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August 8, 2011The basics: Soft blues and greens, balanced with vivid magentas and oranges, fill the space of the Nixon Meditation Room located in the new Norton Cancer Institute, part of the Norton Hospital Complex in Louisville, Ky. A towering 30-foot-by-30 foot decorative glass window, installed in June, creates a peaceful, calming effect for the space while serving as a visual gateway to the hospital... -
August 4, 2011The basics: Renovation of The Galleria II Mall project in Houston--including the replacement of existing skylights with new watertight, structurally sound vault skylights with gable ends--was underway when Hurricane Ike struck the shopping center. The glazing team had removed and installed one unit; however, the hurricane hit Houston during installation of the second unit. "Although all of the... -
July 28, 2011"Our intent was to functionally and visually integrate the plaza into the urban fabric of Hollywood Boulevard, and create an environment to satisfy the diverse groups intersecting on this stretch of it. We envisioned an energetic space, cross-referencing the block's main elements, merging its people, and linking Hollywood's iconic past to its revitalized present."—Frank Clementi, principal, Rios... -
July 21, 2011The basics: The glass-enclosed, 26-story, 360-foot-tall Legg Mason Tower in Baltimore features 4,000 custom unitized glass panels. The building, which serves as the global headquarters for Legg Mason, earned Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, with the Legg Mason headquarter space achieving LEED Gold. Trainor Glass Co... -
July 15, 2011The basics: The first floor lobby of the Nathan Newmark Civil Engineering Building at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign features a custom-designed decorative glass wall. The wall is made up of 12 glass panels depicting an assortment of prominent civil engineering images across a multi-colored gradient base. The wall was installed in May 2011.The players: Architect, Teng &... -
July 11, 2011The basics: Installation crews are nearing completion on a multi-year project at Co-Op City in the Bronx, N.Y., to replace about 130,000 windows. The $60 million project, which started in 2007 and is scheduled for completion in 2012, is taking place while residents continue to occupy the 35 high-rise buildings that make up Co-Op City. During the project, the old fenestration systems... -
July 5, 2011Photos by William Lemke, courtesy of Super Sky Products Enterprises LLC. The basics: In an effort to revitalize the Student Union Building at the State University of New York at New Paltz, the existing concrete building and underused courtyard were transformed into a welcoming "winter garden" encased in glass and metal. The $13.4 million student union expansion and renovation was designed to... -
June 27, 2011The basics: The Pinellas County Emergency Response and Control Center in Clearwater, Fla., is a two-story, 80,385-square-foot operations building designed to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, with up to 156-mph, one-minute sustained winds, or 190-mph three-second gusts. The $26.1 million building, which earned Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and... -
June 20, 2011The basics: Architects of a new student building at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., chose to use dynamic roof glass to provide energy performance and views, while helping to improve student performance. "Students perform better with daylighting and views," said architect Ryan Benson of Schmidt Associates Inc., in a Sage Electrochromics release. "SageGlass ... enabled us to... -
June 13, 2011The basics: A custom curtainwall highlights the Technical Education Center at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. The 182,000-square-foot, $40 million, three-story building contains the architecture, interior design, ornamental horticulture, automotive technology, computer-aided design, construction management, electro-mechanical technology, electronics-integrated engineering technology,...
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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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