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Bendheim Glass Creates Wayfinding “Lanterns” at Renovated Omaha Airport

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Glass Cladding System Goes from Exterior to Interior, Clear to Translucent

We are pleased to announce our first project in the US to feature our Wall-F glass cladding system in multiple applications: as a traditional rainscreen over existing opaque walls, as a second-skin façade over a curtain wall, and as interior wall cladding. The flexibility of the system helped create a shared design language that unifies various functional areas at Omaha’s newly renovated Eppley airport by HDR Inc.

Part of a $89 million project to upgrade Eppley Airfield facilities and vehicular and pedestrian flow, several new buildings are clad in approx. 11,000 sq. ft. of our decorative laminated glass. The lites are captured in our non-traditional point-supported cladding system, which eliminates the need for drilled holes through the glass. The compression clip attachment method makes the system flexible and easy to work with, effortlessly encompassing the wide range of applications.

Eppley Airfield, Omaha, NE by HDR. Photo by Jen Miret.

The ventilated glass system is used in multiple locations throughout the airport, including the car rental customer service building and at each entrance to the multi-level parking structure. It runs from the exterior to the interior of the car rental center, seamlessly transitioning from rainscreen cladding to an interior feature wall. In another key area, the system – featuring a mix of clear and translucent off-white laminated glass – attaches directly over the glass curtain wall of the elevator tower.

Throughout the airport, the decorative glass system functions as a wayfinding aide, as well as back-lit feature walls that illuminate surrounding areas at night.

Eppley Airfield | Bendheim Glass Rainscreen Project

Eppley Airfield, Omaha, NE by HDR. Photo by Jen Miret.

According to Taylor Nielsen, architect with HDR, “other frosted glass backlit solutions were considered, but ultimately the cost effectiveness and ability to relatively easily remove the glass panels became a significant advantage of the Bendheim system.”

Our technical design team is available to assist building and design professionals with system specification, customization, design, engineering, and detail drawings. For more information, please visit https://bendheim.com/system/ventilated-glass-facade-systems/.

Naturally-Hygienic Glass is a Safe Choice in Designing World for a Better Tomorrow

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The Non-Porous Surface of Glass Gives Bacteria and Germs No Place to Hide

 

NYU Langone Medical Center | White Fade Glass

Bendheim’s Ultra-White Fade® glass at NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY by