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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... -
November 5, 2012As this article was written, the Final Action Hearings on ICC Group A proposals were about to take place at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. These hearings finalize the requirements of the ICC Group A codes, which include the 2015 International Building Code. Included on the agenda were some code-change proposals of interest to our industry that will be incorporated into the 2015 IBC...
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The lay of the landNovember 5, 2012In the October 2012 issue, Glass Magazine introduced the Top Metal Companies list, featuring leading suppliers 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 and exterior railings, aluminum composite panels and exterior sun-control products to the glass and...
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November 5, 2012To the editor:I'm writing to provide the opinion of a North American manufacturer and contract glazier in regards to the letter from John D'amario of Yuanda USA Corp. in the August 2012 edition of Glass Magazine.I do not know whether to be amused or saddened at the logic that another sector of our economy that has fallen prey to Chinese competition is just "evolution.” This has nothing to do with...
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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 23, 2012The world's largest trade show, glasstec/solarpeq, opened October 23 in Düsseldorf, Germany, where new glass technologies of every type and configuration, along with the machinery that creates them, took up nine exhibit halls. The opening event was set in the "glass technology live" special exhibit area that focuses on the future of glass, some of which is already in place in...
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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:...
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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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