There is something about the dawn of a new decade, which seems to hold out the promise of good things. We have ushered in 2010, but prospects don’t look immediately bright for the architectural construction market.
According to the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast, a survey of the nation’s leading construction forecasters, [...]

The Vitrum show, held last month in Milan, was deemed a success. The every other year event is second only to Düsseldorf’s glasstec in terms of international industry trade show.Exhibitors were pleased with the show and reported actually making sales on the trade show floor.
Is this a sign that the global architectural glass and metal [...]

I was watching the news on Monday night when an item came up on the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Kabul. As horrifying as that news was, I was even more struck by something even more unbelievable.The footage of the bombed out headquarters showed the glass in the front of the structure had [...]

I recently returned from a trip to Russia and I have some architectural news to report.
While the country’s economy may not be what it was in the boom days of high natural resources prices, things still look pretty good. It certainly looks better than when I was last there in 2003. And I saw a [...]

I am in the Lincoln Center area of Manhattan’s Upper West Side frequently. While I have always admired the cultural riches that are available in the structures in this complex, the architecture is a whole other matter. Ground was broken on May 14, 1959, so the complex just celebrated its 50th anniversary. Lincoln center was [...]

I was in Milan on April 2 for a special press event when the G20 economic summit ended in London. The hosts of the press event, officials of GIMAV and Vitrum, had followed the meeting closely because of its probable impact on their businesses and that of their members.  (GIMAV is the Italian association of [...]

The past couple of weeks have seen announcements from groups in the architectural glass and metal community about new electronic opportunities for information. Because most architects and designers are too busy to keep up with all the new educational offerings which become available, I wanted to alert you to these.
The Glass Association of North America [...]

I don’t generally find articles such as 44 Places to Go in 2009, which appeared recently in The New York Times Travel section, interesting. Do I really need 44 suggestions for places to go around the globe this year?
 
However, one thing that caught my attention in this article was that part of the suggestion on [...]

Much of my time in the past few weeks has been spent organizing the Architects’ Educational Program which the Architects Guide to Glass and Metal sponsored on December 9 in Schaumburg, Ill., with Edgetech IG and J.E. Berkowitz. More information on this event is included in the current issue of our newsletter.
 
In talking with architects [...]

The recent glasstec show, which I attended in Dusseldorf, Germany, is the architectural glass and metal industry’s largest event. It also has actively reached out to architects for a number of years, to educate them on the increasing architectural capabilities of the material.
 
This year, possibly more than ever before, the event showcased architectural applications which [...]