As part of the $200-million revitalization of the Place Ville Marie Esplanade in Montréal, residents will soon enjoy a brand-new concept: A gourmet biergarten in the city’s downtown. Imagined by Sid Lee Architecture and...
Tag: Glazing
Low-iron jumbo glass with low-emissivity (low-e) coating was used during the retrofit of the National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa. High-performance glass brings in abundant natural light and controls solar heat gain, thereby contributing...
The nuances of glazing colour
(07/11/2018)
As one of the world’s most versatile building materials, with a wide range of esthetic options and outstanding energy characteristics, glass provides numerous opportunities to enhance buildings’ visual appeal and performance.
American manufacturers learn Canadian building codes
(06/28/2018)
U.S. manufacturers were taught about Canadian codes, especially the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) A440S1-17, Canadian Supplement to the North American Fenestration Standard (NAFS)-11. at the summer conference of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA)...
The $44.9-million building in Ottawa will serve as a multidisciplinary space for faculty, researchers, businesses, and most importantly, Algonquin’s students.
High-latitude Challenges: Designing for daylight
(03/07/2018)
Daylight and view consistently rank high on a list of desirable attributes in homes, schools, and workplaces. Delivering them, however, can be challenging, as there are often competing interests.
Vancouver’s Emily Carr University of Art + Design opened its new campus earlier this month, relocating from Granville Island to Downtown Eastside.
Privacy and views may seem mutually exclusive when it comes to glass, but the BioSteel Centre—a training facility for the Toronto Raptors—balances both in its façade.
Specifying fire-rated glazing in schools
(05/17/2017)
The National Building Code of Canada (NBC) requires glazing in certain applications in educational facilities to be fire-rated. Today’s advanced fire-rated glazing products make it possible to do significantly more than protect against the...
The Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) has updated its safety standards to apply to all glazing materials, and has withdrawn a standard assessing wired glass as a safety glass.
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