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SOLARBAN® 60 glass helps SLATE Portland achieve LEED Gold certification

SOLARBAN® 60 glass helps SLATE Portland achieve LEED Gold certification

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 25, 2018 – From the outside-in and inside-out, Slate, a new LEED®-certified mid-rise tower in Portland, Oregon, featuring Solarban® 60 glass by Vitro Architectural Glass, is designed to please the eye and harmonize with the environment.

Capturing the look of multiple stacked glass-and-metal boxes, the orchestrated randomness of the building’s stylish, modern façade belies the…

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Vitro Architectural Glass publishes literature, performance data for ACUITY low-iron glass

Vitro Architectural Glass publishes literature, performance data for ACUITY low-iron glass

Affordable low-iron glass offers better clarity, color fidelity than conventional clear glass

PITTSBURGH, August 29, 2018 – Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has published a brochure featuring Acuity™ low-iron glass, a new product that offers better clarity and color fidelity than conventional clear glass at an affordable cost. The new brochure can be downloaded at www.vitroglazings…

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Vitro Glass launches operations of jumbo MSVD coater at Wichita Falls

Vitro Glass launches operations of jumbo MSVD coater at Wichita Falls

PITTSBURGH, August 16, 2018 – Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) began producing energy-efficient glass in sizes 112.5 percent larger than standard size lites on a new jumbo magnetron sputtered vacuum deposition (MSVD) glass coater at its Wichita Falls, Texas, manufacturing plant.

Constructed in 14 months, the jumbo coater was introduced today at an open house attended by Vitro…

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ProMedica Health and Wellness Center in Sylvania, Ohio

ProMedica Health and Wellness Center in Sylvania, Ohio

Owner: ProMedica; Toledo, Ohio Vitro Certified™ Fabricator: Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope; Perrysburg, Ohio Architect/Designers: HKS, Inc. Vitro Glass Products: Solarban® 72 Glass Façade Contractor: VM Systems; Toledo, Ohio Glazing Contractor: Toledo Mirror & Glass; Toledo, Ohio

Project Background When global architectural firm HKS met with ProMedica to discuss the regional health system’s plans to…

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Main Library at Mexico’s Tecnológico de Monterrey University, featuring Solarban 90 glass, earns honor

Jeweled structure wins 2018 ALA/IIDA Award for Interior Design of an Academic Building 

Libraries are made for learning; treehouses are built for socializing and communion with nature. Recently, with the help of Solarban® 90 glass, the new library at Tecnológico de Monterreyin Mexico united the charms of both dwellings to earn a prestigious award from the American Library Association (ALA) and…

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Vitro Architectural Glass to display large units of SOLARBAN low-e glass at AIA 2018

Vitro Architectural Glass to display large units of SOLARBAN low-e glass at AIA 2018

ACUITY glass, a new SOLARBAN glass substrate to debut later this year, also will be previewed

PITTSBURGH, May 24, 2018 – Vitro Architectural Glass will preview a new glass product and display seven large insulating glass units (IGUs), as well as a dramatic glass wall featuring an array of tinted, etched and painted glasses in a 600-square foot exhibit at the American Institute of Architects (AIA)…

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Solarban 72 Starphire Glass by Vitro Glass featured on award-winning residential high-rise

Grove at Grand Bay featuring an innovative hurricane-resistant design and Solarban® 72 Starphire® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass

Grove at Grand Bay’s swirl-shaped towers take hurricane-resistance to new heights while earning LEED Gold certification PITTSBURGH, April 12, 2018 – Grove at Grand Bay, an upscale 98-unit Florida condominium featuring an innovative hurricane-resistant design and Solarban® 72 Starphire® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass), was named the 2017 Building of the Year, U.S. Southeast…

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Vitro Architectural Glass launches Vitro InspireScapes blog

Vitro Architectural Glass launches Vitro InspireScapes blog

Features include project profiles, design inspiration, tips and unique glass applications PITTSBURGH, July 10, 2017 – Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has launched Vitro InspireScapes, a new blog showcasing extraordinary glass projects, inspired interior and exterior building design expertise, the company’s latest product and technology news, and tips for effective glass…

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