| March 4, 2008 | Vol 3, Num 9 |
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Last week's poll results:
How has the weather this winter affected your business?
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Not much at all. |
47% |
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About average |
24% |
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Above average |
16% |
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Severely |
13% |
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News to know
Progress in vacuum glazing research continues with Guardian’s product
Guardian VIG, Guardian Industries’ vacuum glazing panel, could roll out commercially by the end of 2009, according to a Feb. 26 article from the Environmental News Network ...
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glassblog
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Transparent aluminum windows: fantasy or
the future?
 Concept car designers say the future automobile could be enclosed with transparent aluminum instead of glass. ...
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Preventive maintenance mitigateswater damage
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 Water damage often occurs in unoccupied sections of a building or at hours when a business is closed. ...
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Product spotlight
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Large-sheet painted glass
 Tampa’s WorldGlass launched InVision, a large-sheet painted architectural glass in all Pantone colors as well as other color mixes...
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Financials
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NSG aims to cut jobs to pay Pilkington debt
Officials from Japan’s Nippon Sheet Glass announced Feb. 28 that the company will implement an early retirement plan in order to pay off the its debt from the 2006 acquisition of Pilkington, United Kingdom ...
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Bar made entirely out of glass uses lights for striking look
“According to Think Glass President Bertrand Charest, Tribe’s bars are the most beautiful the company has built so far … because of their distinctive texture and also because the glass elements used for the Tribe’s bars are thicker than those used in previous projects.”
—Julie Payette, associate, Volume2, Montreal
 The basics: For a striking, high-end look, the designer of The Tribe Hyperclub in Montreal decided on a stunning combination of glass and lights. The club features four bars made entirely of glass, in addition to two large glass panel walls forming a corridor leading to the bathrooms on the club’s second floor. The bars and walls are illuminated from within with an integrated color-changing lens, giving the effect of translucent luminous ice.
The players: Designer, Paolo Viera, Paolo Viera Design, Montreal; glass fabricator, manufacturer and glazier, Think Glass, Quebec, Canada.
The glass and systems: Two-inch thick Strata glass with textured, ice-like surfaces. The bars were built using the “cast glass” semi-industrial process, each part produced at the factory. Once shipped to the club, the parts were assembled on the spot and glued. The counters of each bar were installed by laying the glass sheets on a stainless steel plate. Despite the size of the parts and the complexity of the lighting system, installation took only a couple days to complete.
Photo courtesy of Pierre Belanger.
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