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A massive $250 million construction project that would add a 40-story tower to downtown Lexington and reshape one of the best-recognized corners in town was announced on Tuesday.
THE 3RD CHINA INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL EXPO 第三届中国国际建筑展 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN•BUIDLING MATERIALS•BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Dates:Oct. 28~31, 2008 Venue:China International Exhibition Center, Beijing Theme:Innovation Promotes Development,Building…
The UK winner of an international architectural competition to design a school along Passive House lines is expected to be announced by the organiser, leading insulation manufacturer Saint-Gobain Isover UK, early next month.
KEO International Consultants has completed two major projects in Al Ain, UAE with a combined value of AED 257million.
Architectural Glass Projects was selected as the specialist façade contractor for the Kirribilli Club project by builder AW Edwards.
China Architectural Engineering, Inc. (CAE) (AMEX:RCH), which specializes in the design, engineering, fabrication and installation of high-end curtain wall systems, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to build the spherical external…
Residents and office workers can now enjoy panoramic views in the bright and inspiring Bauhaus development on Quay Street in Manchester, thanks to glazing from Pilkington.Approximately 1200m2 of Pilkington Suncool features in the second phase of the…
Multiforms, architectural façade specialists and a subsidiary of Emaar Industries & Investments, has won a contract worth Dh175 million from leading contracting company Arabtec for the supply and installation of the external cladding for Tiara…
Visitors can now tour architect Philip Johnson's famed Glass House in Connecticut.The Glass House site, which he donated to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1986, opened to the public in June and has already become a magnet for…
Internal linings specialist, British Gypsum, has launched a new ceiling lining board that combines high levels of thermal insulation with 30 minutes fire resistance.
Rooms with smooth, rounded transitions between ceilings, floors and walls. Smooth, radiantly white surfaces and an interior design which skilfully featured just a few items of designer furniture, while it allowed the functional equipment of the…
Glass Polish of US on Tuesday announced its entry into India. It is the world’s largest glass, windscreen, plastic and acrylic repair company.
PPG Industries and iGlass Projects Pty. Ltd. of Australia announced today they have signed an agreement to develop and commercialize dimmable glazing for automotive sunroofs.
Lifts in The Shires shopping centre in Leicester have been created using 400 metres square of Pilkington Planar™/Sentry Glas Plus with Pilkington OptiWhite™ .
Reuters reported that Apogee Enterprises Inc. (APOG.O: Quote, Profile , Research), which makes glass for office-building exteriors and picture frames, said on Tuesday that first quarter profit more than doubled, helped by strong results in its…
Glassex-GP&T 2008 will be promoted by CIB, the current Construction Marketing Awards “Agency of the Year”.
This week crews poured the 60th and last residential floor at One Rincon, the condominium atop San Francisco's Rincon Hill.
Britain is now home to two of the world’s most advanced plaster and plasterboard manufacturing plants following a £120-million investment in production capacity by British Gypsum.
After months of planning, work is ready to begin next week on the installation of the new curtain wall at Indiana Square.
Top brands, bottle manufacturers, retailers and technology experts have teamed up under a UK-government programme to cut 20,000 tonnes of glass from beer, cider and spirit packaging.
Winemakers and retailers will learn this week how to reduce their impact on climate change by bottling imported wines within the UK – and boost recycling as they do so.
Burj Dubai, on course to becoming the world's tallest tower, is taking its final shimmering form as installation of curtain wall glass panels commenced on Level 19 of the super-structure developed by Emaar Properties.
No other material is associated more closely with modern architecture than glass. In combination with new technologies, this versatile material offers a broad range of possibilities ranging from lighting to construction using solar technology.
Glaziers in Yorkshire will be able to recycle their waste glass, wood and plastics, across a network of depots in the region - believed to be one of the first networks of its kind.