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Fireframes Support Visual Connection and Occupant Safety at Costco HQ

Fireframes Support Visual Connection and Occupant Safety at Costco HQ

Costco’s newly renovated headquarters in Issaquah, Wash., prioritizes visual connection and occupant safety. Sam Berg, Territory Manager at Technical Glass Products (TGP), is on site to explain how Fireframes® Curtainwall Series and Fireframes Designer Series Doors support these goals.

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Fire-Rated External Stairwell Maximizes Space & Views in Historic Seattle

Fire-Rated External Stairwell Maximizes Space & Views in Historic Seattle

SHED Architecture & Design was tasked to redevelop a building in a historical area of Seattle to meet the needs of the neighborhood’s changing commercial landscape. The firm designed an exterior stairwell with non-rated curtain wall to flood light into the new space. The challenge came with connecting that light safely through the old buildings exterior while meeting modern fire- and life-safety building code requirements.

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Critical Fire Protection and Crystal Clear Views–Empire State Building

Critical Fire Protection and Crystal Clear Views–Empire State Building

Learn how Technical Glass Products’ (TGP) Fireframes® Curtainwall Series fire-rated frames and Pilkington Pyrostop® fire-rated glass form an interior elevator surround that preserves the city’s spectacular views while also providing critical fire resistance.

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Visual Connectivity and Fire Protection—Tulsa Central Library

Visual Connectivity and Fire Protection—Tulsa Central Library

Learn how TGP provided the Tulsa Central Library project team with fire-rated framing and glass to capture natural light and open up views.

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Sleek System Provides Robust Fire Protection

Sleek System Provides Robust Fire Protection

Watch on location as we visit the Riyadh Metro jobsite in Saudi Arabia and review TGP’s Fireframes® Aluminum Series being installed.

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What Happened to Traditional Wired Glass?

What Happened to Traditional Wired Glass?

Find out how advancements in fire-rated glazing ushered in fire-rated glass products that provide higher visibility and impact resistance over wired glass.

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A Study in Daylighting Design–The Emerald

A Study in Daylighting Design–The Emerald

Learn how the Pilkington Profilit® channel glass system was utilized in the Emerald to create a unique atmosphere for residential amenity uses.

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Daylighting Down to a Science–Carnegie Science Center

Daylighting Down to a Science–Carnegie Science Center

See the Fireframes® Curtainwall Series application at the Carnegie Science Center, which complements the nearby non-rated curtain wall and opens up views to the café and Ohio River.

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Special Application: Stairwell Condition

Special Application: Stairwell Condition

Tour a special application 2-hour, fire-rated stairwell condition with a 90-minute fire-rated door.

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Remove Aesthetic Barriers with Complementary Systems

Remove Aesthetic Barriers with Complementary Systems

TGP’s Fireframes SG Curtainwall® System provides a seamless blend of fire-rated and non-rated curtain wall systems at Kidzania Oakbrook.

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Complementary Fire-Rated and Non-Rated Curtain Wall Systems

Complementary Fire-Rated and Non-Rated Curtain Wall Systems

Watch on location in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, as we tour TGP’s stainless steel complementary fire-rated and non-fire-rated curtain wall systems in the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station.

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Fire-Rated Design with Spirit–Angel’s Envy Distillery

Fire-Rated Design with Spirit–Angel’s Envy Distillery

TGP’s Fireframes® Heat Barrier Series safeguards against the spread of fire and opens up views to the distillery’s production line at Angel’s Envy Distillery.

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Smooth Monolithic Fire-Rated Design Complements Neighboring Non-Rated Systems

Smooth Monolithic Fire-Rated Design Complements Neighboring Non-Rated Systems

See how Fireframes SG Curtainwall® Series with Pilkington Pyrostop® glass on the exterior ground floor at 929 Office Tower provides a one-hour fire-resistive-rated barrier and a smooth visual transition with non-rated, neighboring systems.

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Special Application: Exterior Fire-Rated Glazing

Special Application: Exterior Fire-Rated Glazing

TGP’s Fireframes® Curtainwall Series fire-resistive-rated system prevents flames from spreading building to building via an elementary school’s exterior, while also meeting project-specific design loads such as wind and seismic.

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Minimal Frame Profiles Provide Maximum Daylighting

Minimal Frame Profiles Provide Maximum Daylighting

TGP’s narrow profile Fireframes® Designer Series doors provide increased daylighting and overall views in the parking structure elevator lobbies of the newly renovated Ballston Quarter, which were required by code to be a two-hour separation.

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