Solarban glass
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about solarban glass
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • BirdSmart® Bird Safe Glass
BirdSmart® Bird Safe Glass
BirdSmart® Bird Safe Glass by Vitro Architectural Glass is our first proprietary glass product designed to reduce bird collisions.
BirdSmart® Bird Safe Glass is a first-surface laser-etched glass manufactured at our Wichita Falls, Texas, plant. Now you can order all your glass, including bird-safe glass, from the name you know and trust, in one fell swoop.
BirdSmart® Bird Safe Glass is available in 6mm thickness with four dot patterns (2x2 square, 2x4 rectangle, 2x4 diamond and 2x2 diamond) with directional and non-directional orientation. It can be applied to clear, Acuity® and Starphire® low-iron glasses, tinted glasses and is available on all Solarban® low-e coatings on the second surface. More
Project • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Offices
Epic I
Serving as an important bridge between the low-rise, pedestrian-scaled Deep Ellum historic neighborhood and Dallas’ downtown high-rises, the new Epic I office building is creatively stacked in two to five-story blocks to mediate the two urban scales.
To achieve a number of important objectives—including neutrality, energy performance and blending into the urban fabric—Perkins&Will, Dallas, selected Solarban® 90 Starphire® glass from Vitro Architectural Glass for the unitized curtainwall on all four elevations of the main tower and a smaller ground level retail section contains Solarban® 72 glass from Vitro Architectural Glass.
Tom Kessler Photograhy
“The neutral color complements the materials... More
Project • By BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group • Housing
Grove at Grand Bay
Miami has developed a contemporary vernacular of condominiums that includes brise-soleil-style balconies with floor-to-ceiling windows that offer panoramic water views. We have taken these indigenous elements of the new Miami skyline and continue the evolution of their local architectural language. Coconut Grove’s identity is closely tied to its untamed jungle-like vegetation, yet the center sadly lacks this quality. Our design “re-groves” the heart of Coconut Grove, and create a landscape in tune with the surroundings. The two towers of the Grove at Grand Bay respond to the surroundings and to each other, to give optimum views at every level. The towers take off from the ground to capture the full breadth of panoramic vie... More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Solarban® 60 Optiblue® Glass
Solarban® 60 Optiblue® Glass
A Neutral Steel-Blue GrayWith its soothing, neutral, steel blue-gray appearance, Solarban® 60 Optiblue® (formerly Solarban®) glass brings a distinctly different aesthetic to the Solarban® family, along with minimal exterior reflectance, superb solar control and high levels of visible light transmittance (VLT). Solarban® 60 Optiblue® glass consists of Solarban® 60 solar control, low-e coating on Optiblue® tinted glass with clear glass as the inboard lite.
Developed to meet architects’ demands for a neutral glass, Solarban® 60 on Optiblue® glass controls glare while providing the daylighting and solar control needed to support sustainable design. Solarban® 60 Optiblue® glass is id... More