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| The main challenge in the design of the duplex fa莽ade was the high aesthetical performance that the fa莽ade had to meet.
Investigations on the Cold Bending Behaviour of a Double Glazing Unit with a Rigid Edge-Spacer Frame
| In this study, the bending process of specially-fabricated double glazing units (鈥榩anels鈥) is investigated with a focus on a local instability phenomenon.
| This paper presents work undergone for a set of four high-rise towers, featuring 11,136 unique cold-bentpanels, hundreds of which are pushed beyond 250mm.
| The paper presents the results of FEM analysis as well as tests performed on double glazed units including Sikasil庐 IG-25 secondary sealing joints and SikaGlaze庐 IG-5 PIB as primary seal.
| 鈥淕oing ahead of the Curve鈥 is what the advertisement states outside of newly remodeled, Class A office building in Ottawa, Canada.
| Research has shown that the general approach to determine the bending strength of thermally curved glass with the aid of the four-point bending test for flat glass according to EN 1288-3 is applicable.
| 黑料专区 can form and shape a space, creating transparent architecture that can make you feel closer to the outside world.
| In 2015, the bold concept of a curvy tower at 252 East 57th Street, New York, was presented to an audience at the Glass Performance Days conference. At that time, building construction was just beginning, and no one was certain such a novel idea鈥
| Bent and tempered glass has long been of great interest to the market. The process of creating high-quality tempered bent glass has evolved over the years.
| Constructions at exceptional locations are often challenging but worth one鈥檚 while. Extreme boundary conditions and sophisticated demands of the client have to be considered.
| The latest Glastory post is dealing with the trends in automotive display glass processing.
| Connecting glass with heat bonds is a way to create all-transparent glass structures. Two methods have been researched in theory and practice, glass welding, through local heating, and glass fusion through global heating.
| This paper focuses on the geometric optimization of the free-form gridshell towards planar quad glass units.
| Latest Glastory blog by Jukka Immonen is dealing with the 5 promises of convection technology in windshield bending.
| In today鈥檚 architecture the bending of glass plays an important role in achieving free forms in modern fa莽ades.
| Shells made of structural glass are beautiful objects from both the aesthetics and the engineering point of view.
| The structural glass for this globe structure is created with laminated double curved glass panels patch supported by a steel structure.
| Thin glass offers a promising prospect for lightweight fa莽ades with reduced use of raw materials, also opening up entirely new perspectives for architectural聽expression.
| This paper focusses on the special glass part of the fa莽ade.
| From domed skylights to curved handrails, revolving door enclosures to building enclosures, the dramatic curves of bent glass offer architectural form and function.