A trade show is a great opportunity to learn about new products, brush up on the latest design trends and concepts and mingle with suppliers, peers, colleagues and many others. Attend a trade show and the odds are pretty good you won’t walk away empty-handed—and I’m not talking about all the SWAG you pick up [...]

When it comes to architectural design trends (particularly those involving glass) one that we hear talk of quite often is daylighting. Daylighting is the practice of using natural light to illuminate building spaces; it brings indirect, natural light into the building and reduces the need for electric lighting, while connecting occupants to the outdoors. However, [...]

Just because the construction market may be slow doesn’t mean companies, including architectural firms, can’t continue to grow. Just take a look at Inc. Magazine’s 2010 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies, which includes several architectural firms. According to Inc., the list measures revenue growth from 2006 through 2009. To qualify, companies [...]

Continuing education is an important part of most anyone’s career. After all, even if you’re one who has only recently finished school, it’s still not likely that you remember every single thing you ever learned from day one. Taking advantage of those ongoing opportunities that allow you to continue learning, even after the diplomas are [...]

While new construction for the residential market is slowing beginning to pick up, the non-residential side is a completely different story. As Kermit Baker, chief economist for the American Institute of Architects (AIA), stated during a recent construction forecast, “It’s been a tough construction cycle. Even though most of the rest of the economy has [...]

Just because 2009 has been a slow year for commercial construction, doesn’t mean we’ve been short on innovative glass projects. In fact, if you take a look back through all of issues from the Architects’ Guide to Glass & Metal or scroll through the archived stories on our website, you’ll see quite a few that [...]

If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, then the soon-to-open Tiffany store in Las Vegas will likely be drawing lots of female shoppers away from the slots. While the store’s glittery and sparkly jewels may be what first catches the eye of most shoppers, for others (and you know who you are) the building itself-both [...]

Who doesn’t love a nice, long, relaxing vacation? Remember how exciting a vacation was when you were a kid? When I was a child my family would spend two or three hours in the car driving to the beaches of North Carolina and it always seemed as though we were going a world away. Back [...]

I think by now most people working with glass in their designs and construction plans know for certain that glass has a lot to offer their projects. Luckily, we’ve all come a long way from thinking that glass was there simply to provide a nice view and protection from the rain.Aside from the energy-efficiency that [...]

If you are an architect and you’re reading this then I probably don’t have to tell you, but glass is an amazing material to work with. And right now with more and more construction projects seeking and earning LEED certification, considering glass can help earn help points in a number of categories, that makes it [...]