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OKALUX: Deichman Bjørvika Library – Norwegian Light Show
The new building by Atelier Oslo and Lund Hagem Architects is the result of a joint competition success, which combines innovative thinking with energy-efficient architecture.
Glass Projects
Facade Glass Projects
OKALUX: Deichman Bjørvika Library – Norwegian Light Show
The new building by Atelier Oslo and Lund Hagem Architects is the result of a joint competition success, which combines innovative thinking with energy-efficient architecture.
Guardian Glass Project: 125 Old Broad Street
Located in the heart of London’s financial district, the building overlooks St. Paul’s Cathedral and is close to the Bank of England headquarters.
Guardian Glass Project: Fruit and Wool Exchange
The London Fruit and Wool Exchange is located on a prominent position in London’s Spitalfields, adjacent to London Spitalfields market.
Facade Glass Projects
Architectural Designs that use glass to create a perfect fairy tale setting
Architectural designs have the ability to breathe life into cities and towns. Though usually associated with modern design, glass structures have a way of...
Chaoyang Park Plaza Tower: Design and Construction of Complex Geometry Facade
Chaoyang Park Plaza is in the central business district (CBD) of Beijing. A pair of asymmetrical towers up to 143m creates a dramatic skyline.
Glas Trösch Group: Outstanding facades
This object participates in The Vanceva® World of Color Awards™ 2020. In 2011, CHICHÉ Architectes SA won the 1st prize for the renovation project of the Vallée...
Glass Cutting
Hegla Shop Floor Assistant: Digital support for staff
More often than not, it’s the minor activities and extra jobs on the side that take up staff time and inhibit productivity.
Hegla UK relocated to new address
Hegla UK, has now relocated to new premises as part of a larger expansion programme. Since the mutually agreeable separation with Bystronic glass UK at...
Turomas: In difficult times, a good service is essential
After the recent events happening on a global scale, by the spread of the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus, TUROMAS has implemented a...
Rákosy Glass – innovative and decorative products for the construction glass industry by LiSEC
Mr Rákosy is generally extremely satisfied with the cooperation with LiSEC. In particular with regards to service and spare parts availability. The family company Rákosy...
CMS Glass Machinery: Changes its brand identity
Say Hello to the New Logo CMS Glass Machinery as a company, has come a long way. 2020 marks our 25 years in glass machine...
Articles
Wireless Powering for Glass Laminated Functionalities
A safe, high efficiency, small size wireless power transfer system with extremely thin power receiver capable of supplying electric inside glass laminates.
Insulating Glass
Complex Curved Storefront: The Looking Glass
This article focusses on the special glass part of the façade that covers both the ground floor as well as the first floor with a total height of 8.5 m and width of 6.5 m.
Fenzi Group at Mir Stekla 2021
The Fenzi Group will present its latest technologies to the key players in the sector meeting in Moscow from 22 to 25 March 2021.
Fenzi Group’s Molver obtains CEKAL certification
CEKAL certified quality for the Fenzi range of molecular sieves for high performance insulating glass units.
Windows Replacement in National Recovery Plan
Windows replacement ticks all the boxes of the recovery fund: relaunching the economy in a sector deeply impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, creating jobs, delivering energy efficiency e CO2 cuts, improving EU citizen lives (e.g. energy poverty). Member States should be encouraged to allocate part of the Recovery Fund to finance building renovation and window replacement.
Vitro Architectural Glass Announces Integration of Construct Tool with FenestraPro Façade Design Platform
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that its Construct tool now functionally integrates with leading façade design platform FenestraPro.
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Glass For Europe: ‘hot hold’ operations in the flat glass sector
An exceptional yet essential option to cease production and preserve the industrial equipment. Glass for Europe published a paper intended to inform policymakers on the rationale...
Glass Processing
Glass Coloring and Best Tricks
Love color and glass? Fire up your imagination! Our Vanceva® color system gives you more than 17,000 colors! Here are our best tricks and tips to make your project glow.
Glass Art in the Context of Architecture
In the heart of London „22 Bishopsgate“ soars 278 meters into the sky. Consist of 149 laminates in total, colorfully designed by Alexander Beleschenko.
UK Government spearheads £54m Investment to Revive Merseyside’s Historic Glass Industry
The Liverpool City Region will benefit from £54 million investment to revitalise its glass industry and support the region’s economic recovery.
Tvitec has Possibly Manufactured the World’s Most Luxurious Glass
The newest line engraves precious metals, as gold, on the glass surface through the use of the most sophisticated serigraphy technology in both flat and curved glass.
Creating Bird-Safe Beauty with Glass
Ferro & Dip-Tech have taken a strategic decision to reduce the deadly effect of glass on birds using its in-house technology, delivering aesthetically pleasing, life-saving solutions.
Articles
Lisec: How you can benefit from the innovations in glass cutting machines for laminated glass?
For 25 years LiSEC has been working at the highest international level with machines for cutting laminated glass. If there is one thing we...
Glass Tempering
Mappi appointed Glassmak as new representative for the Polish market
We are pleased to announce that Glassmak in the person of Mr. Adam Makarowski had been appointed the new Mappi representative in Poland. This means...
Mappi and Tecnoglass: a story made of a shared passion for excellence
At the center of the Tecnoglass manufacturing process is the tempering furnace Mappi Ats 4.0 2500x5000 The history of Tecnoglass begins in 1963. Year after...
