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The aluminium system house Wicona continues to drive forward the decarbonisation of its product range and has reached a new milestone for Hydro Circal 75R. The sustainable aluminium alloy made from recycled end-of-life aluminium now has a carbon footprint of just 1.9 kg CO2/kg aluminium - 70% less than the EU average. Here are the details.
Most buildings have great potential for optimisation: They often require extensive energy-efficient refurbishment. Part of such measures is the renovation of balconies and loggias with glass. Here you can find out what such balcony glazing can achieve.
Glass surfaces larger than 20 square metres are to be banned in future, according to the new Nature Conservation Act of the German state of Hesse (HeNatG). GW-News spoke to Hans-Joachim Arnold of Arnold Glas, the company that was the first to develop and market bird protection glass.
The architect Zaha Hadid set new standards in design and form with her futuristic architecture. For a long time, her dynamic buildings were considered unfeasible in terms of construction technology, but then came the breakthrough. One of her last works is the Argos design house in Graz. Facade glass from Isolar is installed there.
At Tesla's new Gigafactory in Austin (USA), four suction systems from Heavydrive LLC (Atlanta, USA) were used for the installation of the 110 oversized facade elements. Here are the details.
Bird protection is becoming increasingly important and should already be taken into account when planning glass facades. Here you can find out how Flachglas MarkenKreis and its project consultants help to tackle the problem in the planning phase.
Building-integrated PV modules are interesting alternatives to standard facade elements. Experience shows that such PV elements are only accepted by building owners and planners if they are visually appealing. The new ColorQuant glass colours were specifically developed to give PV elements a colourful appearance. Holger Geisler, Managing Director at Ceramic Colors Wolbring GmbH, explains the details.
Every summer the tennis world looks to London for the traditional Wimbledon Championships. The international tennis elite play exciting matches here. In future, the warm-edge system Ködispace 4SG from H.B. Fuller | Kömmerling will also be a part.
The German Bundestag is getting new offices for members of parliament. The new building consists of wooden modules clad with a colourful glass facade. The glass elements were supplied by Glas Marte. Here are the details.
Varso Place is a new building complex in the centre of Warsaw, crowned by Varso Tower, the tallest tower in the EU. Energy efficiency in the high-rise office building is ensured, among other ways, by Swisspacer Ultimate warm-edge spacers and glass from Saint-Gobain.
Thanks to Colt International, the residents of "l'Osange" in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburb southwest of Paris, now enjoy their very own conservatory. Read here how manual sliding glass shutters system give this unusual facade that certain something extra.
The architecture firm SOM has built a 530-m high glass skyscraper in Tianjin. Manufactured using Glaston machines, all glass facades were supplied by CSG Holding, the largest producer of architectural glass in China.
In Canada's megacity Toronto, one of the city's most interesting and largest construction projects is currently under way: The new, sustainably planned CIBC Square.
The new offices of the Triodos Bank in the Netherlands set standards for circular construction as a completely demountable, energy-neutral building with a wooden structure and a glass facade.
The small town of Gundelsheim in Lower Frankonia now has a new public library. The building was constructed using a harmonious combination of traditional architecture and modern glass construction.
100 per cent accessibility, portholes in a renovated glass facade, how to dispose of and recycle PVC windows and Glaston‘s new Sales and Service Director Down Under. Here are our top stories of the week:
After complete renovation, Amsterdam's De Walvis office building now has a new glass facade made of highly selective glass. Here you can find out about the role played by the glass portholes, which were specially developed for the project by Schollglas.
The installation of particularly wide glass facades presents many challenges. To optimally adapt its product to the building structure, Solarlux has developed a new adjustable profile for its folding glass wall.
The solar control insulating glass of the Infrastop Q product range has grown. These newly developed Q 70/30 and Q 50/20 glass types are now available from Flachglas MarkenKreis.
The EPCL vocational school in Lausanne (Ecole Professionnelle Commerciale de Lausanne) shows how the renovation of a building can also become something of a work of art.
The Scholarly Communication and Information Centre of the library of Vilnius University has a striking design while the large glass facades also allow the mind to wonder as one sits in the reading room studying.
In Montreal facade specialist seele implemented a 42m long glass roof. The special thing about it is that the construction consists of only 18 insulating glasses. Have a look at the pictures from the construction site.
Digitisation has transformed architecture. Buildings and facades are created that would not have been possible without 3D design and computer-aided algorithms. By virtue of its malleability, it is possible for the flexible Super Spacer spacer system made of structural foam to be installed in some of the most exposed, free-form glass facades of the past decade.
