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We often report on Ritec’s team of specialist applicators’ great on-site work to already-installed glass.
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AGNORA laminates 13 oversize panels & digitally prints -with accuracy & precision- the history of basketball seamlessly across them all.
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Eurolamex® S Phon makes rooms with especially high noise protection possible. Are concentrated office work and undisturbed meetings possible in the middle of a scrapyard? Schlicht Lamprecht Architekten created a rust red oasis surrounded by the…
Under the motto “Great materials for great architects”, the special show Materia will highlight innovative products and materials for the architectural sector. With the new special show Materia the world´s leading trade fair for the glass industry…
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Toughened safety glass can play an obvious role in financial institutions, hospitals, prisons, cash businesses and other commercial properties where security is a primary concern. However, toughened glass is also becoming a much more prominent…
AGC’s "Glass Measurement App" offers a new added benefit: coating detection In 2015, AGC Glass Europe created a new tool for measuring the thickness of installed glazing with a smartphone, using a special App.
We get to work on some pretty interesting homes in the counties surrounding our Downtown Los Angeles location. This time, my project took place in a property that was a tri-level condo situated in Venice Beach, near the distinctive landmark of the…
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Opened in March, Michigan’s new $23 million Gull Road Justice Complex improves operational collaboration through efficiencies in space, design and function. The 85,000-square-foot, three-story building also houses the family division of the…
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The first batches of POLFLAM® fire-resistant glass were produced in 2005. Today, more than ten years later, the then mounted POLFLAM glass is the company’s best reference, as it has successfully passed the most reliable of all tests – the test in…
Energy efficiency legislation and incentives will be the focus of discussions this week in Brussels. Supported by the European Commission, Sustainability Energy Week is a series of conferences, debates and discussions in Brussels.
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