The Pittsburgh Produce Terminal—rehabilitated with Acuity™ low-iron glass and Solarban® 70 glass with an Acuity™ glass interior lite—is a beacon of creativity and innovation in the Steel City. Located in the heart of the city’s popular Strip District neighborhood, the Pittsburgh Produce Terminal sat...
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Vitro Architectural Glass announced that Daniel Sutton has been named product manager for value added products at Vitro Glass. In this new role, Daniel Sutton will serve as a liaison between research & development, field teams and operations, in addition to customers and end-users. As a critical member of the...
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that Titan glass, a new oversized glass product for large-scale exterior insulating glass units (IGUs), will be included in retrofit’s Top 25 Products special. The ninth-annual Top 25 Products, which will appear in retrofit’s January-February 2022 issue, celebrates the products that...
Glass can be cleaned easily with non-abrasive (and often antibacterial) cleaners, which is another reason why glass has helped us through many unfortunate public health events like epidemics and pandemics.
At the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, glass is at the forefront of the design. Glass is arguably one of the most important elements in modern architectural design. Not only does glass provide a variety of health and wellness benefits to building occupants, it also provides designers with the...
Conveying Community and Collectivity through Dynamic Design An open book, snowflakes, ice cracking on the surface of a lake…these are just a few of the ways that the glass façade of the Calgary Central Library (CCL) has been described. Over 200,000 square feet of Vitro Architectural Glass products were needed to...
By Tom KesslerThanks in part to its unique solar control design, rainwater catchment system and cool green roof, the building has earned Green Globes Certification with a Two Green Globes rating. When an apartment building features the word “Solstice” in its name, capitalizing on the benefits of sunlight is likely to...
Walker Glass and Vitro Glass have once again teamed up to expand their low-e coated acid-etched glass offering. Architects now have the choice between two full surface finishes from Walker Textures® on surface 1 with Solarban® high performance coatings from Vitro Glass on surface 2. This combination provides multiple...
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that its Fresno, California facility won a 2019 Green Award from USGLASS Magazine in the Glass Manufacturing Plant category. Last year, the plant became the first float glass manufacturing plant in the United States to earn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR®...
San Francisco Chronicle calls engineering marvel “the people’s choice”. 181 Fremont, a 57-story office and condominium tower sheathed in Solarban® 70 glass by Vitro Architectural Glass, was named San Francisco’s top building of the decade by the San Francisco Chronicle. Calling it “the people’s choice,” John King, the...