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Safe. Beautiful. Frameless. Top guidelines and considerations for frameless shower enclosures in the March issue of Glass Magazine. Excerpt from the National Glass Assoc.'s Frameless Shower Enclosures Design Guide https://www.glassmagazine.com/article/safe-beautiful-frameless
Balancing efficiencies & supply chain challenges: Responsible care and management of resources—in all forms—will be key to success in 2022. Analysis from Joe Erb, Quanex: https://www.glassmagazine.com/article/good-stewardship-balancing-efficiencies-supply-chain-challenges
Harmony with nature, as well as environmental sustainability were both considerations in the new Ahk Kndu Villas project, located in Antalya, Turkey. Designed by GAD Architecture, Şişecam Flat Glass contributed its Temperable Solar Control Low-E Glass Neutral 62/44 product to the project in order to meet design requirements for high light transmittance, heat insulation and solar control. https://www.glassmagazine.com/news/new-sustainable-villas-harness-sunlight-through-solar-control-glass-panels
Now accepting nominations for the Glass Magazine Awards! Make sure your company's projects and products are recognized in this year's competition. 📣 Complete your survey by April 18!! Visit https://www.glassmagazine.com/GlassMagazineAwards & celebrate what glass can do!
Pictured: The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was last year's Glass Magazine Award Project of the Year award winner, as well as Best Feat of Engineering. Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering nominated the project.
#glass #glazingIndustry #NGA #IYOG2022 #InternationalYearOfGlass
Safe. Beautiful. Frameless. Top guidelines and considerations for frameless shower enclosures in the March issue of Glass Magazine. Excerpt from the National Glass Assoc.'s Frameless Shower Enclosures Design Guide https://www.glassmagazine.com/article/safe-beautiful-frameless
Meet National Glass Assoc. #NGA member- Lore L. Ltd., a specialty service glass company providing quality products and installation services to the greater Daytona Beach area for over 39 years.
The company's products and services, according to president Jeff Miller, include custom #shower #enclosures, #mirrors and mirrored closet doors, railings, tabletops, mitered #glass windows, and interior office glass. Read the Q&A and learn more! https://lnkd.in/gV-_7mCY Lore L. Ltd.
#glazing #interiors #glassindustry #membership #advocacy
New for this year at #BEC2022 and #GPAD2022 was "bridge day" bringing together the #glazier heavy BEC Conference and the #fabricator focused Glass Processing and Automation Days. While the glaziers departed, the fabricators settled into a focused afternoon at GPAD that ended with an amazing reception (and top notch line dancing) sponsored by FeneTech—A 2020 Company. These events demonstrate the continued need for in-person learning and networking. The #NGA is honored to head up this effort once again!
FeneTech—A 2020 Company
#glass #glassindustry #buildingenvelope #technology
#training #advocacy #machinery #software
The role of high-performance fenestration solutions in climate change, decarbonization & energy efficiency: Is this the momentum needed to make triple glazing go mainstream in colder climates? Tom Culp in the latest issue of Glass Magazine https://www.glassmagazine.com/article/triple-glazing-and-embodied-energy
More than 600 people packed both the table top area and the auditorium to get the first Building Envelope Contractors #BEC2022 event off the ground since March of 2020. From Brandon Andow, PhD, AIA, NCARB kicking things off with an intense deep dive into performance criteria of next gen facades to a lively discussion on the remote/hybrid workforce, BEC was rolling. The team from Guardian Glass North America Guardian Glass North America led by Alan Kinder took the stage with a captivating case study of a local job. After that the #NGA codes super heroes Urmilla Jokhu Sowell. Thomas Culp and Nicholas Resetar got the room up to speed on important advocacy issues. The sessions ended with one of the best looks at Mock Ups and the risks that come with it by Jose E. Colon, Szymon Zienkiewicz, and Vic McConnell, Esq., PE, LEED AP moderated by Glass Magazine's Katy Devlin.
In between we had breaks sponsored by Vitro Architectural Glass @vitro_glazings, and the night reception was a smashing success- thanks to Dow, Infinite Recycled Technologies and of course the team from Goldray Glass Goldray Glass who added a special touch. Tremendous first full day of BEC in Nashville.... we are thankful for the 41 excellent companies who took tables and the wonderful roster of sponsors and obviously our attendees who this is all for!
#glass #glazing #GlassIndustry #BuildingEnvelope #education
Highlights from the morning at #BEC2022 in Nashville: "We're back!" says Max Perilstein, MC. The at-capacity BEC Conference has drawn attendees from 40 states, 4 Canadian provinces and Europe to the Grand Hyatt Nashville.
A packed meeting of the National Glass Assoc. Installing Committee. The group is tackling everything from recruitment and glazier education to specifications and best practices. To get involved and check out glazier resources, visit http://glass.org.
Navigating the Hybrid Workplace, with #NGA President & CEO Nicole Harris, Glazing Systems Inc. Director of Engineering Kip Larson, and Nabholz Corp EVP of Operations Support Chris Wright.
