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Expanding the glass canvas with digital printing

August 9, 2013

Digital printing on glass is a relatively new way for architects and designers to add high-resolution multi-color design elements to building exteriors and interiors. It uses specialized software to create electronic files the digital printer can use to deposit ceramic ink onto the glass surface through a print head.

More Than a Pretty Façade: Hurricane-rated channel glass tower tops SCAD Museum of Art’s contemporary expansion

August 9, 2013

Grafted onto the 19th-century brick remains of Georgia’s Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Museum of Art is a 26-m (86-ft) tall, semi-transparent channel glass tower, the first application to use hurricane-rated channel glass in a horizontal, dual-glazed configuration without additional support.

More Than a Pretty Façade: Design considerations

August 9, 2013

Building and design teams can use channel glass systems to create visual statements. Some popular methods for heightening interest include altering the surface treatment, varying the channels’ orientation, and adding backlights.

More Than a Pretty Façade: Specifying with channel glass

August 9, 2013

U-shaped, linear cast-glass channels can provide design teams with a distinctive architectural feature while contributing to high-performance building design. This article presents considerations for design teams working to specify channel glass applications suitable for projects with multiple performance needs.

Solar design for windows

April 1, 2013

Since glazing is the most advanced and expensive part of many façades, it warrants a good design that goes more than skin-deep.

Using conventional curtain walls unconventionally

April 1, 2013

There is a preconception unique, high-functioning façades must comprise custom components and a large budget. However, recent precedents have demonstrated how employing familiar components in an unfamiliar way can achieve a distinctive enclosure system.

Selecting aluminum finishes for coastal areas

March 1, 2013

Coastal areas are beautiful locations for commercial and residential buildings, but also pose the greatest challenges in protecting exterior-facing architectural aluminum products from corrosion.

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08 40 00 Entrances, Storefronts, and Curtain Walls

Expanding the glass canvas with digital printing

More Than a Pretty Façade: Hurricane-rated channel glass tower tops SCAD Museum of Art’s contemporary expansion

More Than a Pretty Façade: Design considerations

More Than a Pretty Façade: Specifying with channel glass

Solar design for windows

Using conventional curtain walls unconventionally

Selecting aluminum finishes for coastal areas

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08 40 00 Entrances, Storefronts, and Curtain Walls

Expanding the glass canvas with digital printing

More Than a Pretty Façade: Hurricane-rated channel glass tower tops SCAD Museum of Art’s contemporary expansion

More Than a Pretty Façade: Design considerations

More Than a Pretty Façade: Specifying with channel glass

Solar design for windows

Using conventional curtain walls unconventionally

Selecting aluminum finishes for coastal areas

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