Recently, Nanjing City Wall Museum, designed by Academician He Jingtang and the team of Architectural Design & Research Institute of SCUT, was opened for trial operation. Nanjing City Wall Museum is located on the east side of Wengcheng of Zhonghua Gate, with a total construction area of about 13,000 square meters...
Tag - Curtain Walls
Unitised Façade System Designed with a Highly Transparent Façade of Low G-value Combined with Blast Requirements
There is need for uniform rules and standards for facade curtain systems and translucent facades The Forum on Standards for Facade Curtain Systems, Translucent Structures, Windows, Facades and Doors is a major event of the Mir Stekla exhibition’s conference programme. This spring, a discussion panel with the theme...
The “first” large curtain wall glass of Beijing Municipal Administrative Center Library supplied by North Glass is officially installed. At the large curtain wall glass hanging site of Beijing Municipal Administrative Center Library project, the “first” large curtain wall glass supplied by North Glass was officially...
The aim of this paper is to identify and discuss challenges with the assumption that the SSG is isolated from the glass self-weight and provide a better understanding on the complexity of SSG systems. Source: Challenging Glass 7 Conference on Architectural and Structural Applications of GlassBelis, Bos & Louter...
The first curtain wall of the project is 6m high ribbed glass curtain wall, 5 layers of 12mm ultra-white tempered laminated Low-E insulating glass unit. Phase II of the Beijing National Convention Center is located in the central area of the Olympic Park in Chaoyang District, Beijing, close to Beijing National Stadium...
NorthGlass has created the Guinness World Records for the largest single glass window. Nearly 17 meters ultra-high full glass curtain wall on the first floor of Taikang Group building produced by Tianjin NorthGlass is the largest single glass window in the world, with an area of 50.869 square meters, which sets a...
Adding a seven-story curtainwall to three 1900s-era bank buildings in downtown Boston, local architect Arrowstreet sought a lightweight material to contrast the structures’ original granite and limestone facades. The firm’s solution is reflected in the sparkling jewel box, fabricated with Solarban® 60 Starphire®...
Eyrise has used liquid crystal technology to provide benefits during the day and at night.
In recent years the architectural concept of the façades has changed radically: the curtain wall has left its pure role of division between the internal and external environment.