Façades & Curtain Walls

Today's facades are engineered to deliver not only aesthetically pleasing and energy-saving daylight, but also increased safety, durability and design freedom. The façade of a building is often the most important from a design perspective, as it sets the tone for the rest of the building. When glass is used as the façade, a great advantage is that natural light can penetrate deeper within the building. The façade transfers horizontal wind loads that are incident upon it to the main building structure through connections at floors or columns of the building.

   

Please find below examples that show how the choice of the safety glass interlayer helped architects to achieve their design goals in façade and curtain walls.

FERRARI MUSEUM

ARES TOWER

LEATOP PLAZA

BANCO BOLIVARIO

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE

INTERVIEW BILL MARSHALL

TELECOM BUILDING MAROCCO

TROPENHAUS BERLIN

ALICE TULLY HALL

NEWSEUM

SIR SAMUEL GRIFFITH CENTER

BUTLER HEALTH CENTER

FALLING WATER

"CRYSTAL BIRD HEADQUARTERS"

GLASS WITHOUT CONNECTIONS PLANAR SYSTEMS

DALI MUSEUM

SHANGHAI ORIENTAL ART CENTER

SECRETS THE VINE MEXICO

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING

PIERHOUSE NEW YORK

THE VAEVEN BUILDING

EVENT HALL TROISDORF

SHANGHAI TOWER

TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS

OIT ORGANISACÍON INTERNACIONAL DE TRABAJO

GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY

HOTEL HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS

HEADQUARTERS OF DEUTSCHE POST WORLD NET

SKY TOWER, WROCLAW

BEIJING JINGYA HOTEL

TELECOM TOWER

FACADE CLADDING AND RAILINGS OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

LENTOS KUNSTMUSEUM

TATE MODERN

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME ATLANTA

PORSCHE DESIGN TOWER FLORIDA

MUSEO JUMEX, MEXICO CITY

SHUM YIP UPPERHILLS

MANACAR MALL, MEXICO CITY

LA VENTANA AL MUNDO IN BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA

AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA

SEATTLE SPACE NEEDLE EXPERIENCE

GUILIN WANDA CULTURAL TOURISM EXHIBITION CENTER

JENNIE SEALY HOSPITAL, GALVESTON

JUDICIAL CENTER AND COURTHOUSE, FLORIDA

PINTO MARTINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FORTALEZA, BRAZIL

CHAPULTEPEC UNO R509, MEXICO CITY

OLYMPIC SPEED SKATING ARENA, BEIJING/CHINA

LAKHTA TOWER, ST. PETERSBURG

SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA

LE MUSÉE ATELIER AUDEMARS PIGUET, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

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