| May 27, 2008 | Vol 3, Num 21 |
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Of the following, what are architects demanding most from glass and glazing?
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Better energy performance |
60% |
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Larger lite sizes |
24% |
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Greater color and design diversity |
10% |
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Stronger systems |
6% |
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Financials
Glaston establishes solar energy business
Officials from Glaston Corp., Finland, announced that the company has established a separate Solar Energy business. ...
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glassblog
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VIDEO: Architects one-on-one
 Video blogger Katy Devlin interviewed several architects on film during the AIA Convention in Boston to learn about the state of the industry and hear what the design community wants from glass
and glazing. ...
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Product spotlight
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Servo-drive meter system
 Plymouth, Mich.-based Sealant Equipment and Engineering Inc. launched the Servo-Flo 401 Series servo-motor drive meter system. ...
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Risk tip of the week
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Getting an injured worker back to work
 Long absences from work can have a lasting negative impact on workers’ future employment opportunities, and thus, on their economic well being. ...
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Project news
Tartan grid adds to Soho, New York’s character
“We had a partnership with the designer, so complex problems with the integration of elaborate curtain wall were solved. The large zero sight line vent took a lot of engineering. It’s an operable window and when closed, you can’t tell it’s operable. We strived to achieve the zero sight line that the architect wanted, maintaining the sight line of aluminum components.”
—Harold Eisner, President, Phoenix Light Space Systems
 The basics: Architects designed Soho Mews, a two-building residential enclave at 311 W. Broadway, New York, to echo the neighborhood’s 19th century cast iron geometric and modular industrial buildings. The façade, composed of stone, metal and clear, frosted and fritted glass, has a subtly complex tartan pattern that gives depth and texture to the building’s exterior. The buildings contain 59 lofts, five townhouses and four penthouses at a construction cost of $100 million, including $7 million for glazing. Occupancy is scheduled for late 2008.
The players: Developer, United American Land LLC, New York; architect: Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects LLC, New York; general contractor: Plaza Construction Corp., New York; glazing contractor, Phoenix Light Space Systems, Pittsburgh; glass fabricators, Guardian Industries, Auburn Hills, Mich.; AFG Flat Glass North America Inc., Alpharetta, Ga.; curtain wall/window wall fabricator, Phoenix Light Space Systems; aluminum extruder, Keymark Corp., Fonda, N.Y.
The glass and systems: The main insulating vision glass from Guardian consists of an exterior lite of tempered ¼-inch glass with the No. 1 surface clear and No. 2 surface coated with SunGuard SN 68. The interior lite is 3/16-inch tempered with No. 3 and No. 4 faces clear, with overall unit thickness of 1 inch. AFG translucent frosted glass has a ¼-inch exterior lite that is acid etched on the No. 2 face, a ½-inch air space, and a ¼-inch interior lite with the No. 3 face acid etched. The fritted glass consists of 1-inch AFG clear tempered with 50-percent white silkscreen lines on the No. 2 face, and ¼-inch tempered exterior lite and 3/16-inch interior lite. Aluminum curtain wall includes a modified pressure wall stick-built system with double mullions, and for the top floors, a four-sided structural glazed unitized system.
Photos courtesy of Soho Mews
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