July 16, 2018 | Products and Services | David Malone, Associate Editor
These 6 products can provide innovative solutions to numerous design projects.
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Curtain Wall
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June 22, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
These blocks will undergo further testing to determine if they are safe.
The Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles. A. Zahner fabricated the 308 stainless steel ribbons using its patented ZEPPS process. Photo: ©A. Zahner Co.
April 11, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Three firms that specialize in façades that curve, twist, and turn see themselves as artisans of...
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Sponsored | April 25, 2016 | Pella EFCO Commercial Solutions
EFCO was approached during a search for highly durable and aesthetically appealing curtain wall a...
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Clear fire-rated glazing transfers daylight
Sponsored | March 24, 2016 | Technical Glass Products
Visual connectivity between workspaces and natural light, both to be created without sacrificing...
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The 2050 M Street building will have panels of curved glass covering its exterior. Renderings courtesy REX, via Architizer
November 04, 2015 | Mike Chamernik, Associate Editor
Around 900 fluted glass panes will cover 2050 M Street, which will contain television studios for...
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TGP’s steel curtain wall mirrors nearby buttes.
Sponsored | July 27, 2015 | Technical Glass Products
The curtain wall and cupola mirror the shape of surrounding landforms
With sections of the glass curtain wall also functioning as an elevator enclosure, it had to meet the fire resistive wall criteria ASTM E-119 for 2 hours.
Sponsored | April 14, 2015 | SaftiFirst
The curtain wall used for the Shigeru Ban-designed museum provides maximum daylight while protect...
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Sponsored | March 03, 2015 | Technical Glass Products
Fire-rated curtain wall systems filled this subterranean hub with natural light.
Sponsored | December 30, 2014 | Dow Corning
When developers of Uptown Bay City (Bay City, Mich.) began transforming the former industrial sit...
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July 17, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The Urban Green Council addresses a concern that many "green" buildings in the U.S. have: poor in...
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Sponsored | June 04, 2014 | Nichiha
The design team for the Third North apartment complex specified Nichiha’s Illumination Series arc...
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May 20, 2014 | Arup
The book, co-authored by Arup's Russell Fortmeyer, illustrates the various ways architects, consu...
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April 02, 2014 | C.C. Sullivan and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editors
Aligning thermal breaks and applying air barriers are among the top design and installation trick...
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March 13, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The 58-story DC Tower 1 is the first of two high-rises designed by Dominique Perrault Architectur...
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February 14, 2014 | C.C. Sullivan and Adam Sullivan, Contributing Editors
Building Teams across the globe are employing advanced robotics to simplify what is inherently a...
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January 23, 2014 | Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill-designed Federation of Korean Industries tower opens in Seoul [slideshow]
The 50-story tower features a unique, angled building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) exterior des...
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January 14, 2014 | Zahner
The web-based tool uses the company's factory floor like "a massive rapid prototype machine,” all...
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December 10, 2013 | BD+C Staff
From a crowd-funded smart shovel to a why-didn’t-someone-do-this-sooner scheme for managing traff...
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November 20, 2013 | BuildingGreen, Inc.
Assa Abloy's power-over-ethernet access-control locks and Schüco's retrofit façade system are a...
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October 07, 2013 | Julie Higginbotham, Senior Editor
The Hallidie Building's glass-and-steel skin is generally recognized as the forerunner of today’s...
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September 19, 2013 | C.C. Sullivan and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editors
Phase-change materials, electrochromic glass, and building-integrated PVs are among the breakthro...
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September 17, 2013 | BD+C Staff
The 1,476-foot-tall structure will showcase Korean cloaking technology that utilizes an LED façad...
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September 13, 2013 | BD+C Staff
Dubbed BIQ house, the building features a bright green façade consisting of hollow glass panels f...
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August 22, 2013 | C.C. Sullivan and Adam Sullivan, Contributing Editors
This course discuses the latest technological advances in glazing, which make possible ever more...
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July 09, 2013 | CTBUH and BD+C Staff
KONE's carbon-fiber hoisting technology and the Broad Group's prefab construction process are amo...
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July 03, 2013 | BD+C Staff
An overview of the 25 most popular continuing education courses on BDCuniversity.com.
June 28, 2013 | C.C. Sullivan
A researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory calls building enclosure commissioning “the...
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June 24, 2013 | SAFTI FIRST
Midtown Community Court, designated as a New York Historic Landmark, embarked on an $18 million r...
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June 17, 2013 | CENTRIA
Chaz Schafer brings impressive achievements and experience to CENTRIA’s marketing team
May 15, 2013 | PPG Glass Education Center
Low-emissivity glasses are critical to making today’s buildings brighter, more energy-efficient,...
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