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  • Smart future
    Dynamic glass market poised for growth as new production capacity comes online
    October 1, 2012
    While experts have described the widespread adoption of dynamic glazing as “imminent” for the last decade, their forecasts have yet to come to fruition. However, a current confluence of market forces has the segment poised for growth in an unprecedented way.

  • Great Glazing: Castle Rock Apartments historic renovation
    September 24, 2012
    The 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...

  • Finally, is a sustained recovery in sight?
    GlassBuild America attendees say we’re one step closer
    September 19, 2012
    The overall mood at GlassBuild America 2012 was positive, with most agreeing the worst is over and suppliers reporting increased sales over 2011. Still, many remained conservative in their predictions for the coming year.

  • GlassBuild America 2012 report
    The business: Navigating an altered landscape
    September 19, 2012
    It has been an eventful few years for the glass and glazing industry, with more changes to come as it emerges from the downturn. Mergers and acquisitions, increased expectations from the building community, technological developments and personnel challenges are shaping the industry of today―and tomorrow―according to GlassBuild America attendees.

  • GlassBuild America reflects state of the industry
    A look at a quickly evolving glass and glazing marketplace
    September 19, 2012
    The glass industry of today looks significantly different than its pre-recession self, but the next 5-10 years could play an even greater role in shaping the industry of tomorrow, said glass and glazing executives attending GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo, Sept. 12-14, in Las Vegas.

  • Great Glazing: Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence

    September 17, 2012
    The 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,...

  • GlassBuild America 2012 report
    The products: Photo galleries and videos from the show floor
    September 12, 2012
    GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo opened Sept. 12, with 338 companies representing 14 countries taking the show floor.

  • Great Glazing: Henryville Schools reconstruction

    September 10, 2012
    The 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...

  • What does it mean to be ‘green’?
    September 6, 2012
    One of the reasons the construction codes have held my interest for decades is that they always seem to present a new challenge. Just when we start to figure something out—whether it be compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, three-second gust or ultimate-strength design wind speeds, terrorist-resistant buildings, impact-resistant windows or energy efficient buildings—some new issue...

  • Expressions in glass

    Decorative products provide medium for designers to communicate mood, emotion
    September 6, 2012
    Designed to be a place of reflection and inspiration, the Lynn University Remembrance Plaza in Boca Raton, Fla., features six glass prisms. 
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