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Current Issue: September 2025

Q+A with Glaziers Center and DeMichele Group | Solutions for Today’s Glazing Fabricators

Next-gen extrusion machines reduce manual labor, enhance accuracy in fabrications and handle more complex storefront and curtain wall materials.

Great Glazing | Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope’s modified TCR-225 window wall system preserves Gund Hall’s distinctive mid-century character. 

Product Solution | Osprey®25 by LiteSentry

The Osprey®25 offers automated inspection of surface defects, edge chips, white haze, logos and dimensions—all in a single, powerful platform.

2025 Glass Magazine Awards

This year’s 10 project award winners and seven product award winners exemplify what it means to think outside of the box and act with innovation in mind. 

Innovio with SafeFlight UV

Andluca presents an innovative architectural glazing solution that seamlessly integrates its SafeFlight UV bird safety interlayer with its Innovio solar energy generation technology.

The Henderson

The Henderson pushes the envelope of what’s possible in glass and façade engineering. With double-curved, insulating laminated glass covering the tower from podium to crown, the design merges organic form with high-performance engineering.

Kaiser Bellflower Medical Office

This all-electric, LEED Gold outpatient facility boasts a unique, decorative façade featuring a tree foliage design that welcomes visitors, patients and employees.

Safety in the Sky

Railing installation best practices for high rises.

StormArmour

StormArmour is a three-part stormwater mitigation system engineered to prevent wind-driven rainwater intrusion through the tracks of sliding glass doors.

Master Shower Reeded

This unique shower door design demonstrates how all spaces can be transformed using glass.

Glass Magazine Celebrates Seventy-Five Years

How the publication provided seven decades of expertise and trust.

Glaziers Tool

Glaziers Tool is a specialized software platform designed for glaziers, providing industry-specific tools to streamline workflow, improve efficiency and manage job-related tasks.

Aston Martin Residences

Aston Martin Residences sets a new standard in protective glazing for high-rise residential construction, say officials at Tecnoglass.

The Case for Warm Edge

As sustainability targets grow, warm-edge spacer systems support high performance.

By Joe Erb

TruCut Premium Cutting Wheels

The TruCut tungsten carbide cutting wheel is a uniquely manufactured product for the glass industry by Salem Fabrication Supplies.

Moynihan Train Hall

To transform Manhattan’s historic James A. Farley post  office—originally constructed in 1918 to mirror Penn Station—into the modern Moynihan Train Hall station, seele installed five domed skylights consisting of structural steelwork and…

Ultra-Thermal Performance in Action with Kawneer Facade Solutions

Discover how Kawneer's high thermal aluminum facade solutions helped shape the 19-story Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company headquarters in the Winnipeg’s True North Square.

Innovations In Ballistic Security

It’s no longer enough for glass to be clear and strong—it must also provide ballistic resistance and protection from forced entry. 

Then, Now and Next

Nicole Harris, former National Glass Association president and CEO, looks back on her NGA start as editor-in-chief of Glass Magazine. 

LYTO

Lyto is an electrostatic micro-shade system encased within a double or triple insulating glass unit.

Populus

Populus is the first carbon-positive hotel in the United States, according to nominating company Kawneer.

One River North

One River North, a mixed-use development that includes apartments, redefines the boundaries of glass architecture through the bold integration of a sculpted “living canyon” carved into the façade of the tower.

Kresge college

For this woodland campus project, Skyline Design applied an etched pattern to the externally-facing insulating glass units using its Eco-etch process.

Strategies to Detect and Prevent Business Fraud

If you own or manage a business, fraud comes with the territory.

HERC-DOOR Self-Closing Door Rail

The new FHC Herc-Door Self-Closing Door Rail with In-Rail Concealed Closer provides a convenient option for architects, specifiers and glaziers looking to upgrade commercial interiors with herculite-style door aesthetics via full-length door…

Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier Glass Roof

The roof features a complex and unique form, with over 9,000 parametrically designed nodes and a network of steel and aluminum profiles, each customized for its specific position.

MyGlassClass.com Expands Catalog with Bluebeam Training

New courses train users on software, design review and estimating.

Heat Soak Testing of Tempered Glass

Excerpted from NGA Glass Technical Paper FB56-18 (2024) Heat Soaking Testing of Tempered Glass for Architectural Applications.

1600UT SS Curtain Wall System

The 1600UT SS Curtain Wall System powerfully combines the high thermal performance of Kawneer’s 1600UT System 1 Curtain Wall with the screw spline system of the 1600 SS Curtain Wall System.

L-3 Leadership Development Program

Egan Co. is a multi-trades contractor based in Minnesota and North Carolina specializing in a multitude of skilled trades and professional services, including commercial glazing, curtain wall installation and more.

Will Float Production Return to Canada?

Canada should consider establishing its own float glass production within the next several years due the need to reduce its dependence on the U.S. and ensure stable domestic supplies.