flexiblefullpage -



billboard - default
interstitial1 - interstitial
catfish1 - bottom
75 Top Building Products | Dec 16, 2019

101 Top Products for 2019

Building Design+Construction readers and editors select their top building products for the past 12 months in the fourth-annual 101 Top Products report.

75 Top Building Products | Dec 16, 2019

Top Glass and Glazing Products for 2019

SageGlass's Harmony dynamic glass and Vitro Architectural Glass's Acuity low-iron glass are among the nine new glass and glazing products to make Building Design+Construction's 2019 101 Top Products report.

Glass and Glazing | Sep 6, 2019

A Seismic Advance in Performance

181 Fremont was engineered for performance, including a unitized curtainwall featuring Solarban<sup>®</sup> 70XL solar control low-e glass.

BD+C University Course | Jul 8, 2019

Shadow box design: To vent or not to vent [AIA course]

A curtain wall shadow box is a spandrel assembly consisting of vision glass at the building exterior and an opaque infill at the interior side of the curtain wall system. This course is worth 1.0 AIA LU/HSW. 

Design Innovation Report | Jun 25, 2019

2019 Design Innovation Report: Super labs, dream cabins, office boardwalks, façades as art

9 projects that push the limits of architectural design, space planning, and material innovation.

Glass and Glazing | GWWO | Feb 7, 2019

Designing for the birds is not just for the birds

We’ve all seen it. A dead bird laying on the sidewalk next to a building.  Or, maybe we’ve heard it. The loud bang of a bird flying into your window. 

Glass and Glazing | Elizabeth Cotton | Jan 3, 2019

L’Avenue Apartments, Montreal, Quebec

A new Montreal icon features glass in contrasting shades for optimal aesthetic appeal.

Glass and Glazing | Elizabeth Cotton | Dec 20, 2018

The beauty and benefits of tinted glass

Tinted glass helps to regulate a building’s temperature as it is designed to absorb energy from the visible light spectrum.

Glass and Glazing | Elizabeth Cotton | Dec 13, 2018

Glass sells: The importance of glass in retail

Store frontage is integral to showcasing what’s inside and, more importantly, who is inside.

Glass and Glazing | Bill O'Keeffe | Nov 26, 2018

Why “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” doesn’t work!

I refused to believe that wire glass, which has been used in the US for over 100 years, was the only fire rated glazing option.

leaderboard1 - default