Glass comes in colors, interlayers come in colors, and colors and images can be printed on both to add an element of decoration to glass partitions, railings, exterior glass, and shower doors. Another way to create a buzz where the colors shift depending on the viewing angle is with dichroic films. 3M offers non-metallic, corrosion-free… Read more »
Category: Architectural Glass
Stronger, Lighter Glass for Interiors
The thicker the glass, the greater the strength. Not so with chemically strengthened glass. Elevecture, located in New York City, has incorporated 2mm chemically strengthened glass in building lobbies and interior elevator cabs—high traffic areas that are often subjected to impacts or scratches. More information is available from Elevecture. Chemically strengthened glass offers two more… Read more »
Bent Glass Design and Devil’s Detail
The Architectural Glass and Metal Association (AGMA) is a trade association serving regional glazing contractors in the greater Philadelphia area. The association serves as a resource for professional contractors engaged in interior and exterior glass applications. Its publication, Devil’s Detail, recently focused on bent glass, and Bent Glass Design was a contributor to this interesting article. Click… Read more »
Glass Display Cases Entice Shoppers
Let’s face it, shoppers want to see what they are buying when it comes to food. Glass is hygienic, attractive, and easy to clean—attributes that enhance the shopping experience. RPI Industries, located in Medford, New Jersey, have over 30-years’ experience manufacturing refrigerated and non-refrigerated glass cases for the hospitality and food service markets. Standard or… Read more »
Privacy Glass in Philadelphia Hospital Enhances the Patient Experience
Privacy Glass is a unique interior or exterior option for glazing in many applications, including shower enclosures, windows, projection displays, and skylights. One special use of this glazing is found in patients’ rooms at a major Philadelphia hospital. Privacy glass enables gives patients control turn glass partitions from clear to translucent with the flip of… Read more »
Bent Glass, the Shapely Alternative to Flat Glass
If flat glass is the norm, bent glass goes one step further in enhancing architectural and interior design. Bent glass shapes offer a variety of options. From a shallow or cylindrical bent to a complex curve to a curve plus tangents, these shapes attract attention and create interest. You may wonder how bent glass is… Read more »
Curved Laminated Glass Showcases Jewelry
Showcase cases enable the view of all types of products, especially for shoppers looking for jewelry. There is nothing as eye-catching as a sparkling diamond or as tempting as a beautiful strand of pearls. The reason showcases can attract the viewer to the product such as jewelry is because of the crystal-clear glass around the… Read more »
How Curved Glass is Used for Residential Windows
Boscawen, New Hampshire is the home of KSD Custom Wood Products, Inc., a supplier of custom crafted wood windows and doors. These traditional windows and doors are found in many residential, commercial, educational, and institutional buildings. In some cases, these windows and doors are comprised of curved glass that is installed into insulating glass units, delivering both… Read more »
Curved Glass Enhances Theater Facade
The Park Theater in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, is a new venue for live performances, movies, and local school productions that follows in the footsteps of the original Park Theater, a movie and vaudeville house that operated in Jaffrey from 1922 to 1976. Although its planned reopening in 2020 was thwarted by the corona virus pandemic, the… Read more »
Clearer than Clear ….Glass that is ultra-clear
In the world of clear architectural glass, ultra-clear low-iron glass is a designer favorite. Why is this? Soda-lime glass, the most common form of architectural glass produced is composed of about 70 percent silica (silicon dioxide), 15 percent soda (sodium oxide), and 9 percent lime (calcium oxide), with much smaller amounts of various other compounds. Iron is the major metal… Read more »
