The American Institute of Architects’ Annual Convention and Design Expo saw several product launches this morning as it got underway at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. View the video below to see some of the latest glass and glazing and fenestration products on display. CLICK HERE to view the video on [...]

The American Institute of Architects’ Annual Convention and Design Expo begins tomorrow at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. View the video below for a preview of the event, and be sure to stay tuned to www.glassguides.com throughout the week for the latest news straight from the show. Click HERE to watch [...]

Designed by Gensler, Houston’s Hess Tower was the first LEED NC Platinum building in downtown Houston—and one of only a handful to reach that rating in the state. The 29-story, Class A office building, formerly Discovery Tower until Hess Corp. leased the entire 844,763 square feet, features a façade of glass and metal, which played [...]

A custom-designed and built house isn’t your everyday gift from a husband to a wife. But homeowner Mike Clarke did just that. He surprised his wife, Annie, with their dream home in Plymouth, Vt. Inspired by the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Clarke worked with architect Daniel J. Pratt, president of RCWA Architects & Planners [...]

As today’s architectural designs become increasingly complex, calling on glass and metal products to do more and more, a collaborative relationship between architects and contract glaziers is critical. Keith Boswell with San Francisco-based Skidmore Owings and Merrill, spoke to us recently about what is necessary for a successful architect-contract glazier relationship, and what architects need [...]

Combining both architecture and art, a new Johns Hopkins Hospital building will open next month as one of the nation’s largest hospital construction projects. The new facility, which features a colorfully constructed, artistic curtainwall façade, was a collaboration of artists, a curator, a group of architects, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Johns Hopkins. The project was led [...]

When a builder friend looked at Bob Zielinski’s plans to build a house, he told him, “No one can build this. Build it yourself.” And that’s just what he did. Together with his wife, Kim, the Zielinskis own Emerald Art Glass in Pittsburgh, and wanted to build a home that would showcase and highlight specialty [...]

The National Association of Homebuilders hosted its International Builders’ Show last week in Orlando, Fla., and while the event was focused on reaching builders, many companies who exhibited featured products of interest to the architectural community as well, such as operable glass walls, windows and decorative glass. One theme that seemed to be carried out [...]

Before construction is even complete, the fate of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center’s new high-performance glass façade is at risk. Designed by architectural firm FXFOWLE in collaboration with Epstein, for the past six years the Javits Center in New York has been undergoing a massive, glassy transformation designed to make the original dark structure, [...]

“When designing, we go through hundreds of ideas, layers and layers and layers until we come up with the final design,” said Kai Bergmann, an architect with BIG, a Copenhagen and New York-based firm during a presentation last fall. During the presentation he said it’s important to think of a building not only as an [...]