Glasswerks LA

Established in 1980 in Los Angeles, Glasswerks is a full-service fabricator of glass for commercial and architectural applications, supplying tempered, laminated, and custom glass to customers in California, Nevada, and Hawaii. Glasswerks’ experienced fabrication personnel are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, and focus on delivering quality products and personalized customer support.

GKD Metal Fabrics

Since 1925, the global architecture and commercial design communities have relied upon on our expertise in delivering customized solutions. From concept to installation, we believe in an efficient, design-to-build process that utilizes collaborative project engineering to anticipate and exceed your metal fabric needs.

WindowMaster Clearline Inc

WindowMaster was founded in 1990. Its founding vision is to create better buildings that have plenty of fresh air and excellent and safe indoor climates. The company employs around 140 people in Denmark, Germany, England, Switzerland, Norway and US and works with an extensive network of certified partners around the world. We supply sustainable indoor

GCP Applied Technologies

GCP Applied Technologies is a leading global provider of construction products technologies that include high-performance waterproofing products and specialty systems such as PERM-A-BARRIER®, SILCOR® and PREPRUFE®, additives for cement and concrete and the VERIFI® in-transit concrete management system. GCP products have been used to build some of the world’s most renowned structures. More information is available at www.gcpat.com.

Gate Precast

Gate Precast, one of the nation’s largest producers of architectural and structural precast concrete systems, operates eight manufacturing facilities. Gate is known as a specialist in precast 3D design and engineering and serves as a design-assist consultant to architects and owners who seek to maximize the performance of their design.

Entuitive

Entuitive is a consulting engineering practice with a vision of bringing together engineering and intuition to enhance building performance. Our practice encompasses integrated structural engineering, building envelope, restoration, and special projects and renovations consulting services for both new construction and existing buildings.

Eastman

Eastman is a specialty chemical company that produces a broad range of products including Saflex® and Vanceva® PVB interlayers for laminated glass that enhances glass in terms of safety, security, strength, style, solar and sound control. Architects and engineers count on Eastman for expert technical support during the design phase.

Construction Specialties

We are Construction Specialties (CS), a family-owned building products manufacturer. We provide custom solutions to complex problems that architects, designers, building owners, facility managers, and contractors face every day. Since inventing the first extruded louver, CS has become a global leader in all their product categories.

Clark Pacific

Clark Pacific designs, manufactures and installs high-performance building envelope systems. Known for their aesthetic versatility, energy efficiency and durability; Clark Pacific integrated envelope systems are a single-source for architects, owners, and GCs.

C.R. Laurence – US Aluminum

CRL – U.S. Aluminum is the leading single source manufacturer and supplier of architectural glazing systems. Our robust manufacturing capabilities, coupled with an expansive distribution network, yields a high quality product with short lead time that translates into absolute peace of mind for those who specify, install operate or occupy.

Parking garage receives razzle-dazzle camouflage-inspired cladding

Inspired by a military camouflage technique dating back nearly 100 years, DAZZLE is a permanent public artwork commissioned by San Diego County Regional Airport Authority for San Diego International Airport’s Rental Car Center. The project, delivered by art team Ueberall International (Nikolaus Hafermaas, David Delgado, Dan Goods, and Jeano Erforth), was made possible through a

Facades+AM in Washington, D.C. to spotlight the District’s particular building culture and challenges

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Washington, D.C. has a vibrant architectural culture, not limited to the neoclassical masonry of government buildings and major museums. The upcoming Facades+AM conference gives the District design community a chance to share ideas on building envelopes’ contributions to sustainability and occupants’ quality of life. Compressed into the morning

Insulated metal panels offer chic industrial warehouse aesthetic for high-end retailer

High-end stroller retailer UPPAbaby, based in Rockland, Mass., turned to a modern glass and Metl-Span–insulated metal panel façade for its new 45,000-square-foot headquarters. The mixed-use project accommodates a 15,000-square-foot warehouse and maintenance workshop, as well as a retail front to conduct direct-to-consumer business, while the majority of the facility will be dedicated to an open

