GALLERY

Alan Magee Scaife Hall

Alan Magee Scaife Hall

The seven-story addition to University of Pittsburgh’s Alan Magee Scaife Hall houses updated lecture halls, labs and classrooms. It also includes team-based learning and small group rooms as well as an entire floor dedicated to medical students. Intended as both an academic building and social hub, Scaife Hall combines several design features that create a sense of openness, including the fire-rat...

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Schine Student Center

Schine Student Center

A lot has changed since the Schine Student Center was constructed in 1985, but one thing remains consistent: students need a hub to meet and build community. When Syracuse University met with Mackey Mitchel Architects and Ashley McGraw Architects, it was important to keep students at the center of this redesign. Utilizing student feedback and the latest design best practices, the architects planne...

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William R. Murchie Science Building

William R. Murchie Science Building

Keeping pace with increased STEM enrollment, the University of Michigan-Flint finished expanding its William R. Murchie Science Building in 2021. The renovation focused on creating a facility with no barriers to encourage both departmental collaboration and the visibility of STEM work. To help meet these criteria while satisfying requirements for fire safety in areas of egress, the school and arch...

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Hinsdale Middle School

Hinsdale Middle School

Designed by Cordogan, Clark & Associates, Hinsdale Middle School serves as a collaborative, dynamic learning space for its approximate 800 students. Combining historic materials like brick and stone with abundant glazing, its design fosters creativity and engagement throughout the school. Key to the success of this outcome is a three-story sky-lit atrium that illuminates and connects core common a...

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Gaffney Elementary School

Gaffney Elementary School

Improving school safety and security were primary focuses during the retrofit of Gaffney Elementary School in Oregon City. For the 1960s-era building, this included relocating and reconfiguring the main office and entry vestibule as a means of achieving appropriate surveillance and supervision. Receptionists and staff now face frontwards, easily able to keep an eye on students entering and exiting...

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Candy Lane Elementary School

Candy Lane Elementary School

To bolster the safety and security of Candy Lane Elementary School, the front office was relocated and openings added for security glazing. This improved staff surveillance of students and guests, bolstered safety and created a more light and welcoming area for the front office. To extend sightlines while meeting fire-rated building codes, the design team specified Technical Glass Products’ Firefr...

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Fairleigh Dickinson University Animation Lab

Fairleigh Dickinson University Animation Lab

With a focus on blending art and technology, the Animation Lab at Farleigh Dickinson University, located in Florham Park and Madison, New Jersey, is home to innovative and artistic animation students. So, when the time came to renovate the lab, campus leaders and project architects agreed that designing a multifunctional, open space to inspire creativity and foster collaboration was top priority. ...

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Roux Center for the Environment, Bowdoin College

Roux Center for the Environment, Bowdoin College

The Roux Center for the Environment at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, is designed to facilitate a new way of learning, teaching and scholarship. Built to meet the highest level of U.S. Green Building Council standards — LEED Platinum — the Roux Center for the Environment is also Bowdoin College’s greenest building to date. Just as importantly, it provides a high level of fire and life safety...

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Montclair State University, Susan A. Cole Hall

Montclair State University, Susan A. Cole Hall

During a recent renovation of Montclair State University’s student services center, Susan A. Cole Hall, HMR Architects faced the challenge of bringing the century-old building’s areas of egress up to code while preserving its historic beauty. To accomplish both tasks, the design team incorporated slender fire-rated framing systems and sleek, full-lite fire-rated glass doors from Technical Glass Pr...

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Central Elementary School

Central Elementary School

In the summer of 2015, Dodge City Public Schools District successfully passed an $85.6 million bond issue to upgrade the district facilities. Renovations included updates to Central Elementary School, with the goal of raising the original 1927 school to modern fire and life safety standards while still maintaining its beautiful, historic brick-and-glass look. As part of these upgrades, clear FireL...

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Middletown High School

Middletown High School

During the renovation of New York’s Middletown High School, one of the main features was a central innovation lab that fit into the existing, underused interior courtyard space. KG+D Architects selected Technical Glass Product’s award-winning Fireframes ClearView® System for the interior walls of the center’s new state-of-the-art computer lab. The 60-minute fire-rated system is made of butt-glazed...

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The University of Kansas – Earth, Energy & Environment Center (EEEC)

The University of Kansas – Earth, Energy & Environment Center (EEEC)

The design team for the EEEC selected Fireframes ClearView® System from Technical Glass Products to create a seamless glass aesthetic and provide critical fire resistance in the main entrance and second-floor corridor overlooking the main stairway. The 60-minute fire-rated butt-glazed system features nearly colorless transitions between adjoining pieces of low-iron Pilkington Pyrostop® glass and p...

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Brooklin High School

Brooklin High School

To provide natural light and visibility for students and staff, as well as fulfill code requirements for defending against the spread of flames and smoke in case of a fire, Aerloc Industries (Dundas, Ontario) installed FireLite Plus® and FireLite® NT high-performance fire-rated glass ceramic in doors, sidelites, transoms and interior windows throughout the school. With the clarity of ordinary wi...

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William Jones College Preparatory High School

William Jones College Preparatory High School

Due to its location on a compact city lot, William Jones College Preparatory High School in downtown Chicago was built vertically over seven floors. To enhance the student experience in such a tall building, Perkins+Will integrated FireLite Plus® fire-rated, safety-rated glass from Technical Glass Products throughout the design. This allowed light and openness to fill the school, while providing s...

