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April 23, 2013The $200 million U.S. corporate headquarters of Hyundai Motor America is nearing completion as installation of final perimeter panels of exterior glass on the project's main office tower is underway, according to an April 19 release from Gensler, the project architect. The building includes translucent glass office floors floating over a precast concrete base and a high-performance exterior glass...
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March 28, 2013Architizer News reports that the glass cladding installation on One WTC in New York is nearly complete. “One WTC’s curtain wall is now 90 percent complete between floors 90 and 100," according to the WTCProgress Twitter feed. Work on the tower’s controversial spire is under construction simultaneously.
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March 27, 2013Kawneer Company Inc. dedicated a new floodwall at its Bloomsburg, Pa., facility, designed to protect the facility and surrounding area from potential storm damage. The project was funded through a partnership between the town of Bloomsburg, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development, local and state government, and Kawneer's parent company, Alcoa....
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December 19, 2012Image by BIG. Architectural firm BIG has been commissioned to design a 70,000 square foot observation tower in Phoenix that will enhance the city's skyline and offer views of the surrounding geography, according to a Dec. 19 BIG release. The futuristic tower will feature a core of reinforced concrete with an open-air spiral sphere at the top. The sphere is designed to include flexible exhibition...
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December 17, 2012Apple opened a new flagship store in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay area this weekend, which features a 30-foot glass curtain wall that allows customers to see all three stories of the store while walking by on the street.
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November 26, 2012Sulphur Springs, Texas, recently debuted all-glass restrooms that are the first of their kind in the United States, according to recent ABC News report. Located in the middle of a busy downtown square, the bathrooms allow users to see out but keep others from seeing in. David Gideon of the Commercial Glass & Mirror Co. fabricated the glass for the structure and told ABC News that...
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November 26, 2012Artist rendering courtesy of Q-railingOfficials of Q-railing announced that 16,000 meters (about 52,000 feet) of its railing systems will be installed at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in anticipation of the 2016 Olympic Games. The stadium will use Q-railing's Easy Glass Slim and Easy Glass 3kN railing systems, in addition to its glass clamp systems to enhance fans'...
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October 8, 2012A group in China has its eye set on building the next world’s tallest skyscraper, and they plan to do it in just 90 days, according to The Architect's Newspaper blog. Called Sky City Changsha, the tower envisioned for central China’s Hunan province could rise nearly 2,750 feet over 220 floors. That’s 32 feet higher than the current world’s tallest in Dubai. Developers will rely on pre-fabricated...
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October 8, 2012The Chicago Transit Authority has unveiled its proposed remodel design for its Wilson Red Line station. The $203 million plan call for a complete station rebuild, adding a glass and steel canopy and glass-enclosed entrance, according to an October 4 NBC Chicago report.
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October 3, 2012Onyx Solar announced it will develop a 26,500-square-foot photovoltaic skylight for the New Jersey headquarters facility of pharmaceutical company Novartis. The 295 kilowatt-DC base rated power photovoltaic system will consist of 820 customized translucent units, making it the largest of its kind in the United States, according to Onyx officials. The contract was awarded by Turner...
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Viracon, Inc. officials announced that the glass fabricator will make an investment of more than $30 million at its Owatonna, Minn., facility, to install a new coater. The company decided to install the new coating technology in Minnesota because the Owatonna facility is centrally located and has the most extensive product capabilities and technical talent, according to a release....
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Officials of PPG Industries announced several executive appointments, February 21, that are effective immediately.Michael McGarry, PPG executive vice president, has assumed leadership responsibility for the company’s flat glass businesses. He will also lead PPG's architectural coatings businesses in the Americas and Asia Pacific, as well as the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region....
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As the prognosis for the design and construction industry continues to improve, the Architecture Billings Index is reflecting its strongest growth since November 2007, according to the American Institute of Architects. The January ABI score was 54.2, up sharply from a mark of 51.2 in December.“We have been pointing in this direction for the last several months, but this is the strongest...
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