HEGLA launches Taifin CTF glass tempering furnace
HEGLA TaiFin has now expanded its expertise in the glass processing sector by launching the CTF Series of flat glass tempering furnaces. A full convection...
Mappi chooses not to participate to Glasstec 2020
Life is made of choices and choices must follow the heart and mind. For Mappi, each international fair represents passion, desire, new emotions in...
Sasu Koivumäki appointed acting CEO of Glaston
Glaston's President and CEO Arto Metsänen to retire from the company. Arto Metsänen (b. 1956) has announced he will retire from the company on 1...
Articles
How glass tempering technology affects your glass quality?
Glass quality is an important issue in the field of tempered glass and the attention for it increases constantly – not merely because of...
Laminated Glass
Enhanced Effective Thickness Method for Cantilevered Laminated Glass Balustrades
Cantilevered laminated glass balustrades supported by bearing in continuous base shoes are among the most ordinary applications of structural glass.
Wireless Powering for Glass Laminated Functionalities
A safe, high efficiency, small size wireless power transfer system with extremely thin power receiver capable of supplying electric inside glass laminates.
Trosifol® Case Study: Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo (Marco Polo Airport)
Located just to the north of the historic Italian city of Venice, Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo (Marco Polo Airport) greets flights from all over the world; and with over 11 million passengers transiting in 2018, it has earned the accolade of being Italy’s fourth busiest airport.
Laminated Glass with Saflex® Structural has Construction Benefits in Germany
Eastman Chemical Company, manufacturer of Saflex® PVB for architectural applications, is pleased to announce that laminated glass comprising Saflex Structural (DG) interlayer has received a General Construction Approval
Frameless Glass Structure: The Future of Glazing
Eastman and Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering have partnered to develop a new laminated glazing product. This revolutionary product consists of several small glass panes that form a large, complete pane without the use of metal parts or brackets!
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Edge Strength of Core Drilled and Waterjet Cut Holes in Architectural Glass
Traditionally, the hole in the glass pane is manufactured by core drilling and conical edge finishing. An alternative method is by waterjet cutting the holes, resulting in cylindrically shaped holes.
Float Glass
Horn Glass Builds a New Facility in Telangana
AGI glaspac has partnered with HORN Glass Industries to build a new furnace of 154 TPD at AGI Speciality Glass Division’s Bhongir plant in Telangana.
HORN® Glass Industries AG Takes Over JSJ Jodeit GmbH
HORN® Glass Industries AG has acquired the Melting Technology Division of JSJ Jodeit GmbH with effect from 1st April 2021.
New Furnace for High-tech Glass Factory Ritzenhoff AG by HORN Glass Industries
The 30 tpd end fired furnace for crystal glass was modified together with the two production lines and partly equipped with furnace equipment by HORN Glass.
Sodalime Silicate Glass Now Benefits from its own CAS Number
A CAS Registry Number is a unique numerical identifier assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) to every chemical substance described in the open scientific literature, including organic and inorganic compounds, minerals, isotopes, alloys and nonstructurable materials (UVCBs, substances of unknown or variable composition, complex reaction products, or biological origin).
NGA Provides New Resource on Security Glazing
NGA has published the Security Glazing Glass Technical Paper, providing information on glazing options for security and forced entry situations.
Articles
Advances in Prototyping with Ultra-Thin Glass
This paper proposes system concepts and fabrication methods for the use of ultra-thin glass in facades.
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Physically Accurate Visual Representation of Advanced Glass Facades
Glass selection represents one of the core aspects in decision-making process and planning of glass curtain walls for architects, engineers, and clients among others. Wide variety of advanced coatings and surface treatments along with innovative smart glazing technologies such as switchable glazing and solar control systems offer a multitude of options for reaching design and performance goals.
Facade Glass Projects
OKALUX: Deichman Bjørvika Library – Norwegian Light Show
The new building by Atelier Oslo and Lund Hagem Architects is the result of a joint competition success, which combines innovative thinking with energy-efficient architecture.
Glass Articles
Advances in Prototyping with Ultra-Thin Glass
This paper proposes system concepts and fabrication methods for the use of ultra-thin glass in facades.
Glass Articles
Numerical investigation about cold-bent insulating glass units during the bending process
A comprehensive numerical investigation was carried out to understand the mechanical behavior of cold-bent insulating glass units during the bending process. The aim is to derive a basic understanding of the mechanical behavior of an IGU during the cold bending process.
Glass Articles
Structural Glass Walls Gravity and Stability Elements
In this paper we will look at the potential of what is now a commonly used component in facade design - a load-bearing glass wall panel.
Facade Glass Projects
Guardian Glass Project: 125 Old Broad Street
Located in the heart of London’s financial district, the building overlooks St. Paul’s Cathedral and is close to the Bank of England headquarters.
Float Glass
Horn Glass Builds a New Facility in Telangana
AGI glaspac has partnered with HORN Glass Industries to build a new furnace of 154 TPD at AGI Speciality Glass Division’s Bhongir plant in Telangana.
Glass Articles
Enhanced Effective Thickness Method for Cantilevered Laminated Glass Balustrades
Cantilevered laminated glass balustrades supported by bearing in continuous base shoes are among the most ordinary applications of structural glass.