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Christopher Newport University Student Success Center

Christopher Newport University Student Success Center

To bring lighting down to the lower level and complement the domed ceiling above, Glave & Holmes used Fireframes ClearFloor® fire-rated glass flooring system from Technical Glass Products in the lobby of the Christopher Newport University Student Success Center. The two-hour fire-rated floor features a circular shape, with an outer and inner ring with 12 sections and a solid inner "doughnut". The ...

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Johnson & Wales University Center for Physician Assistant Studies

Johnson & Wales University Center for Physician Assistant Studies

For the lobby and stairs to successfully work together to create a clear circulation path for people coming into the building, DBVW Architects faced the challenge of finding a fire-rated glazing system that satisfied building codes while also supporting transparency to the entry. The firm found the solution by combining Fireframes® Aluminum Series fire-rated frames with Pilkington Pyrostop® transp...

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Northwestern University Engineering Life Sciences

Northwestern University Engineering Life Sciences

To satisfy fire and life safety codes and help illuminate the infill, the design team used a fire-rated glass floor system developed by Technical Glass Products (TGP). The Fireframes ClearFloor® System consists of two-hour fire-rated Pilkington Pyrostop® heat barrier glass; a tempered, laminated walking surface glass; and a steel framing grid. It is fire-rated for two hours and provides a barrier ...

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University Center at the New School

University Center at the New School

In The New School University Center in New York, designed by SOM, fire-rated glazing helps turn a frequently traversed fire-rated stairwell into a central design element. SOM used Technical Glass Products’ (TGP) Pilkington Pyrostop® fire-resistive-rated glass and Fireframes® Heat Barrier Series fire-rated frames with custom corners and angles to mirror the stairwell’s elevations and diagonal traje...

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Niles North High School Aquatic Center

Niles North High School Aquatic Center

“We needed to provide a two-hour fire-rated separation between the existing building and the new addition, but we wanted the facility to read as a single aquatics center,” explained Michael Maloney, LEED AP BD+C, design director for Legat Architects. “A visual connection between pools was crucial for the concept, as well as for safety and security. The Fireframes® Curtainwall Series frames and Pil...

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Post Road Elementary School

Post Road Elementary School

New York's Kaeyer Garment & Davidson Architects utilized FireLite Plus® and FireLite® NT fire-rated glass from Technical Glass Products, featuring a clear and nearly colorless surface to better resemble the look of ordinary window glass and visually integrate with Post Road Elementary School's non-fire-rated windows. Utilized in borrowed lites, as well as in doors, FireLite Plus and FireLite NT he...

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Media Lab

Media Lab

The Media Lab at this university features Fireframes ClearFloor® fire-rated glass floor system for increased light into the building. The UL classified and labeled system is impact-resistant and fire-rated for two hours. Fireframes ClearFloor System can be used as a durable, non-slip walking surface and is available for interior and some exterior applications.

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Peninsula College, Maier Hall

Peninsula College, Maier Hall

Schacht Aslani Architects used UL classified and labeled Pilkington Pyrostop® with Fireframes® Designer Series doors and frames to bring natural light into Peninsula College's Maier Hall. Listed for use in doors, sidelites, transoms, borrowed lites and wall applications, Pilkington Pyrostop is fire-rated up to two hours and is the clear alternative to solid walls.

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Mill Brook Elementary

Mill Brook Elementary

By improving visibility, a fire-rated stairwell supports the Mill Brook Elementary School’s vision for collaboration. HMFH Architects designed the stairwell to be bright and open, reflecting the playful energy of students. They achieved this goal by pairing Fireframes® Aluminum Series fire-resistant frames with Pilkington Pyrostop® fire-resistant glass, both supplied by Technical Glass Products (T...

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Lincoln University, Grim Hall

Lincoln University, Grim Hall

To provide clear and wireless fire-rated doors with updated functionality in the renovation of Lincoln University's Grim Hall, Tevebaugh Associates selected FireLite® NT ceramic glass with Fireframes® Designer Series door frames, from Technical Glass Products (TGP). FireLite NT is fire-rated for up to three hours and meets the CPSC 16CFR 1201 (Category II) safety-glazing classification to provide...

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Challenger Elementary School

Challenger Elementary School

Challenger Elementary School utilizes FireLite Plus® fire-rated glass ceramic in and around the main office and library to allow daylight into parts of the building that would normally have to be solid walls to meet fire codes. UL classified and labeled, clear and wireless FireLite Plus offers fire-ratings up to 3 hours and is impact safety rated.

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Pasadena City College Center for the Arts

Pasadena City College Center for the Arts

AC Martin designed Pasadena City College Center for the Arts utilizing the Fireframes ClearFloor® fire-rated glass floor system to bring natural light throughout the space. The UL classified and labeled system is impact-resistant and fire-rated for two hours. The Fireframes ClearFloor System can be used as a durable, non-slip walking surface and is available for interior and some exterior applicat...

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University of Iowa, John and Mary Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building

University of Iowa, John and Mary Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building

The modern exterior aesthetic of the The University of Iowa Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building was designed to represent the building's commitment to advanced research. The limestone façade features a long vertical strip window with a door that is composed of Fireframes® Curtainwall Series frames with Pilkington Pyrostop® glass and a Fireframes Designer Series door with FireLite Plus® glass...

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