Vitro Glass products promote daylighting, energy performance for new design center at University of Massachusetts.
Racking up a long list of honors including a 2020 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE®) Top Ten Award, a
Wall Street Journal Best Architecture award and a
World Architecture News Award for Sustainable Buildings, the John W. Olver Design Building consolidates three departments into one collaborative space at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
As part of the first and largest cross-laminated timber academic building in the U.S.,
Solarban® 60 and
Solarban® 70 glasses by Vitro Architectural Glass raise the sustainable design bar for the LEED® Gold-certified facility, which encompasses 87,500 square feet of classroom, office and community space.
The glass is available in sedak maximum dimensions up to 3.6 x 20m.
With the new grinding unit for the processing center unique grooves can be worked in glass up to 20 meters now. In addition to a C- or V-shaped form, the spacing and depth of the grooves can also be varied. The grooves can run lengthwise or crosswise. Thanks to digitization, a wide variety of design options can be realized.
Due to the precision of the processing, the grooved glass is not only a transparent privacy screen, but the brilliant edges make the grooved glass the optical highlight of every glass facade or a exquisite room divider.
This comprehensive, 51-page document is now available as a complimentary download available to the public.
The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) has released a new skylight document. AAMA SKY-3-20,
Skylight Selection and Daylighting Design Guide including Unit Skylights, Tubular Daylight Devices (TDD) and Sloped Glazing, was developed in 2020. This comprehensive, 51-page document is now available as a complimentary download available to the public. Request a free download now.
“This document is intended to assist the user in understanding the nature of fenestration products and systems which provide features and performance characteristics necessary for effective use on sloped or ‘horizontal’ building envelope surfaces,” said John Westerfield (
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Date: 13 January 2021Source: www.trosifol.com
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Date: 11 January 2021
Inside and out, interlayers from Trosifol prove their capabilities in structural and aesthetic applications. both sides of the Atlantic.
MonoSol, a leading global supplier of water-soluble films for applications as diverse as detergents, healthcare and agriculture, has specified interlayer technology from Trosifol for two very different and geographically separated glazing applications.
Both companies share Kuraray as a common parent, but in both instances, the Trosifol interlayers were specified by MonoSol for their market-leading performance and excellent aesthetic characteristics.
The first project, MonoSol’s new manufacturing plant in Poland, saw the deployment of SentryGlas® Xtra™ in the building’s exterior façade. Located in the Zimna Wódka, Ujazd Commune, in the Katowice Special Economic Zone, the n
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The slender glass tower at 500 Walnut Street has been described by architect Cecil Baker as “a flagship of contemporary residential architecture that honors our city’s history yet celebrates its transformation and revitalization.” His firm Cecil Baker + Partners designed the 26-story building for Scannapieco Development Group.
Sited behind Independence National Historical Park, the tower’s glassy exterior nestles carefully out of view of tourists looking from the Liberty Bell toward Independence Hall, while lending a dramatic modern presence to its corner of the city. Mayor Jim Kenney commented at the project’s 2017 opening, “We must continue this trend of both embracing the new and modern while still celebrating our history.”