeated air and water tests between each requirement. This included both static and dynamic water tests on the windows, and on the unitized curtain wall. A full, two-story mock-up of the curtain wall, including the pre-cast, was assembled to match the descriptions... -
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June 27, 2010The basics: When the Hot Springs School District, Hot Springs, Ark., needed to alleviate overcrowding in its existing facilities, they decided to build a new, larger intermediate school — a state-of-the-art facility, with sustainability at the forefront. The building envelope of aluminum, glass and brick offers increased daylighting and improved energy efficiency, and an open floor plan... -
June 27, 2010The basics: The newest addition to Denver’s Auraria Higher Education Center, the $120 million Auraria Science Building opened in September 2009 as a premiere teaching facility for students from the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver and the University of Colorado Denver. The existing Science Building was built in the early 1970s and is being renovated for an... -
June 14, 2010The basics: The Schermerhorn, a permanent affordable housing residence in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y., features an innovative horizontal channel glass façade. The building houses 217 units for single adults, with more than 50 percent reserved for formerly homeless and individuals with special needs. According to Bendheim Wall Systems officials, the Schermerhorn is the largest horizontal channel glass... -
May 28, 2010The basics: Completed in 2009, the 58-story, $350-million Millennium Tower in San Francisco is clad in blue glass, resembling a translucent crystal. The residential tower, also known as 301 Mission St., is the fourth-tallest building in San Francisco and features 350,000 square feet of glass. The players: Architect, Handel Architects, San Francisco; owner, Millennium Partners, New York City;... -
May 24, 2010“The ‘egg’ is a true ellipse. And because the ellipse of the building has multiple radii, creating a smooth curvature was challenging. The splay portion of the curtain wall left little room for error.” — John Schang, architect, Caldwell Associates. The basics: The 95,430-square-foot, four-story Cancer Center of Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, Fla., features a... -
May 17, 2010“The project was designed with a hurricane-resistant, insulating laminated glass that made the pre-glazed window panels heavy. We had to use a engineered mechanical jack/small crane to be as productive as possible with this heavy load window panels. We actually had to run two shifts in our shop -- 24 hours -- for one month to be able to have enough pre-glazed window panels, for how fast our...
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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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