Enter today! BD+C's 75 Top Building Products for 2024
BD+C editors are now accepting submissions for the annual 75 Top Building Products awards. The winners will be featured in the November/December 2024 issue of Building Design+Construction.
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Fire-Rated Products
SAFTI FIRST launches redesigned website
SAFTI FIRST, leading USA-manufacturer of advanced fire rated glass and framing systems, is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website, safeglassforschools.com.
Products and Materials
Top building products for February 2024
BD+C Editors break down February's top 15 building products, from custom-engineered glass bridges to washroom accessories.
Products and Materials
Top building products for January 2024
BD+C Editors break down January's top 15 building products, from SloanStone Quartz Molded Sinks to InvisiWrap SA housewrap.
University Buildings | Nov 6, 2017
A reconstructed building sets the standard for future rehabs at Cornell
Early AE collaboration played a major role in moving this project forward efficiently.
Glass and Glazing | Oct 13, 2017
Toronto’s CN Tower improves views with floor-to-ceiling dynamic glass windows
The glass darkens in proportion to the sun’s intensity to produce a reduction of heat and glare inside the building.
Glass and Glazing | Oct 12, 2017
Glass installation depicts Chicago landscape at O’Hare Terminal 5 expansion
The art was inspired by NASA satellite imagery.
Oct 10, 2017
This is SageGlass
Electronically tintable SageGlass provides a beautiful way to control solar glare and heat gain…
Fire-Rated Products | Aug 15, 2017
Walking on glass: Clear floor system offers largest two-hour fire- resistive panels
The system uses the largest tested and listed individual glass panels for two-hour fire-resistive glass floor applications.
Glass and Glazing | Jun 21, 2017
Hurricane resistant, energy-efficient Viracon Glass turns Florida office building into modern business destination
VUE-30 not only transformed the drab 40-year-old Emerald Hills office building into a modern marvel, but enhanced the energy efficiency of the building.
Fire-Rated Products | Jun 13, 2017
Fire resistive glass floors make a dramatic statement in Nashville’s historic neighborhood
SAFTI FIRST supplied a single glass unit comprised of non-slip rated Starphire tempered laminated Glass with 1/8” Non-Skid White Dots from Oldcastle insulated to custom SuperLite II-XL fire resistive glazing.
Jun 13, 2017
Accelerate Live! talk: Work in progress—How the office environment drives innovation, SageGlass (sponsored)
SageGlass CEO Dr. Alan McLenaghan reviews how biophilic design and new technologies, such as dynamic glass, create a greater connection between the built and natural environments in the office.
Jun 13, 2017
Accelerate Live! talk: Next-gen materials for the built environment, Blaine Brownell, Transmaterial
Architect and materials guru Blaine Brownell reveals emerging trends and applications that are transforming the technological capacity, environmental performance, and design potential of architecture.
Fire-Rated Products | Bill O'Keeffe | Jun 13, 2017
Hidden risks and costs of using sprinklers as an alternate to 1-2 hour fire resistive glazing
The ASTM E-119 test is the most stringent and most difficult test to pass for all fire rated glazing assemblies.
