Architecture
News
New study conducted by independent consulting firm quantifies return on investment for advanced low-e glazings
The ‘workplace of the future’ building in Dubai selects SunGuard® solar control glass for glazed facade
Pittsburgh Glass Center’s expansion will feature Solarban® 72 Starphire® glass, VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG) and heavy Starphire® glass by Vitro.
Explore the possibilities of coated glass at Theppanya Hospital in Chiang Mai
Vitro Architectural Glass is proud to support multiple upcoming development projects in its hometown of Pittsburgh.
Connecting the construction industry in Ethiopia | 18 -20 May 2023 | Millennium Hall Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Enhancing interior ventilation and sustainable development
Okalux facade enhances neuroscience research building at California Institute of Technology
This year, the Week combines two iconic industry exhibitions: RosBuild 2023 and Mir Stekla 2023.
Fewer architecture firms report declining billings in January compared to billing activity in December, according to a new report today from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).
Experience the construction industry of the future at BAU 2023
Stimulating the development of construction will lead to increased production of sheet glass
Demand for design services from U.S. architecture firms continued to contract in December, according to a new report from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
Featuring an impressive terracotta design for shading, Solarban® 90 Starphire® glass curtainwall, and expansive glazed windows, the HSIB is designed to be both aesthetically pleasing and high-performing.
Renowned French architect Bernard Bühler announces the three winners of the Bernard Bühler Award for the 2022 Vanceva® World of Color Awards™.
The key themes in 2023 are challenge of climate change, digital transformation, homes of the future, resources and recycling, and modular building.
Articles
The trend in modern architecture towards a steady optimisation of building envelopes is continuing. Beside its function as a design element, a façade also contributes to the building’s energy balance.
This paper examines the visual performance of building facades that utilize windows with different photochromic-coated glass.
Structural interlayers in laminated glass have allowed engineers and specifiers to extend and improve the use of glazing solutions in the construction industry.
A new design approach for loadbearing monolithic glass components of reduced annealing time
In this work, thermal and electrical performances of a multicrystalline silicon based PV-vacuum glazing were characterised using indoor test cell.
Within this research, two sets of real-scale laminated banister panels with the embedded connection were tested.
The main challenge in the design of the duplex façade was the high aesthetical performance that the façade had to meet.
The economy globalizes. The industries concentrate. The productions become uniform. Cultural specificities disappear. About architecture and glass in architecture, it is the same phenomenon.
“Going ahead of the Curve” is what the advertisement states outside of newly remodeled, Class A office building in Ottawa, Canada.
Can you name all types of dynamic glazing that are available in today’s market? Are you aware of their particular specifications and strengths? Don’t worry even if you can’t.
A Novel, Demountable Structural Glass System Out of Dry-Assembly, Interlocking Cast Glass Components
Combining transparency with a high compressive strength, glass enables us to make diaphanous load-bearing compressive members, from beams and columns to free-standing facades and entire glass structures.
Glass can form and shape a space, creating transparent architecture that can make you feel closer to the outside world.
