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November 5, 2012The basics: This 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. The image is concentrated in the lower portion of the glass with darker colors to obscure desks... -
October 29, 2012The basics: The new 277,000-square-foot San Francisco Public Utilities Commission building is slated to achieve a LEED Platinum rating from the United States Green Building Council, due in part to its daylight harvesting. As part of the daylighting design, the building incorporates a fully transparent, interior, two-hour fire-rated glass stairwell enclosure that spans 14 floors. The stairwell’s...
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October 22, 2012The basics: PNC Bank transformed Pittsburgh's Liberty Building into the modern, glass-clad Lantern Building. The 800-square-foot building is part of the PNC Legacy Project that celebrates the city's history—its culture, commerce and community, according to the company. The glass tower, with almost 1,600 square feet of channel glass, is topped by a green roof designed to naturally cool the... -
October 15, 2012The basics: Hess Tower was the first office building in Houston's central business district to earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification through the U.S. Green Building Council. The 29-story, Class A office building features 40,000 square feet of aluminum panels that were assembled into a unitized curtain-wall system, according to a Linetec release.The players:... -
October 8, 2012The basics: Absolute Towers, dubbed the "Marilyn Monroe" building because of its curvaceous design, stands out prominently among the traditional box-style buildings of the Mississauga, Canada skyline. The structures were awarded "Best Tall Building Americas" for 2012 by the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, according to an AGC Glass Co. North America release. The project consists of... -
October 2, 2012The basics: The U.S. General Services Administration's Federal Office Building #8 in Washington, D.C., underwent a major modernization that included installation of a new curtain wall. The blast-mitigating curtain wall was designed to enhance the façade with contemporary aesthetics and high-performance functionality, while providing occupants with expansive views and plentiful access to natural... -
September 24, 2012The basics: The $27 million redevelopment of the historic Castle Rock Apartments in Normandy, Mo., included installation of more than 1,100 energy-efficient replacement windows. The 200,000-square-foot, four-story, castle-like structure was originally built in the 1890s as a hospital, and was converted to apartments in 1982. The project's financing included federal and state historic preservation... -
September 17, 2012The basics: Okanagan College's Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation in Penticton, British Columbia, is a net-zero building designed to meet the needs of trades people, site managers and construction workers who are skilled in the practices of sustainable building. It includes classrooms, workshops, administrative offices,... -
September 10, 2012The basics: Just five months after a category F4 tornado hit this Henryville, Ind., school, students returned to a newly reconstructed facility with replacement entrance and window systems. The original elementary and secondary school buildings featured entrances and windows from Kawneer and Traco. "Of all of the window and door units throughout the buildings, only one window unit was lost in the...
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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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