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PROJECTS
40 Bond Street
New York
The Society of American Registered Architects awarded a 2009 Professional
Design Award to 40 Bond Street in New York.
Handel Architects worked with Herzog & de Meuron (design architect)
as architect of record to complete their first condominium project in
the United States. The 40 Bond project was designed on behalf of the Ian
Schrager Company, and according to Handel Architects, is an ultra high-end
residential building that reinterprets the traditional cast iron buildings
of NoHo in a radical new way with a grid of bell-shaped, bottle-green
glass mullions by the Spanish glass company Cricursa.
The base features a 140-foot-long, cast aluminum gate inspired by New
York City street graffiti.
The Glass Cube
Madrid, Spain
Designed by architect Alfonso Millanes Mato, the glass “Cube” in a new
Spanish financial center near Madrid stands 21.6 meters high and 30 meters
wide. The facade was constructed without any framework structures for
the glazing itself. Instead, a space frame system was used to connect
the structural glazing facade to a steel filigree support structure. The
lobby also features around 3,500 square meters of ipasol solar control
glass fabricated by the German glass fabricator, Interpane. ipasol neutral
48/27 solar control glass was used for the cube’s sides and to provide
transparency and abundant daylighting, as well as solar control features.
1129 20th Street
Washington, D.C.
FOX Architects based in McLean, Va., used glass extensively as part of
the recently completed building at 1129 20th St. in Washington, D.C. The
original eight-story structure was built in 1968 and had not seen any
significant upgrades since. Now, the building features a new unitized
glass and metal curtainwall façade.
A central reveal in the building’s curtainwall provides a break to the
overall façade system and aligns with the building’s internal core
and central lobby. The glass within the central reveal is intended to
create movement in the façade and expose the structure and functions
behind. Additionally, the reveal creates an opportunity for two more corner
offices, so each typical floor has four corner office opportunities, where
previously there were none.
Zaragoza Auditorium and Convention Center
Zaragoza, Spain
Water was the dominant theme of Aragón EXPO 2008, and the new auditorium
and convention center in Zaragoza follows this theme by creating the impression
of a water surface in motion. Designed by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos S.L.P.
based in Madrid, the convention center’s façade features glass,
ceramic and metal designed to appear in motion and consisting of the colors
of the ocean with different shades of blue, grey and white each reflecting
the light differently.
The convention center is illuminated mainly by natural light entering
through the longitudinal glass façade and the large vertical surfaces
of the offset shed roof landscape. The project features OKALUX capillary
glass in the surfaces of the façade facing the south. Translucent
capillary slabs in the space between the lites of the insulating glass
were created to diffuse the incident light evenly to the interior allowing
for glare-free daylight.
Architects' Guide to Glass &
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