folding marble facade of capital one hall

HGA’s marble panels fold into the future of mixed-use development

Architect HGA Facade FabricatorNational Enclosure Company Campolonghi Stone Facade InstallerR. Bratti Associates Facade ConsultantArup Structural EngineerThornton Tomasetti Wheaton Sprague General ContractorWhiting-Turner LocationTysons, Virginia DateFall 2021 SystemMarble with custom steel truss and clip system ProductsItalian Carrara marble Custom unitized aluminum framing system by NEC and Wheaton Sprague Nordic Royal brass cladding manufactured by Arubis Conspicuously clad

Image of One Steuart Lane from the San Francisco Bay

SOM’s One Steuart Lane faces the San Francisco Bay with stacked massing and travertine

ArchitectSOM Facade ManufacturerEnclos Campolonghi Spa MK Metal NorthGlass Facade ConsultantCurtainwall Design Consultants Structural EngineerSOM General ContractorSwinerton Builders LocationSan Francisco Date2021 SystemCustom unitized curtain wall ProductsCampolonghi Spa Roman Travertine NorthGlass laminated and insulated glass units Downtown San Francisco is undergoing an incredible spate of development, especially on sites abutting the waterfront with much-coveted views of the Bay

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Show-stopping bronze fins breathe life into Northeastern University’s science complex

The only thing taller than the glowing, curved fins of the six-story Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex building is its list of awards. Northeastern University’s new academic and research center, designed by Payette, has won over ten major awards since its design phase—most recently the 2021 AIA Architecture Award and 2021 AIA Regional & Urban Design Award. The building

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The bulbous bay windows of the Lantern House illuminate NYC’s High Line

New York City’s High Line is no stranger to development. Since first opening in 2009, the elevated railway–turned–public park has spurred a building frenzy on Manhattan’s Far West Side, much of it architecturally meager. Straddling the High Line today—several years after its third and final stretch was inaugurated—are gleaming glass stalactites, anonymous in their bearing

TJC Products

TJC Worldwide specializes in the sales and distribution of modern building materials. Our commitment is to provide the highest quality materials with unparalleled customer service. TJC Products is a North American Independent Sales Organization and Reseller of Building Products that focuses on the outside of your building. Our extensive product range caters to a variety of

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Archi-Tectonics wraps a SoHo addition to an urban townhouse with new climate skin

While flashy residential additions are nothing new to the New York neighborhood of SoHo, the 3D “climate skin” wrapping Archi-Tectonics’ 8-story townhouse at 512 Greenwich Street introduces a fresh face to the cast iron-dominated historic district. The firm added a 4-story addition to an existing building and united the single-family home with a deep black and

Vetrotech Saint-Gobain

Vetrotech believes that safety comes first, and we take that responsibility seriously. We never compromise when it comes to life-safety and property protection. Our life-safety, fire-resistant and high-security glass products are suitable for a variety of glazed building applications requiring complimentary protection, while blending seamlessly into the architectural design.

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Studio Gang crowns St. Louis with a new crystalline residential tower

Though it’s been open for less than a year, One Hundred, a 36-story residential tower in St. Louis’s Central West End neighborhood, carries itself like a city landmark. Designed by celebrated Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang, the building peacocks along Kings-highway Boulevard, its tiered, faceted profile evoking a giant crystalline headdress. ManufacturerLorin Industries Architect Facade ConsultantStudio NYL Structural EngineerMagnusson

Tim Nass

Tim Nass has nearly 30 years of experience in the architectural glazing industry. As the Vice President of Sales at SAFTI FIRST, leading USA-manufacturer of fire rated glass and framing systems, he brings his extensive knowledge and expertise when working closely with architects, consultants, general contractors and glaziers to deliver a code-compliant glazing solution that

Safti First

SAFTI FIRST has over 40 years of experience in testing, innovating and providing technologically advanced fire rated glass and framing systems. Our products are tested, certified, listed and labeled both by UL and Intertek/Warnock-Hersey. SAFTI FIRST is also the fire rated glass and framing division of O’Keeffe’s Inc., a leading USA manufacturer of architectural glass

