Crystal Window & Door Systems provided energy efficient picture windows for the new Sandman Signature Hotel in Irving, Texas, near Dallas. Part of the 36-acre Star Park development, the new 6-floor hotel features over 620 Crystal Series 851- architectural aluminum fixed windows with custom trim providing occupant comfort, natural daylighting and views.
What Crystal leadership says
“Crystal is pleased to provide our high-end architectural windows for this new hotel with Northland Properties, the second one Crystal has supplied for this developer in Texas,” says Papo Perez, Crystal Sales/Branch Manager and lead project manager for this property. “Our versatile Series 8500 product line offers all the features architects expect, plus many more to make their designs extraordinary.”
Crystal products used
The Series 8510 fixed window features a 2-⅝-inch frame depth of heavy-duty aluminum extrusion with a 1.25-inch glazing pocket, and it achieves an AAMA structural rating of AW-PG85. Depending on glazing options, the Series 8510 fixed window achieves U-values as low as 0.28.
For this hotel, the design called for various fixed window configurations for the guest rooms and common areas. Crystal supplied its Series 8510 aluminum fixed window in vertical two-lite and three-lite combinations and field mulled horizontally into two- and three-window configurations as wide as 84-inch and as tall as 103-inch. The vertical two-lite and three-lite combinations were factory assembled using a common master frame and inpost option. Crystal also supplied 52 insulated 1” HVAC panels in a custom stucco color, which replaced a vision glass panel in select window master frames.
Crystal sourced and supplied insulated glass units (IGUs) with Vitro SB70 low-E coated tempered glass, argon gas filling, and a highly energy efficient box spacer dual-seal system. Depending on building orientation to the sun, select IGUs called for tinted grey glass for the exterior panes.
To facilitate installation, Crystal provided the fixed windows with integral nailing fins and 3-piece mullions for multiple window configurations. Crystal also supplied extruded drip caps above every opening. To achieve the specified interior trim, Crystal designed and extruded a custom 1-inch by 5-¾-inch snap trim. The windows were finished with AAMA 2604 powder coat paint in black.
Other project details
The developer and builder for the Sandman Signature Hotel in Las Colinas was Northland Properties Corporation, headquartered in Vancouver, BC. Besides many Canadian hospitality venues, Northland is expanding into the US with new locations in Texas. The architect for this project was Studio RedDot of Dallas, TX.
The 110,000 square-foot Sandman Signature Hotel in Las Colinas features 205 guest rooms, a resort pool and gym, several meeting spaces, and an on-site Tavern restaurant, of the Northland Properties Tavern Collective brand portfolio. The Sandman Signature Hotel is part of the 36-acre Star Park, a mixed-use development with apartments, office and retail spaces, hotels, and restaurants. Convenient to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Star Park is located at the intersection of Carpenter Freeway and State Route 161.
