To enable Gensler’s sweeping 360-degree curtainwall design for the University of Texas at Austin’s 15,000+ seat Moody Center arena, the architects selected Solarban 70 clear glass with smaller portions of Solarban 70 Solargray glass from Vitro Architectural Glass.
Guardian Glass North America honored the glaziers and fabricators of seven commercial projects at its 6th annual Commercial Project Awards event March 6 in Las Vegas. More than 40 recently completed projects were nominated.
With its distinct strips of terracotta panels and expansive glazed curtainwall, the new 230,000-square-foot Health Sciences Innovation Building at the University of Arizona features an expansive ground floor forum, daylit student lounges and study spaces, state-of-the art simulation laboratories and more.
The project, which is expected to continue through 2025, includes the removal and replacement of the original 35-year-old sealants on the entire 588-foot-tall building’s curtain wall and bridge.
Tubelite announces its new UniVent 1375AW Series Therml=Block Windows, including project-out awnings and casements, and project-in hoppers and casements. These operable windows are engineered to complement and seamlessly integrate within mid- to high-rise commercial buildings’ storefront and curtainwall systems.
The Zero•Net PW2500 pressure curtain wall system takes traditional curtain wall design and incorporates our FortMax patented thermal barrier to provide industry-leading performance.
Making its own unique contribution to San Francisco’s South of Market building boom is a seven-story, mixed use office building with exterior vertical sunshades framing a high-performance curtain wall.
Though the structure primarily is constructed of precast concrete, its entry façade is a mix of transparent glass curtainwall and a vertical metal wall panel system in an undulating pattern meant to evoke the shadow-and-light effect of sunlight on natural materials.
Tubelite Inc. introduces its 950SG Series Therml=Block Window Wall system. The four-side, structural sealant glazed window wall provides a thermally broken, aluminum framing solution for between-slab horizontal spans on commercial buildings.
To meet codes and provide the desired level of visual connection, the University of Michigan-Flint and architects turned to multifunctional fire-resistive-rated glazing assemblies.