Proper lighting in the workplace, especially natural light at work, provides incredible benefits for employees. Studies even show that natural lighting is the #1 office perk according to employees. Often, however, natural light and views of the outdoors that could be available are obscured by shades or blinds to reduce glare or uncomfortable heat. It’s difficult to deny the attraction … Read More
8 Reasons to Install Automatic Entrance Doors in Your Commercial Space
Automatic glass entry doors create a beautiful entrance for your commercial space. Providing convenient entry into your business, an automatic door entry system supplies a host of additional benefits beyond the seamless entry. They also enhance the sanitary environment, help customers navigate with arms full of shopping bags, improve the traffic flow, and are a beautiful way to showcase your … Read More
Easy Ways to Make Your Home Greener
Green home design is an umbrella term for the myriad of methods used to create eco-friendly homes that are environmentally responsible, resource efficient and sustainable. From integrating materials like glass that markedly reduce energy costs, to taking advantage of technology that improves air and water quality, green home design can, and is,making a serious contribution to the health and well … Read More
Examples of Green Roof Design
There is an exquisite irony to 21st century architecture. Cutting edge design is as much about looking backward as it is about moving forward. Yes, innovative 21st century construction can boast dramatic glass facades, stunning glass bridges and smart glass that is both environmentally friendly and energy efficient. But there is another growing trend that is taking builders back to … Read More
How Glass Can Enhance and Transform Advertising
Glass and advertising. Two ubiquitous staples in our culture. Both are virtually everywhere we look. One has always served a purpose architecturally. The other is an influential device that both shapes and reflects who we are. But together, combining the force of advertising with the latest high-tech smart glass delivery system, they are the ultimate power couple, impacting consumers on … Read More
Photovoltaic Glass Architecture Exposed into Two Scales
For proof that the future is now, look no further than photovoltaic glass. This cutting-edge technology essentially transforms glass into solar panels that convert light into electricity. Lest there be no misunderstanding, the answer is yes. We are talking about windows that generate their own power. It’s clean, green, and very cool. Photovoltaic glass incorporates transparent semiconductor-based photovoltaic—or solar—cells by … Read More
Expanding Role of Glass in Construction
The science of glass continues to expand by leaps and bounds, creating the foundation for a unique, new architectural dimension that is revolutionizing construction and building design. More and more daring buildings, featuring soaring glass facades, arching canopies, delicate footbridges, and other load bearing glass elements, have onlookers shaking their heads in amazement, wondering if glass wall construction is really … Read More
The Power of Graphic Design
We live in a visual world where daily we are flooded with imagery that both dictates and reflects who we are and whom we should aspire to be. We connect with the symbolism that becomes familiar, absorbing what we see into our brains until it becomes integrated into our cultural identity. Hence the success of branding, which is based on … Read More
3D Buildings: The Homes of the Future?
Can you even imagine living in a house created by a 3D printer? Then again, 30 years ago, could you even imagine ordering a ride home from an app on the phone in your pocket? The future does have an uncanny way of becoming the present. As with any groundbreaking innovation that has the potential to redefine life as we … Read More
Open Plan Offices: The Next Step
The goal: Organizational health. The key: A workspace that promotes and supports the mental, physical and social health of the workforce. It’s as simple—and complex—as that. Faced with the task of creating environments that foster optimal achievement, today’s office designers are forced to think outside the cubicle and adapt to a new, more organic office culture. Pursuant to our deeper … Read More
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