The design phase of a building project allows the design team to select fenestration systems that meet the needs of a project and set up the building for success during and after construction. Design teams must balance performance and practicality to achieve a successful installation while maintaining required fenestration...
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Traditional thinking within the building enclosure industry may suggest the aesthetic and comfort features of interior spaces run counter to their safety and security capabilities. While they are not necessarily mutually exclusive, it can be challenging for architects and designers to consider certain tradeoffs for glazing and curtain walls....
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Choosing finishes for commercial buildings’ aluminum-framed vertical fenestration assemblies—windows, curtain wall, storefront, and entrances—often begins by selecting a color. Specialty coatings also can enhance the visual and tactile effects of the finished appearance.
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Air curtains separate the indoor and outdoor environment at open doorways; for example, they can prevent warm air from entering the workplace in summer. In winter, air curtains can not only prevent cold air infiltration through open doorways, but they can also employ electric, steam, or hot water heating...
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Physical security retrofit is not as simple as it used to be. With today’s health compliance mandates and growing social upheaval, physical security upgrades must transcend previous technologies which only focused on minimizing organizational risks in corporate office buildings.
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Thanks to the pioneering work of dedicated scientists, ornithologists, wildlife associations, and the glass industry, the future is looking brighter for the billions of birds which end up colliding with windows each year. While still in its infancy, the science of bird-safe glazing is emerging with creative new ideas...
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For commercial offices, retail, and hospitality spaces, government centers, school classrooms, and other interior buildouts, architects and interior designers can pair aluminum framing systems with glass or other insert panels to balance connectivity and transparency with productivity and privacy.
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This case study explores the unique solutions employed for a unitized curtain wall facade at the Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences, a new 35-story tower nearing completion in Boston’s urban core., and located on a prominent corner site with a complex set of environmental and contextual conditions.
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While no building product component or system is truly “bulletproof,” industry resources are evolving to evaluate, select, and specify high-performance, aluminum-framed curtain wall, storefront, entrance, and window systems which can help protect against active shooter attacks in schools, universities, and other facilities.
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Understanding national and local building codes, standards, and guidelines, and their intent and application to unique design challenges, concepts, and solutions.
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