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  • And the award goes to....
    Humphreys, Downs take top honors in bath enclosure competition
    October 3, 2008
    Travis Humphreys of A&T Glass & Window Corp. in Palm City, Fla., and Bruce Downs of CB Showers in San Carlos, Calif., took top honors in the 2007-2008 Bath Enclosure Manufacturers Association 12th Annual Design Awards Competition.

  • 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...

  • Idea book: Glass shelves
    Features unusual and creative shelves from designers and manufacturers across the continent.
    April 1, 2006
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  • 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...

  • Solutia International Design Awards: Color play
    Architectural, auto-glass designers win accolades
    January 1, 2006
    For the first time, automotive entries were accepted and celebrated at the seventh annual 2005 Solutia International Design Awards, according to the St. Louis company’s release Nov. 9.The awards recognize architects, interior designers, automotive designers and laminators for outstanding architectural and automotive design projects with Solutia glazing products. Bold use of color dominated...

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

  • Out of the ordinary
    Decorative glass shows up in unconventional places
    A gas station in Los Angeles features channel glass that encloses the convenience store, while a cruise ship’s fused glass panels glow as a partition wall. The following feature discusses two unusual applications of decorative glass.
  • **The silent players

    The majority of the information included in the Top 50 comes directly from contract glazing firms; this year, 43 of the Top 50 confirmed their 2009 and 2010 sales figures. However, some companies request that we not include them or refuse to provide any information. We understand the sensitivity of releasing sales figures; however, we do not omit any firms simply because they ask. In cases where a company declines to participate, we use independent sources Dun & Bradstreet and Hoovers, prior-year submissions, and estimations from industry members to determine their ranking. Companies marked with ** are those that declined to provide information for the Top 50 Glaziers survey, but that Glass Magazine editors believe should be included. Their estimated rank is based on the independent sources described above.