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Vetrotech UK has announced the launch of Vetrotech Academy’s ‘Architect Days’ at the Saint-Gobain Innovation Centre, Great Portland Street, London.
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Vetrotech Saint-Gobain North America has an abundance of products and knowledge to share with those in attendance.
All the new and innovative products seen at the Glasstec show can be incorporated in the fire rated glass systems that we manufacture today.
Glazed partitions to provide maximum daylight inside the building are the dominating trend in modern architecture today.
350 years ago, a fire started in a bakery on Pudding Lane in London, which went on to rage throughout the medieval city for three days.
The 14th Otto Schott Research Award recognizes three researchers for their diverse findings on the strength of glass.
Award-winning Fireframes ClearView™ System eliminates the need for colored internal glass unit spacers or vertical mullions, for superior visual clarity.
The 14th Otto Schott Research Award honors three researchers from three continents for their groundbreaking findings on the strength of glass
What response can modern architecture expect where open space, glass facades and light-weight glass walls are predominant? The response is: fire-resistant glass with constantly improving properties.
A complex diamond-shaped structure that forms part of a luxury cruise liner, is a flagship project in a turnkey solution for Finland’s Pilkington Marine.
“This best-in-class product assembly checks all the boxes for privacy, shading and protection from fire" Jean-François Couturier, CEO of Unicel.
Vetrotech has provided the glass solutions for the Forensisch Psychiatrisch Centrum (FPC – Forensic Psychiatric Centre) in Ghent, Belgium.  Costing 80 million euros to build, the FPC provides care and rehabilitation in high-specification treatment…
One of the most exciting new buildings to open its doors this year is the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building Salt Lake City, Utah.   This $125 million, 335,000 square foot facility blends sustainability and resiliency under one roof.
An important element of any workplace safety strategy in the U.K. is a solid fire protection strategy. It’s not only necessary to ensure that your fire protection strategy is in line with U.K. building regulations but that it maximises the…
This CPD presentation will help to understand fire resistant glass.  
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain recently launched CONTRAFLAM® Mega. This fire resistant and thermally insulated glazing measuring 4.6m by 2.3m is the largest on the European market!   Vetrotech Saint-Gobain recently launched CONTRAFLAM® Mega.
Forbury Place Estate offers 600,000sqft of prime office space across three buildings in Reading town centre.
One of the most recognisable buildings on the Tyneside skyline has been given a new lease of life thanks to BAM Construction with Arkoni providing fire rated screen and door sets as well as non-fire rated glazing.
With a sleek, upscale aesthetic and strong corner presence in one of Bellevue, Washington’s, premier, mixed-use districts, LMN Architect’s 929 Office Tower is attracting big name tenants like the cloud-computing giant Salesforce.
Since early researchers first became aware of their potentially deadly effects, the only confirmed form of protection available to those who were required to work with X-rays, gamma rays and similar emissions, was to conceal themselves behind lead…