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September 21, 2012An Oklahoma woman accused of pushing her husband to his death from their high-rise apartment has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the building's owner, claiming the window glass was too thin and violated safety codes. She's seeking more than $10,000 in damages for her and the couple's infant son, according to a September 21 San Francisco Chronicle report.Her attorney told Tulsa television...
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August 28, 2012French fashion designer Pierre Cardin has designed a gift meant as an economic catalyst to Venice and the region: an 800-foot-tall modernist glass skyscraper housing a fashion university, luxury hotel suites and shops, according to an August 25 Associated Press report.The proposed $3 billion project has been described alternatively as a spaceship that crashed into the lagoon, a shiny fishing lure...
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August 28, 2012BISEM Inc. recently retrofitted a curtain wall at the Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s customer service center with a building integrated photovoltaic system, marking the first-ever BIPV curtain-wall retrofit project in the nation, according to an August 27 report in the Sacramento Business Journal.The 392-square-foot solar wall will provide all of the power needed to cool a...
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July 27, 2012U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Magdeline D. Coleman has approved an interim agreement between American Architectural Inc. and Skansa, giving AAI until September 14, 2012, to assume or reject its subcontract for interior glass work and railings at the World Trade Center Path Hall. All terms and conditions of the subcontract will remain in "full force and effect" until that date, according to court...
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July 23, 2012Portland's Design Commission voted 5-1 to approve plans for a large glass Apple retail store to replace the shuttered Saks Fifth Ave. location at Pioneer Square, according to a July 20 Apple Insider report. Apple plans to buiild a 165-foot-long, above-ground glass structure.
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July 17, 2012The recent re-opening of Apple's SoHo, New York City, flagship store revealed a newly remodeled space featuring a glass staircase with sides that are made from a zigzagging, yet continuous, seam-free piece of glass that looks to exceed 30 feet at its longest point, according to a July 17 core 77 article.
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July 13, 2012Entrepreneur Filip Sobotka says the solution to Toronto's falling glass problems could be a robot named SAM. The setup involves an SLR camera attached to a motorized platform that travels up and down two metal cables. Rigging on the roof and the ground keep SAM steady, allowing it to take photos of the exterior of a building, according to a July 12 CBCNews report. The robot is...
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July 10, 2012Officials from Heinaman Contract Glazing announced the company completed the glazing installation on the San Diego Airport Terminal Expansion project. The $1 billion expansion of Terminal 2 at Lindbergh Field features 1,900 pieces of glass in a complex outwardly ranked 15-degree steel truss curtain wall, designed to meet seismic requirements, according to Heinaman officials.The new terminal is...
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July 6, 2012An ultra-modern boutique office building in New York City called 7 Bryant Park just received financing and is scheduled to begin construction later this year, according to an NY1 News report. The 28-story, 470,000-square-foot, glass and steel building will have a unique hourglass look, designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.
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June 29, 2012Construction is moving forward on the Infinity Tower in Brisbane, Australia, and developers have chosen to protect its 223,900 square feet of glass by applying EnduroShield to the facade during the construction process, according to a June 28 EnduroShield release. The EnduroShield application is underway in the glass curtain-wall factory, according to the release.Once installation begins on site...
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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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