The Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA) is offering a free download of ANSI/BHMA A156.18 – 2006, the American National Standard for Materials and Finishes, available through July 31, 2010. This standard can be used when specifying for a wide range of project applications and the different levels of use for the hardware. The BHMA says [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I was in Las Vegas last week for a trade show (Glass Build America, an architectural glass and metal trade show) and since it was the worst week in recent financial history, people couldn’t help but talk about the economy and where it might be going. There’s a Stranger in my House movie download   [...]

The September 15 issue of New York magazine may have featured all the current presidential-race personalities on its cover, with six pages devoted to the article, but a little further into the issue was an architectural critique, building by building, examining what impact the last building boom has had on the city. Headlined The Glass [...]

After the press briefing last week at the Museum of Arts and Design’s new quarters at New York City’s Columbus Circle, I saw architect Brad Cloepfil waiting for an elevator with some MAD executives. I introduced myself and asked him what his thoughts had been about how he would use glass when he did the design. “We [...]

In a column in the August 24 Arts and Leisure section of The New York Times, Roberta Smith discussed the current resurgence in public art, specifically sculpture. Ms Smith said that while there was more of this type of art being created, not all of it is good. On the positive side, she did place [...]

How clumsy have they gotten in the Big Apple where it seems glass is raining out of the sky? Call it coincidence, but large lites of glass have been falling from buildings in New York City at an alarming rate in the last couple of weeks. What is going on? Are glaziers getting clumsy and [...]