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Project of the Month
MVRDV Designs Mixed-Use, Sustainable Valley Tower
Located in Amsterdam, Valley is a geology-inspired, plant-covered high-rise designed by MVRDV. The 75,000-square-meter building, named the world’s best new skyscraper in 2022 by the Emporis Awards, stands out in the city’s Zuidas neighborhood with its three towers of 67, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Blitta, Emporis, facade, glass, glazing, MVRDV, The Netherlands
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Onyx Solar Completes Major PV Installation in Africa
Onyx Solar, a producer of photovoltaic glass technology, completed what it says is the largest photovoltaic integration project on the African continent at the Sterling Bank headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. The 6,500 square meters of crystalline silicon photovoltaic glass and … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, energy efficiency, facade, glass, glazing, Nigeria, Onyx Solar, photovoltaic glass, Sterling Bank
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Glass Brings Daylight, Transparency and Comfort to San Francisco High School
Transparency and daylighting were important to architect EHDD when designing San Francisco’s industrial arts-focused Lick-Wilmerding High School. To achieve aesthetic and performance desires, they worked with Solarban® 70 glass from Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) for new skylights and … Continue reading
Poland Office Park Features Low-E and Energy-Efficient Glass
The newly constructed Global Office Park in Katowice, Poland, features a unique design centered around distinct rounded corners and diversified glass lites resembling shiny scales. Press Glass fabricated more than 25,000 square meters of glass units for the project, including … Continue reading
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Sunshades Keep LBCC Parking Garage Cool
The campus of Long Beach City College (LBCC), founded in 1927 in Long Beach, Calif., is undergoing upgrades and renovation, including a new four-level parking structure with more than 500 parking spaces. Designers focused on materials that would serve the … Continue reading
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