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Month: January 2018

California Looks Forward at the FutureBuild Sessions at VerdeXchange, January 30

California Looks Forward at the FutureBuild Sessions at VerdeXchange, January 30

Posted by | Jan 24, 2018 | 0 |

ULI Los Angeles partners with VerdeXchange to offer resilient, livable and sustainable urban solutions for the 21st century. Among the interactive panels: L.A. vast infrastructure investment; Transit hubs face the future; Cities that survive climate catastrophes; Tech’s impact on real estate; The robo-cars are coming; Amazon & beyond: Delivery systems of tomorrow; The revolution in building materials; and more.

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YKK AP Launches Zero Sightline Window for Structural Silicone Glazed Curtain Wall

YKK AP Launches Zero Sightline Window for Structural Silicone Glazed Curtain Wall

Posted by | Jan 24, 2018 | 0 |

YKK AP America Inc. (YKK AP) today launches its thermally broken, zero sightline window designed for curtain wall systems. The YOV Structural Silicone Glazed (SSG) Operable Vent enhances the aesthetics of a building without the large sightline of a traditional window. Additionally, it improves occupant comfort with high thermal performance and an intentional design to provide optimum natural ventilation and natural light.

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University of Washington’s new NanoES building meets design, schedule and budget goals with Wausau’s unitized curtainwall

University of Washington’s new NanoES building meets design, schedule and budget goals with Wausau’s unitized curtainwall

Posted by | Jan 24, 2018 | 0 |

The Seattle offices of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP (ZGF) designed the MolES building and sought to achieve the same aesthetic for the NanoES building. However, new, higher performance requirements in local building and energy codes meant that upgraded curtainwall and window systems were needed for the NanoES building.

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325 Westlake in Seattle

325 Westlake in Seattle

Posted by | Jan 23, 2018 | 0 |

Part arts initiative and part residential development, 325 Westlake merges old and new structures to create a building that preserves the character of the existing building and the site, while ensuring its continued usefulness. “The project embodies an incredibly diverse mix of programs…not just a studio, not just a gallery, not just a place to live…it’s all of these uses combined and catalyzed to sustain the mission of sup-porting emerging artists,” said Jim Graham, AIA, principal, Graham Baba Architects.

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Newschool partners with industry leaders to revitalize National City, Calif.

Newschool partners with industry leaders to revitalize National City, Calif.

Posted by | Jan 23, 2018 | 0 |

NewSchool of Architecture & Design (NewSchool) last month announced an ambitious collaboration between the institution and several architecture, engineering, design and real estate development consultants in San Diego to revitalize the downtown of National City, located in San Diego County, California. NewSchool students and faculty will collaborate with the City of National City, the American Institute of Architects, Glumac Engineers, KPFF Consulting Engineers, Mackenzie Inc., Sillman Wright Architects, the San Diego State University (SDSU) Civil Engineering Department, University of California San Diego (UCSD) Structural Engineering Department, and Malik Infill Development.

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Dow and the U.S. Green Building Council Work Together to Support Sustainable Cities and Promote Energy Efficiency

Posted by | Jan 22, 2018 | 0 |

The latest data indicate that buildings are currently responsible for about one-third of global energy consumption, and about 30 percent of global energy-related CO2 emissions and 20 percent of total CO2 emissions. In an effort to reduce these emissions, Dow and USGBC will collectively advise two cities or communities to help in achieving LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, certification.

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Columbia Commercial Building Products Appoints Antonio Aftimos as Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Posted by | Jan 22, 2018 | 0 |

Columbia Commercial Building Products (CCBP) announced that it has appointed Antonio Aftimos as vice president of sales and marketing. In his new role, Aftimos will be responsible for leading CCBP’s sales, estimating, and project management personnel, and for integrating with the sales teams across Consolidated Glass Holdings’ (CGH) family of companies.

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A Cultural Icon for 21st Century Istanbul

A Cultural Icon for 21st Century Istanbul

Posted by | Jan 22, 2018 | 0 |

Renowned architect Murat Tabanlıoğlu is modernizing the cultural center his father, Dr. Hayati Tabanlıoğlu, once designed in the 1960s, and again in the 1970s after his first design burnt down. The Ataturk Cultural Center will be the new centrally located home for Istanbul’s arts and culture scene of twenty-first century Istanbul. Not only will the new center have one of the largest opera houses in the world but it will also provide art galleries, libraries, cafes and restaurants for visitors.

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Goldray’s technographic interlayer film, Starphire glass by Vitro Architectural Glass combine to create stunning glass canopy

Goldray’s technographic interlayer film, Starphire glass by Vitro Architectural Glass combine to create stunning glass canopy

Posted by | Jan 22, 2018 | 0 |

When development firm Vulcan Real Estate asked world-renowned artist Spencer Finch to design an architectural canopy to connect the two new office buildings at the center of Amazon’s expanded headquarters campus in Seattle, his first course of action was a walk in the woods. Such was born Finch’s “There Is Another Sky.” Situated four stories above an outdoor plaza, the decorative canopy features an abstract circular design pattern imprinted on technographic interlayer film by Goldray Glass and then laminated between two lites of Starphire® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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