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  Glass Strength Under Point Loading

  • Paper by Joshua Schultz, Ph.D, P.E., LEED AP, ENV SP, John Knowles, PE SE, Kedar Malusare,

  Structural glass is used in a range of building applications, and while the ASTM E1300 has recently been updated to provide a design method to…

  March 14, 2018
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  Glass and Electromagnetic Eavesdropping Protection

  • Paper by Eric Stein,

  Glass is a key component in building design. Benefits of utilizing Insulating Glass Units (IGUs) within a building facade are well understood,…

  March 14, 2018
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  Undulated Glass Self-shading

  • Paper by Nebojsa Jakica, Assistant professor in Facade Design and Engineering Mikkel K. Kragh, Professor, Head of Civil and Architectural Unit

  The research is structured around complex optical effects of undulated glass and coatings that exhibit high reflectivity, especially at higher…

  March 19, 2020
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  The Glass Failure Prediction Model

  • Paper by James G. Soules, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., SECB, F. SEI, F. ASCE, Graduate Student, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Stephen M. Morse, P.E., Ph.D., A.M, ASTM, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D., F. FTI, F. ASCE, F. ASTM, Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering

  ASTM E 1300 Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance (LR) of Glass in Buildings defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being…

  February 21, 2020

• Spandrel Glass Design

  • Paper

  Currently, most spandrel glass in commercial curtain walls comprises insulating glass fabricated using an interior heat strengthened glass lite that…

  September 13, 2024

• Bending Glass in the Parametric Age

  Manipulations of glass that have long seemed speculative are becoming possible with combinations of hot or cold bending, thermal or chemical tempering, and lamination.

  May 29, 2015
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  Architectural Glass Institute Sponsors Second Annual Architectural Glass Student Design Competition

  • Article by Stephanie Staub, CSI, CDT, LEED Green Associate, Marketing Director

  The Architectural Glass Institute (AGI) of Philadelphia, Pa., sponsored its second annual Architectural Glass Student Design Competition in January, where third-year Jefferson University architecture students competed to design glass learning pods.

  July 09, 2018
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  Beyond Glass (literally or metaphorically): Trends, drivers, and future trajectories

  • Article by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, Ambassador of Innovation and Collaboration

  The age-old trend of more and larger lites of glass in the building skin dates back to the Roman Empire. Despite the challenges of highly glazed facades, it appears we just can’t get enough. Is there a “beyond” glass? If so, what does it look like?

  July 10, 2018
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  Heat-Treated Glass

  • Paper by Reece Poth, Conner Claus,

  What was once an accepted reality in heat-treated exterior glass, optical disturbances in glass are under increasing scrutiny by developers,…

  January 29, 2020
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  Fully Tempered Glass in Spandrel Applications

  • Paper by Stéphane Hoffman, PE, Lawrence D. Carbary,

  Recent years have seen an increase in the use of insulated glazing units (IGUs) in spandrel applications to visually blend the appearance between the…

  March 14, 2018
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  Innovations with Glass

  • Paper by Jens Schneider · S. Müller-Braun · T. Peters · M. Schuster

  Glass has become a popular building material that is used not only for windows but also as a load-bearing material. New dimensions of glass panes in

  March 23, 2020
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  Specifying Electrochromic Glass

  • Paper by Belinda Valenti, AIA, LEED AP BD+C · Justin Glover, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

  Electrochromic (EC) glass is a seemingly magical solution to a building’s sun shading problems. A technology that was originally developed about

  March 22, 2020