Terra-cotta sun shading offers transparency and dynamism for Australian business school

Nestled into a small inner-city suburb of Sydney sits a new business school facility for the University of Sydney. The building, designed by Woods Bagot across three of their fifteen global offices, consolidates facilities that were once scattered across nine buildings on campus while supporting a student body of over 6,000 students. The massing of the building weaves into

Marlon Blackwell’s copper-clad “barn” blends tradition with innovation

Part of a larger master plan funded by the North Dallas Lamplighter School’s “Igniting Young Minds for a Lifetime of Learning” campaign, a new Innovation Lab and Lamplighter Barn are aimed at marrying technology and the school’s storied cooperative learning curriculum. Both buildings were designed by Arkansas-based architect Marlon Blackwell and represent his first built works in North Texas. The Innovation

Irish retrofit rediscovers golden rectangle proportioning systems

Located in Dublin’s historic D4 district, Eaton House serves as Eaton Corporation’s new global headquarters. It is located in an early 19th-century Georgian neighborhood containing a mix of residences, small businesses, parks, and embassies. The project occupies the site of five original terrace houses dating to 1830. A new building replaced these houses in 1970 following their demolition. This

Printed metal panels clad new healthcare facility in Minneapolis

Reorganizing nearly two million square feet to offer centralized and accessible care for people who need convenient access to a doctor, same-day surgery, or cancer treatment, Hennepin County Medical Center’s latest project is a new six-story building that consolidates over 40 primary and specialty clinics currently spread across nine buildings. The healthcare project, led by local architect BWBR,

Rehabilitating Lookout Mountain’s historic “Castle in the Clouds”

Originally built as a resort hotel, Carter Hall is a Tudor style concrete-framed stucco structure on the Covenant College campus outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Following a late-1970s recladding project, the landmark building was covered up in an effort to address ongoing moisture and thermal concerns. This rehabilitation project, led by Atlanta-based Lord Aeck Sargent (LAS),

University of Washington’s molecular engineering complex is now complete

Six years after the University of Washington opened its 90,000-square-foot Molecular Engineering and Sciences Building (MolES), a new addition, the Nano Engineering and Sciences Building (NanoES), has nearly doubled the size of the complex located at the center of the University of Washington (UW) Seattle-based campus. The Seattle offices of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP (ZGF) programmed and designed the two-phased

Mecanoo interprets Moorish vernacular architecture for Spain’s Palace of Justice

Constructed adjacent to a UNESCO World Heritage site, the new Palace of Justice in Córdoba, Spain delivers a contemporary take on the traditional courtyard typology and Moorish screening techniques found throughout the city. Led by Dutch firm Mecanoo and Spain’s AYESA, the 51,000-square-foot super dense project was initially awarded after a competition in 2006, and after a long

Ultrathin concrete roof to cap a net-positive energy rooftop apartment

A full-scale prototype of the design was the culmination of a four-year research project by ETH Zürich, and now the thin-shell integrated system’s concrete roof is under construction. The razor-thin assembly, built over the course of six months, tapers to an impressive one-inch thickness at the perimeter, averaging two inches thick across its more than 1,700 square feet

Dynamic Glass makes appearance in overhaul of Swiss hotel

Electrochromic glass by SageGlass allows for facade shading without impeding views. This technology is perhaps most beneficial in a place like downtown Geneva, Switzerland, where mid-rise housing and office blocks frame distant views to snow-capped mountains and Lake Geneva. Recently, the Warwick Geneva Hotel became the first hotel in the world to be fitted with

AkzoNobel

  AkzoNobel offers a complete range of products for architectural aluminum, including TRINAR liquid spray coatings and INTERPON powder coatings. Both meet AAMA 2605 standards for Superior Performance and are ideal for monumental projects as well as residential and institutional applications. Widely specified for their performance, durability and color and gloss retention, AkzoNobel coatings ensure