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FDNY Rescue Company 2

FDNY Rescue Company 2

Located in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood, the new Rescue Company 2 facility is an architecturally imaginative firehouse specifically tailored to meet the practical and professional needs of firefighters. A system used within the firehouse is Technical Glass Products’ Fireframes® Curtainwall Series frames and Pilkington Pyrostop® fire-rated glass. An alternative to solid walls, the fire-rated...

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Trinity Baptist Church

Trinity Baptist Church

With its classic brick exterior and beautifully arched doorways, Trinity Baptist Church has been a mainstay in New Haven, Connecticut’s downtown community since the 1970s. During its latest renovation, Patriquin Architects selected Technical Glass Products’ (TGP) Fireframes® Heat Barrier Series frames to preserve the church lobby’s arched entryway while complying with code requirements for fire re...

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Tulsa Central Library

Tulsa Central Library

In the Tulsa Central Library renovation, a narrow-profile, fire-rated glass and framing system from Technical Glass Products (TGP) helped preserve the building’s open layout by providing transparent compartmentation around the central staircase. The Fireframes® Aluminum Series from TGP allowed the team to surround the staircase with a barrier to radiant and conductive heat transfer and still allo...

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Fulton Center

Fulton Center

A stunning 53 ft. diameter oculus and “Sky Reflector Net” pours daylight into the Fulton Center’s grand atrium and the glass-enclosed retail spaces lining it. The design team specified a non-rated SteelBuilt Curtainwall® System from Technical Glass Products (TGP) on the lower level since its narrow mullions maximized the glass size. To maintain a seamless aesthetic with the fire-rated curtain wall...

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New York Fire Department, Engine Co. 239 Firehouse

New York Fire Department, Engine Co. 239 Firehouse

While renovating the historic New York Fire Department Engine Co. 239 Firehouse, Beyhan Karahan desired to keep the main staircase open as in the original house, yet needed to meet strict fire and life safety codes. They also wanted to maintain visibility. They found their solution in Pilkington Pyrostop® fire-rated glass and Fireframes® Heat Barrier Series frames from Technical Glass Products to ...

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Art Institute of Chicago (Modern Wing)

Art Institute of Chicago (Modern Wing)

Interactive Design faced a challenge when designing the Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing: how to maintain clear lines of sight from historic Michigan Avenue through the space to the fresh courtyard landscape. The interior walls for the education and boardrooms needed to be transparent from floor to ceiling, yet also meet fire and life safety codes. To achieve their design goals, the architec...

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The Morgan Library & Museum

The Morgan Library & Museum

The historic Morgan Library and Museum in New York City outgrew its campus to house their art collections, various educational activities and concerts. The Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Bleyer Blinder Bell successfully combined the historic building with a beautiful modern glass-filled atrium, expanded galleries and a performance hall.  The design team utilized fire-rated systems from Technic...

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Millenium Park Bicycle Station

Millenium Park Bicycle Station

Keeping the interior spaces open and full of light was a challenge in the below grade space of the Millenium Park Bicycle Station. The design firm wanted to leave the staircase open so the light would flow through, but the city required that it be enclosed for safety reasons. To address both concerns, Muller and Muller chose as a glass fire wall system: Pilkington Pyrostop® fire and impact safety...

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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

FireLite Plus® fire-rated glass was selected by project architects, Arai Jackson Ellison Murakami, LLP, in the renovated Seattle-Tacoma International Airport passenger terminal subway station. Station doors, and a glass transit wall were included to increase views and enhance safety. Regarding code requirements, Frank Silkwood, partner with Arai Jackson Ellison Murakami says, "The FireLite Plus ad...

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