A Beacon on New York's Pier 17

Bendheim’s Lamberts Channel Glass is the focal point of the new South Street Seaport at New York’s Pier 17. The glass forms two stacked rows of 20-ft.-tall light-boxes, enveloping the façade. The three-dimensional glass channels diffuse daylight and minimize glare during the day. At night, the 40-ft.-tall backlit glass façade becomes a beacon on the Pier.SHoP Architects selected Bendheim to provide a tailored solution for this ambitious, landmark project. The design required approximately 37,000 sq. ft. of channel glass in a custom shape–featuring a greater flange depth–for added structural capacity. The continuous, two-story-tall channels maintain clean design lines

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Stair & Railing Systems

Versatile Railing Systems

With more and more consumers looking for interior railing systems for space differentiation and personalization, many turn to railing systems. A customizable railing system is offered for both interior and exterior settings that feature several infill options varying in height, materials used, and embedded materials such as rice, grass, or leaves for a natural and green look. Mesh and grid patterns fit any needed setting.

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Glass & Curtainwall

The Lovejoy Wharf

For years the privately-owned Lovejoy Wharf was a missing link in the HarborWalk that extends 46 miles around Boston’s waterfront. Revived in 2015, Lovejoy Wharf is now home to a new pedestrian walkway and a reinvented 200,000-sq.-ft., circa 1904 office building—the new global headquarters for iconic footwear company Converse. A unique mix of retail, entertainment and commercial office space, Lovejoy Wharf hosts 600 corporate employees; Converse’s non-profit sound studio, RubberTracks, that helps non-mainstream artists record an album; a yoga studio; fitness center; café/commons and materials library. Embracing multiple old and new exposed hard surfaces, building materials

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Stair & Railing Systems

Navigating the Night

NITEGLOW two-stage safety nosings with glow-in-the-dark technology are ideal for exit pathways. Suitable for new construction or retrofits, this proven product can be placed on exit pathways, stairs and leading edge of landings when finding pathways in the dark is a necessity.

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Solar Control/Sun Shading

Business School Improves Student Experience with Renovation

Designed by architects at Kohn Pederson Fox Assocs., the Stephen M. Ross School of Business opened new facilities last year that provide classrooms, study space, offices and nonacademic spaces to serve the student and faculty community. Kohn Pederson Fox Assocs. sought to improve the student experience at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business and maximize site usage by constructing a new building, Jeff T. Blau Hall, and renovating the connected Kresge Hall. Hunter Douglas Architectural and installers at Creative Windows worked closely with the team at KPF, construction leads at Walbridge Aldinger and electrical contractors from Conti to balance design intent,

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Concrete

Robust Solutions for Continuous Insulation

With an R-value of 16.8, Fabcon’s EDGE provides an edge-to-edge solution pairing perfectly with its other panels, allowing the flexibility to create a hybrid envelope with R-value-specific zones for people, storage or manufacturing. For more robust thermal performance—at an R-value of R-28.—the VersaCore+Green sandwich panel boasts one of the category’s best thermal performance. Its continuous 2.5-in. layer of insulation increases the static R-value by as much as 250%, over many construction methods, including site-cast panels and CMU construction.

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October 28, 2020 by Jim Crockett

Personal Space

An unexpected consequence of our collective COVID exile from our traditional work places to our homes—at least for many of us—has been too close, and too continuous, proximity to those we love the most, and the resulting friction and umbrage that can emerge. Clearly, the need for privacy and personal space in limited environments, such as our homes and apartments, is amplified—but it’s an interpersonal issue that’s still valid in the office, where noise, proximity, and just a place to instill boundaries, or sneak off for total isolation, are totally valid. Following are a handful of products that can address these matters—some might even work at the home HQ.

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Plumbing Fixtures

The Skyline

As reflected in its name, the new Skyline faucet from Franz Viegener is refined and elegant. With its 5.75-in. spout and a choice of eight different finishes, the faucet comes in widespread, single handle and wall configurations, with a choice of flow rates: 2.2 gallons per minute, 2 gpm, 1.5 gpm or 1.2 gpm.

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Windows/Skylights

Horse Farm Utilizes Ventilated Skylight System

A private horse farm located in Utah, Winter Farms’ barn and arena were designed to create healthy environments for both horses and their handlers by providing ample natural light and ventilation from VELUX Modular Skylights (VMS) systems.Ventilation is important in horse barns and arenas to protect the health of horses and handlers working with them. The owners were in need of a proper ventilating skylight system that was both cost-effective and could be installed quickly and easily.The 21,000-sq.-ft. arena includes 130 standard size vms units in the Longlight configuration, and the 7,500-sq.-ft. barn has 70 standard and custom vms units in the Ridgelight configuration.The arena is lo

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Restrooms

Express Lavatory Decks: Complete Handwashing Solutions

Bradley expands its suite of Express lavatory decks with two new designs that offer maximum design flexibility. The seamless, cast-formed solid surface lavatory decks are easy to specify and install, and deliver a hygienic and cost-effective alternative to china sinks and laminate countertops in commercial restrooms.The new Express GLX Series and Express TLX Series, as well as the existing Express ELX, each offer the complete handwashing package and check all the boxes for high durability, fast installation, easy cleaning and maintenance, and stylish design.Made of Bradley’s repairable and nonporous Terreon Solid Surface material, Express lavatory decks offer superior durability, resis

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A Beacon on New York's Pier 17

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Sep/Oct ’20

Versatile Railing Systems

The Lovejoy Wharf

Navigating the Night

Business School Improves Student Experience with Renovation

Robust Solutions for Continuous Insulation

AP ProductWire

Personal Space

The Skyline

Horse Farm Utilizes Ventilated Skylight System

Express Lavatory Decks: Complete Handwashing Solutions