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July 1, 2006With the 2006 edition of the international codes barely off the press, the 2006-07 International Code Council’s code-change cycle has already begun. Although at the time this was written the ICC had not posted the record-breaking 2,300 proposals submitted for this cycle on www.iccsafe.org, it is possible to get an idea what the “hot” topics for glass and glazing will be, based...
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Enclosing the bath business: Association members face off to forge standards—or set code—for framele
July 1, 2006While giving lip service to collaboration with members of the Bath Enclosure Manufacturers Association of Topeka, Kan., Donn Harter, president, Americas Glass Association of Placerville, Calif., announced May 13 that he filed proposed amendments to the International Building Code to regulate construction of shower enclosures.In early May, Harter said he filed the amendments with the International... -
July 1, 2006In the hit movie “What Women Want,” Mel Gibson experiences a sudden ability to actually hear what women think. With his gift, he gains astonishing insight into how to change his actions to get what he wants from the women in his life. While we don’t have Gibson’s crystal ball to understand building officials’ innermost thoughts, we took some time to listen to...
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July 1, 2006Preserving and improving older buildings offer glazing contractors great opportunity and challenge. With new construction projects, aesthetic and performance criteria can be clearly defined by owner, architect and construction team, and window systems can be engineered, fabricated and installed per the specifications. With renovation projects, the glazing contractor and window systems...
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June 28, 2006The basics: 46-stories, 856,000-square-foot Hearst Tower; cost, $500 million; first building to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council of Washington, D.C. The players: Architects, Foster and Partners, United Kingdom, Adamson Associates, New York City; general contractor, Turner Construction Co., New York; curtain wall,...
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June 21, 2006The basics: Five-story, 365,000-square-foot Minneapolis Central Library; cost, $87.6 million; opened, May 20. The players: Architects, Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects, New Haven, Conn., Architectural Alliance, Minneapolis; glass fabricator, Viracon, Owatonna, Minn.; glazing contractor, HKL Cladding Systems Inc., White Bear Lake, Minn.; channel-glass supplier, Bendheim Wall...
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June 1, 2006Architects from the Chicago office of DeStefano + Partners Ltd. had two design goals for Chicago’s RiverView II: blend in with the surrounding traditional brick buildings, and offer views of Lake Michigan and the city skyline. To achieve this, designers used a combination of brick, precast, glass and aluminum composite on the 32-story, $110 million building.“It is not overly...
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June 1, 2006Owners of the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto wanted the recent $52 million expansion to transform the complex into an outdoor shopping environment. However, they wanted that outdoor environment inside, under a barrel-vaulted, all-glass roof.Designers from Toronto-based MMC International Architects took on the challenge to create a point-supported glass roof without heavy steel supports...
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June 1, 2006The basics: Seven World Trade Center, New York City, 52-stories, $700-million, opened May 23; the first major project to open at the site since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The players: Architect, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP, New York City; curtain wall and installation, Permasteelisa USA, Windsor, Conn.; glass supplier, Guardian Industries Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich.; design of 11-story...
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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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