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Bendheim Wall Systems Presents Channel Glass in a Rainbow of Colors

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Bendheim Wall Systems, Inc. now offers Lamberts channel glass in a Pantone-like palette of enamel colors. Enameled channel glass expands the design possibilities for architects and designers, allowing the creation of maintenance-free color filled facades, storefronts, and interior partitions.
Unlike paint applied to glass surfaces, enamel colors deliver weather- and scratch-resistant hues that will not crack or peel. Enamels are colored glass powders applied and fused under high temperatures into the glass channel during the tempering process. The enamel becomes an integral part of the glass, resulting in permanently colored, tempered safety channel glass. Lamberts’ is the only channel glass independently certified by the Safety Glazing Certification Council (SGCC) as ANSI Z97.1-1984 and CPSC 16 CFR 1201 compliant.
Beyond safety, longevity, and maintenance benefits, the expansive color palette of enameled Lamberts channel glass allows design professionals to bring corporate or brand colors into their design. Lamberts colored channel glass can differentiate among departments in offices, healthcare, educational, hospitality, and sporting facilities as well as create entire facades of colored glass.
Translucent white enameled channel glass can also be an extremely effective replacement for sandblasted glass in single glazed applications, such as parking facades. It replicates the frosted appearance of sandblast without the long term weathering or staining problems associated with exposed sandblasted glass surfaces. On interior applications, it prevents the nuisance of fingerprints.
In addition to regular Lamberts channel glass, Bendheim Wall Systems now offers a new, ultra-clear low-iron channel glass in the entire palette of opaque and translucent enamel colors, creating extra-vibrant hues.
Lamberts regular channel glass contains up to 40% post-consumer and 20% pre-consumer recycled content. The glass is manufactured in Lamberts’ environmentally friendly, oxygen-fuel-fired furnace, the only one of its kind in Europe.

Bendheim Channel Glass Crowns West Court of Renovated National Academy of Sciences

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Bendheim Wall Systems’ Lamberts channel glass graces the recently renovated West Court of the National Academy of Sciences’ headquarters, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The walls of specialty channel glass contribute to the sustainable preservation mission of this comprehensive renovation project that integrates modern systems, materials, and infrastructure within the historic fabric of the building.
The architects’ work received the State Historic Preservation Officer’s Award at the 2013 District of Columbia Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation and the Award of Excellence in Historic Architecture from the Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
“Each phase of the National Academy of Sciences headquarters—the original 1924 structure, the mid-century modern additions, and the new modernization and infill—is singularly of its time in terms of design and craftsmanship,” explains Larry Barr, Senior Principal at Quinn Evans Architects, the architectural firm in charge of the project. “The addition of channel glass is in keeping with that objective. It is a distinctive, high-quality material that uses recycled glass and reflects sophisticated production technology.”
Three courtyards were enclosed with skylights to create new pre-function, display, dining, and meeting spaces. As a design solution, Bendheim Wall Systems provided double-glazed Lamberts Rough Cast glass, with its 60% recycled content, moderate translucency and superior light scattering properties. The channel glass installation incorporates the company’s SF60 frame system in 10 vertical openings. The glass features Low-e coating and a 100% recycled thermal insulation interlayer providing optimal energy performance for the building.
“The channel glass exhibits a timeless, expert level of craftsmanship that complements the detailing throughout this beautiful historic building,” adds Mr. Barr. “As a practical matter, the opaque quality of the channel glass was particularly useful in the interior courtyards that we transitioned into meeting areas. The glass crowns the spaces and brings in daylight, but screens the rooftop mechanical equipment that would otherwise be visible.”
Lamberts channel glass is produced with up to 60% recycled content, carefully selected from the municipal waste stream. Manufactured in Europe’s only clean-burning, oxygen-fueled cast glass plant, it is also the only factory-produced tempered channel glass certified by the Safety Glazing Certification Council (SGCC) and available with a 100% heat soak testing.

Blaffer Art Museum Renovation Comes to Life with Bendheim Wall System’s Channel Glass

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The University of Houston’s Blaffer Art Museum has transformed its appearance with a new entrance featuring Bendheim Wall Systems’ channel glass. Designed by New York City-based WORKac, the welcoming, light-filled entrance with its dramatic staircase creates a sense of openness throughout the reception area.
“With the help of Bendheim Wall Systems, WORKac’s renovation of the Blaffer Museum came to life through the amazing possibilities of channel glass,” said Dan Wood, principal and co-founder of WORKac. “Bendheim was a pleasure to work with, and, together, we produced a refreshing and beautiful new landmark for the University of Houston and the city at large.”
The architects worked closely with Bendheim Wall Systems’ team to achieve the slanted appearance of the facade while staying on budget. The cost-effective alternative to the custom angle-cut channel glass stepped the glass channels within the framing system and incorporated an aluminum flashing to create the sloped appearance. The concealed design change substantially lowered the cost of material when compared to an angle-cut channel glass solution and also facilitated the installation.
The architects selected Lamberts 504 Rough Cast, pebble textured channel glass, with a blue-gray Azur coating to enhance the solar heat gain coefficient of the wall, to help the building remain cool in the hot Texas climate. Bendheim Wall Systems’ SF60 thermally broken framing system provides additional thermal performance.
WORKac’s design enhances the building’s entrance, improves the flow of pedestrian traffic into the museum and creates a more welcoming entrance to the public. The renovation marked “the most significant facility improvement in the museum’s 38-year history, providing both a much-needed physical upgrade and an identity-defining statement,” according to Blaffer Art Museum’s Director and Chief Curator Claudia Schmuckli.