MIT Site 4, a tall, narrow building covered in louvers

MIT Site 4 is a new icon for the Cambridge-based school

From the beginning, MIT Site 4, a new 29-story graduate residential tower in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was conceived by its architects as an icon. But not just any icon, said Nader Tehrani of the architecture firm NADAAA; the project, one of several being developed concurrently by MIT in the Kendall Square neighborhood, needed to both anchor this inchoate skyline and

sinuous concrete form of the open terrace facing the water

The concrete Cloudscape of Haikou elevates sinuous form for coastal pavilion

The Cloudscape of Haikou opened on April 21st, 2021, welcoming users and park visitors from the coastal city of Haikou, China, to the intimate library and waystation. Commissioned by the city’s Tourism and Culture Investment Holding Group, the sinuous concrete Cloudscape is the first of 16 coastal pavilions that will be built to rejuvenate the public space along

a corner shot showing the two story poured concrete arches at the mechanical, or "skyview", level and the north herringbone concrete wall

180 East 88th highlights craftsmanship with a waterfall of hand-laid Kolumba brick

New York’s Upper East Side neighborhood is home to an eclectic range of scale and style largely thanks to its early history; a few blocks from the marble and limestone chateaus sprinkling Park Avenue are the brick and stone Neo-Federal and Georgian townhomes from the late 19th century. As nesting ground for some of the most expensive housing in Manhattan,

Sedak

Based in the Germany town of Gersthofen, sedak is a premium manufacturer of optimum quality insulated and safety glass. As a market leader and specialist in oversized glass formats and special glass, we supply single-pane glass, multi-layer glass and functional insulated glass in formats up to 3.6m × 20m.

MG McGrath

MG McGrath Inc is an award-winning leader in the design, fabrication, and installation of architectural surfaces including glass and custom metal panels in a variety of materials and finishes.

3M IDAT

3M™ VHB™ Structural Glazing Tapes are durable, high performance two-sided pressure sensitive acrylic foam tapes for the bonding of glass panels into curtain wall, skylight/canopies and commercial window and door systems. These tapes offer significant value to glazing system manufacturers, contract glazers and most importantly, the building owner.

Michael Ondrus

Michael Ondrus is the Americas Market Development Manager with Eastman’s Advanced Interlayers Group, which offers Saflex® and Vanceva® interlayers for laminated glass. His background includes over 20 years of glass industry experience in the architectural and specialty glass segments. He has held board positions with the Glass Association of North America and is a member

Eastman

Eastman is a specialty company that produces a broad product range, including Saflex® and Vanceva® laminated glass interlayers. These interlayers can enhance glass capability in terms of safety, security, strength, storm resistance, colors, translucence, neutrality, solar performance, and acoustics. Architects/engineers count on Eastman’s expertise in identifying facade/interior laminated glass solutions.

Bendheim

Glass rainscreens, ventilated glass facades, and specialty glass wall systems. Founded in New York City in 1927, Bendheim is a fourth-generation family-owned company, offering a virtually unlimited range of in-stock and custom architectural glass and systems.

AGNORA

AGNORA fabricates the largest architectural glass in North America. We temper, laminate, insulate, heat-treat, machine and digitally-print oversized glass for a variety of cultural, high-end residential, and luxury retail projects. From Manhattan penthouses to Hollywood movie sets, airport control towers to woolly mammoths, our projects are unique, exciting, and always leave us in anticipation of

image of several buildings including The Byrant. View is from Bryant Park and includes trees

New York’s tapering tripartite The Bryant joins the ranks of Beaux-Arts icons

Overlooking New York’s Bryant Park, the (now complete) residential tower The Bryant cuts a striking-yet-austere figure in the crowded Midtown skyline. Designed by the primarily London-based firm David Chipperfield Architects (DCA), the 34-story high-end-rise is notable for its perfect grid of oversize post-and-beam concrete slabs and operable window bays. ArchitectDavid Chipperfield Architects Architect of RecordStonehill Taylor Facade ConsultantVidaris Structural EngineerSeverud

Lisa Li

Lisa Li, National Architectural Manager, South Central Region, at Vitro Architectural Glass, offers product support and technical information to designers, specifiers, owners/developers and installers from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and southern Kansas. Before Lisa’s 22-year career began with Vitro Glass, she worked as a Mechanical Engineer in the Shanghai Shipyard and as a researcher at London