#glass #glazing #BuildingEnvelope
GM's March 2022 issue features the Top #Glass #Fabricators report, frameless shower design, meeting supply chain challenges, key indicators to follow during stormy times & more https://www.glassmagazine.com/current-issue
GM's March 2022 issue features the Top #Glass #Fabricators report, frameless shower design, meeting supply chain challenges, key indicators to follow during stormy times & more https://www.glassmagazine.com/current-issue
The Grand Hyatt Nashville, completed in 2020 & featured on the cover of our March Top #Glass #Fabricators issue, will serve as host hotel for the National Glass Association’s 2022 Building Envelope Contractors Conference and Glass Processing Automation Days, March 27-30. The project was designed by HKS Architects and features high-performance low-e coated insulating glass from Viracon—VRE1-65 and VNE13-63. Physical Security LLC was the glazing contractor. https://www.glassmagazine.com/blog/2022/grand-hyatt-nashville #BEC2022 #GPAD2022 #NGA Viracon
Don't miss the List! The 2022 Top #Glass #Fabricators List from in GM's March issue features details about top players as well as info on sales, automation, products, innovation, supply chain, projects & more https://lnkd.in/gvg84yE5
#Glazing #GlassIndustry #BuildingEnvelope #Insulating
#Tempered #Laminated #Fabricated #NGA
The 26-story, 750,000 square foot Ally Charlotte Center is the first building in Charlotte, North Carolina with a long-span, high-load polycarbonate glazing panel system. Completed in May, 2021, the mixed-use, high-efficiency office tower overlooks the city’s Stonewall Corridor and serving as a modern gateway to the Uptown district. Designed by Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, the building's illuminated, branded crown was created by Extech Exterior Technologies, Inc. EXTECH / Exterior Technologies, Inc. https://www.glassmagazine.com/news/ally-charlotte-center-first-citys-skyline-polycarbonate-panel-glazing-system
Despite COVID-19 delays, glass fabricator InKan helped complete the revitalization of Massey Hall, an original concert hall from the 1800’s, located in Toronto, Canada. Designed by KPMB, and installed by InKan Contracts, the fabricator supplied confidence rail glass with platinum ceramic frit on surface #3 under low iron acid etch. https://www.glassmagazine.com/news/2022/nineteenth-century-concert-hall-features-new-glass-facade
Meet National Glass Assoc. member Lee & Cates Glass, Inc., a full-service #glass company serving Florida and Georgia for over 95 years. The company's keys to success, according to President & CEO Tom Lee, include retention of long-term employees and never compromising quality for cost. Lee & Cates Glass
Read more: https://lnkd.in/gXTVQbci
#glazing #glassindustry #NGA #buildingenvelope
The Eglington Crosstown LRT is a Toronto-wide Metrolink project including a total of 25 stations. Glass fabricator Prelco contributed to 14 of the new stations, with the application of a consistent design across numerous buildings. Nine of the designs included lean-to’s and seven stations included PIX or Jet Print art. Both silkscreening and digital printing were used to print the bird-friendly pattern, the distraction bands, and the station’s signatures. Most of the main entrances and adjacent elevations include printed oversize shaped panels up to 174 inches. #fabrication #BirdFriendlyGlass Prelco
https://www.glassmagazine.com/news/new-metro-stations-feature-bird-friendly-facades
The new office building, NC Agricultural in Raleigh, North Carolina, features a sophisticated glass and metal façade, fabricated by Press Glass. The curtain wall features SNX 62/27 on clear, manufactured by Guardian Glass. YKK AP contributed its YKK YCW 750 OG aluminum system, with a dark bronze anodized finished. https://www.glassmagazine.com/news/sophisticated-exterior-new-office-building-features-systems-press-glass #glass #fabrication #façades Guardian Glass North America I am an Architect @pressglass_us
Interior designer Lisa Sherry partnered with HMI to design four unique, digitally printed shower enclosures for her new lake house. The project represents the cornerstone of HMI’s branding, "shower first," which is based on the idea that creators can design a shower first and let the rest of the design elements follow. https://www.glassmagazine.com/news/four-original-shower-designs-featured-new-lake-house-courtesy-hmi-digital-glass-printing HMI Glass
The interior of 81 Bay St, CIBC Square in Toronto, Canada features an arresting public art project, created by artist Steve Driscoll @stevedriscoll and fabricated by Imagic Glass Imagic Glass For this custom piece, Imagic collaborated closely with Driscoll to digitally print his exceptional artwork, which was rendered first on canvas, onto large format glass in high resolution. https://www.glassmagazine.com/news/new-office-tower-features-vibrant-public-art-project
The public art installation, Windward Light, designed by Heavy, Urban Systems, is modeled after a mother bird, protecting everyone under the eight-foot canopy. Located in Calgary, Alberta, this new installation features Goldray Glass’s dichroic glass. For the installation, Goldray hand-fabricated 230 pieces of glass. Each piece of Dichroic glass was a different size and shape, and each was manufactured, marked, organized, and carefully packaged so that when they arrived at site, they could be installed in the right order. https://www.glassmagazine.com/news/goldrays-dichroic-glass-brings-life-public-art-installation #decorative #glass #PublicArt Goldray Glass
Pulp Studio transforms the exterior of the Le Méridien Pasadena Arcadia, a four-star hotel that combines modernist features with Art Deco elements in its design. Inspired by the nearby Santa Anita race track, the facade of the building incorporates Pulp Studio’s Chromavision Gold glass elements that glow at night against the stunning San Gabriel Mountains. The hotel's ground floor is made of vision units that combine Gold Chromavision and a high-performance low-emissivity glass. Image Courtesy of AO Architects. Photography by Jim Bartsch. https://www.glassmagazine.com/news/pulp-studio-transforms-hotel-exterior-glowing-gold-facade @pulpstudioglass #decorativeglass #facades
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