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In many cases, curtain wall failures are caused by fairly simple errors that occur during the fabrication and installation process. This...
Kate Steel of Steel Consulting Services offers tips and advice for choosing the correct code-compliant glazing product for every fire-rated...
Charter schools are growing like Topsy. But don’t jump on board unless you know what you’re getting into.
The Building Team for Berkeley, Calif.’s new 9,500-sf West Branch library aims to achieve net-zero—and possibly net-positive—energy performance...
The majority of fire rated glazing applications occur inside the building in order to allow occupants to exit the building safely or provide an...
Single-glazed storefronts in the student center at California’s West Valley College were replaced with aluminum-framed, thermally broken windows...
New school’s south-facing elevation features a glazed aluminum curtain wall that incorporates PPG Solarblue and PPG Solarban 60 glazing.
Architects were able to create a 2-hour exit enclosure/stairwell that provided vision and maximum fire safety using fire rated glazing that...
Curing agents; commercial faucets; wall-cladding systems.
In order for the Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes in Pittsburgh to generate its own energy and renewable resources, it will include...
The atrium of the Oklahoma University’s Children’s Hospital atrium was designed by Miles Associates and the St. Louis office of HOK with its young...
The Human Resource Development Center of the Seoul City government in South Korea uses Dye Solar Cell (DSC) stained glass windows to generate...
An exclusive tip sheet to help the Building Team manage door and window retrofits successfully.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol's Torrington Port of Entry station at the Nebraska border had a problem: intense sunlight in the summer and glare from...
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When the University embarked on its first major addition since the opening of Hutchins Hall in 1933, preserving the Collegiate Gothic-style...
The editors of Building Design+Construction present 10 “Great Solutions” that highlight innovative technology and products that can be used to...
Operable glass balcony glazing systems provide solution to increase usable space in residential and commercial structures.
An aged federal building gets wrapped in a new double wall glass skin.
Fire and hurricane assemblies meet design and code requirements.