Lincoln Ctr. Theater, Featuring Bendheim Channel Glass, Named Architect Annual Design Review Winner

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Lincoln Center’s new Claire Tow Theater, with its channel glass enclosed elevator, is a winner of Architect Magazine’s 2012 Annual Design Review. The competition celebrates the best of American architecture, selecting winners from projects completed during 2012.
H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture boldly developed the Clare Tow Theater, home to Lincoln Center Theater LCT3 on the roof of the Vivian Beaumont Theater. To create access to the theater, H3 Hardy punched through the roof of the iconic Eero Saarinen-designed structure to create two elevators wrapped in translucent Lamberts channel glass from Bendheim. The unique structural properties of the glass permit 23’ tall spans of glass, inviting volumes of daylight in while providing dramatic glowing images at night.
Close collaboration between H3 Hardy, Bendheim Wall Systems, and the glazier, A-Val Architectural Metal Co., brought the design of maximum glass with minimal frame elements to life. The SGCC-certified tempered and heat-soak tested glass channels have the characteristic strength to span openings 23’ tall and withstand high wind loads. Provided with a low-e coating, the channel glass bolsters the building’s thermal envelope and reduce energy costs.

In evaluating the award contenders, the Annual Design Review jurors recognized the projects striving for clarity of statement regarding their relationships to their surroundings. The LCT3 Theater is an excellent example of how iconic architecture can be changed without damaging its identity.

Bendheim Introduces “Jelly Bean” Architectural Glass Collection

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Bendheim introduces its new “Jelly Bean” Collection of architectural glasses to the design/build market. Informed by the latest design trends, the safety-laminated “Jelly Bean” Glass Collection features 14 bright colors bringing a sense of optimism and comfort to hospitality, retail, healthcare, educational, and corporate interiors and exteriors.

“The ‘Jelly Bean’ Collection responds to current design trends favoring combinations of bright colors and daylight to create soothing, uplifting and stimulating environments,” said Donald Jayson, Sr. Vice President of Bendheim. “At the same time, the glass is highly functional and technologically advanced, offering years of UV protection and enhanced thermal control.”
The fire-polished “Jelly Bean” laminated glasses meet building safety codes, are stable, fade-resistant, and easy to maintain. The colored interlayers reduce solar energy transmittance, preventing heat build-up. They screen out up to 99% of damaging UV rays, helping minimize color fading of fabrics and furnishings. Installed in facades, the “Jelly Bean” Glass Collection helps control solar heat gain and reduces cooling loads.
Carefully selected from hundreds of hues, the collection offers a taste of Bendheim’s advanced custom color capabilities. All colors are VOC-free and have undergone vigorous testing to ensure long-term stability. Custom product options include a virtually unlimited number of transparent, translucent (opal), and opaque hues and surface alternatives, including etched, etched patterns, and surface textures.
The “Jelly Bean” Glass Collection can be specified for partitions, stair railings, balustrades, canopies, ceilings, doors, windows, and curtainwalls, or any area requiring safety, security, and durability.
The glass is offered in 5/16” approx. thickness and sheet sizes up to 60” by 120”. For more information and samples, please contact your local Bendheim representative.

Bendheim Wall Systems Introduces Low-Iron Channel Glass Textures

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Bendheim Wall Systems, an exclusive distributor of channel glass from Germany-based Glasfabrik Lamberts, introduces five new low-iron channel glass textures to the architectural and design market. Low-iron channel glass has an ultra-clear, brilliant quality, displaying only the very slightest green tint when viewed through its edge.
Previously available only in fine-mesh Solar™ texture, low-iron channel glass can now be specified in 504 Rough Cast™, Ice™, Piccolo®, Clarissimo™ and Prismasolar™ textures. The expanded offering provides architects the highly sought-after brilliance and clarity of low-iron glass in six surface textures of increasing obscuration.
“Architects around the world prefer the brilliance of ultra-clear low-iron glasses,” said Michael Tryon, General Manager of Bendheim Wall Systems, Inc. “Examples of outstanding projects featuring our Lamberts low-iron channel glass include Steven Holl’s highly regarded Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, MO), the new Swiss Embassy Residence (Washington, DC), the split façade of the Nolitan Hotel (New York, NY), and the offices at AMB Property Corp’s Headquarters at Pier 1 (San Francisco, CA), one of Bendheim Wall Systems’ first green projects.”
Lamberts low-iron channel glass is produced from highly specialized raw materials containing ultra-minimal iron oxides. The result is a significant reduction of the characteristic green tint most noticeable in the glass edges. The glass is manufactured in Europe’s first clean-burning oxy-fueled cast glass plant. As with standard glass, low-iron glass channels may be sandblasted, treated with thermal coatings, or colored in a wide range of enamel frits for bright, robust colors.
Lamberts channel glass creates gleaming never-ending façades and interior partitions up to 23 feet tall without the need for intermediate framing. The glass can be installed vertically or horizontally, single glazed or double glazed, in Bendheim Wall Systems’ frames. Textures, coatings, treatments and colors can be combined within a single opening, and enhanced thermal performance can be achieved through the addition of an insulating interlayer with a Low-E or other thermal coating. Lamberts channel glass also offers two exclusive safety advantages: it is a Safety Glazing Certification Council (SGCC) approved tempered glass, and is available with a certified 100% heat soak testing.