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Invisible edge protection for parapets or structural glass components

Combining transparency with a high compressive strength, glass enables us to make diaphanous load-bearing compressive members, from beams and columns to free-standing facades and entire glass structures.

Industry leading window/door/glass products from the US and Europe. Providing our clients cutting edge structural glass.

The Roschmann Group is an internationally successful facade specialist focusing on tailor-made and innovative construction solutions for building envelopes.

Vertical Façade Systems, a newly established and privately owned company. With over 35 years of Industry experience, working on some of Melbourne’s most renowned projects, sophistication and excellence are at the foundation of this company.

The project HYbrid GLAss-Steel Stele (HYGLASS) aims at the realization of a cantilevering hybrid vertical structure working as a stand-alone or a grid-connected smart tower.

DHD International is an international trading and manufacturing company specializing in hardware for frameless tempered glass entrances and point supported structural glass curtain walls.

The paper illustrates the design project of the main laminated glass balustrade of a steel staircase installed in the historical Margherita Theatre in Livorno, Italy.

Independent engineers and specialists with over 30 years of experience in glass and structural glass construction.

The two case studies illustrate how the engineering of glass can fluctuate with design intent in unusual scenarios – when we cannot rely solely on conventional codes and standards to guide the analysis.