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Topic of the Week: Solar facades:

Lithuania: BIPV for building designed by Daniel Libeskind

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ML System supplies photovoltaic glass to the prestigious 20-storey Artery business centre, located in Vilnius, designed by the world-famous architect Daniel Libeskind.

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Vitrealspecchi

Introducing Fluido: An innovative satinised glass with elegant 3D structure

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Glass supplier Vitrealspecchi presents Fluido, a new, specially satinised glass with an elegant linear 3D structure. The special Madras satin finish enhances the embossed wave shape and - depending on the variant - creates a matt or opalescent surface. Here are the details.

© Klaes
Australia and New Zealand

Klaes now has a subsidiary in Australia

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In the past few years, Klaes has been able to continuously win new customers in Australia and New Zealand - which is why business there will be handled by its own subsidiary in the future.

© Schüco International KG
Decarbonisation

Schüco Carbon Control – What is it all about?

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With Carbon Control, Schüco offers a modular range with which the decarbonisation of windows, doors and facades can be controlled on a project-specific basis. One specific value is becoming increasingly important: the Global Warming Potential (GWP).

© Matthias Rehberger
Interview with Johannes Driessen of Hueck

"International markets want SG facades"

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With the new Hueck Trigon FS 050/060 SG, the system house, which is now part of the Hydro Group, has added a structural glazing system to the Trigon range. Like the entire Trigon modular system, the new SG facade is compatible with the other Hueck systems. Johannes Driessen explains the details.

© Dmitry Tkachenko
Warm edge

Innovative glazing solutions for museums and art galleries

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Super Spacer can lay claim to some world premieres in facade technology solutions. Here are some very spectacular examples in museum spaces.

© Neuffer Fenster
Sales campaign for windows

Tennis legend Boris Becker to advertise Fensterversand.com on German TV

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Coming soon on German TV: Boris Becker recommends "Don't throw your money out the window". With this, he draws attention to new windows that save a lot of money through high energy efficiency. Behind the advertising deal is the online platform fensterversand.com or Neuffer Fenster, which also wants to score points in the offline world.

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Facade planning

Athena and Apollon: Facade planning at its best

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Changes are part of everyday planning. This is precisely where parametric solutions for metal construction and facade technology such as Apollon from CAD-Plan come into their own compared to conventional CAD programs.

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Isolar

Futuristic glass windows for impossible architecture in Austria

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The architect Zaha Hadid set new standards in design and form with her futuristic architecture. For a long time, her dynamic buildings were considered unfeasible in terms of construction technology, but then came the breakthrough. One of her last works is the Argos design house in Graz. Facade glass from Isolar is installed there.

© Next Studio / Andrius Gudelis
Next Studio / Wicona

Sign up now for the NEXT Facade Summit livestream

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Next week, on November 15, 2022, Wicona and Next Studio will be holding the 6th edition of its International NEXT Facade Summit. The event will take place as a livestream, and you can sign up and find out more details here:

© Ansgar M. van Treeck
Messe Düsseldorf:

New entrance spanned by glass fibre membrane

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formTL engineers will be realising the entrance Neue Messe Süd trade fair grounds in Düsseldorf with a canopy covered in a membrane made of glass fibre.

© Solarlux GmbH
Solarlux:

Window elements that transcend spatial boundaries

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With the invention of the first folding glass door over thirty years ago, Solarlux became the world market leader in this segment. In the meantime, the family-run company realises solutions with a diverse product range that have one thing in common: They fulfil the demand for more space, more light and more transparency.

© BF/Frerichs Glas GmbH
Interior glass:

6 ideas for great uses of glass in indoor spaces

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Thanks to state-of-the-art finishing technologies, the possible uses of individual glass products are almost limitless today. The German Federal Flat Glass Association (BF) has put together six popular solutions for interior spaces.

© Next Studio
International Next Facade Summit:

Think globally, build locally

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The second International Next Facade Summit will happen later this month. The focus will be on the international aspects of the facade markets.

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GLASS + MICROSHADE FILM = SUN SHADING FOR GLASS FACADES

How MicroShade revolutionises solar shading

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Danish solar shading manufacturer, MicroShade A/S, is now launching a groundbreaking solar shading solution. Find out how this invention is redefining the function of solar shading in buildings.