Bending Glass in Three Dimensions: Inside WHTB’s Ginza Project
Stand at the corner of Ginza’s main shopping street and look up. The facade above you doesn’t sit flat against the building: it curves outward, folds back in, catches the light differently depending on where you’re standing https://www.tiffany.com/stores/en/japan/tiffany-ginza-8075 From a distance it looks like a single fluid surface. Up close, it’s hundreds of individual glass […]
Where Is Your Glass Coming From? The Tariff Question Every Project Manager Should Be Asking
Here’s a story from a client in eastern Canada. He had a 30,000 sq.ft project to complete, and 200 pieces IGUs were needed on site in 4 weeks. The answer he gets from the previous supplier: ETA 12~14 weeks, and prices subject to material pricing change accordingly. The IGUs were being fabricated overseas. The raw […]
Bird-Friendly Glass Goes Mainstream: ASHRAE 189.1 Addendum o Is Now Law
Bird collision happens 2 billion times a year across the U.S from buildings. Most of the collisions happen in the first 30 meters off the ground, where the glass is closest to the trees and street-level plantings. The construction industry has known this for a long time. And for most of that time, doing something […]
Retrofit Glass Facades in Canada
Canada has thousands of commercial towers built between 1975 and 2000. Their glass facades are aging, leaking, and even falling. Many buildings were landmarks when they were built. Today, they face a different kind of reckoning — one measured in kw/h, carbon emissions, and compliance deadlines. While, the retrofit wave has arrived, and Montreal is […]
When Double Is No Longer Enough in Canada
Canada’s tightening energy codes, brutal winters, and surging demand for net-zero buildings are making triple-glazed IGUs the new baseline — not the premium upgrade. Here’s what that means for your next project. Core Performance comparison — double vs. triple glazing U value (W/m2.K) of Double glazing: 1.3~1.5 U value (W/m2.K) of Triple glazing: 0.6~0.8 Heat […]
BIPV: When Glass Façades Become Power Plants
For decades, façades were judged by two things: how they look and how they perform. Today, there’s a third dimension: Can your glass façade generate energy? That’s where Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) comes in — turning glass façades into active power-generating systems. The market value could rise from about USD 33 billion in 2026, to over […]
Why Your Low-E Spec Looks Good on Paper… But Fails in Reality?
Every façade spec sheet looks impressive. Low U-value, high SHGC/G value performance, clean & neutral appearance. On paper, everything works. But once installed… the building doesn’t perform—or look—the way it should be. So what may went wrong? The uncomfortable truth A Low-E spec doesn’t fail because of the coating or processing alone. It fails because […]