Technical Articles to Share with Your Customers
Vitro Architectural Glass experts have been in the news! Review informative technical articles on spandrel glass and vision glazing color, recently published in Construction Specifier magazine—then, share them with your customers to help them follow industry best practices when designing with glass.
Designing Spandrel Glass, by Steve Marino
Among the many reasons architects specify glass are its beauty and versatility. Although glass spandrels have been popular on building façades for decades, there are technical factors design professionals must account for when specifying these assemblies.
In this article, Steve Marino, manager, Technical Support, offers guidelines and considerations for designing spandrel glass.
Nuances of Vision Glazing Color, By Kevin Ramus
As one of the world’s most versatile building materials, with a wide range of aesthetic options and outstanding energy characteristics, glass provides numerous opportunities to enhance a building’s visual appeal and performance. As glass panels and insulating glass units (IGUs) become larger and glass occupies more real estate on curtain walls, storefronts, and interior building components, ensuring color uniformity and consistency across the façade becomes both more challenging and more critical.
This article by Kevin Ramus, manager, Architectural Quality, reviews best practices for achieving color consistency in vision glazing applications.
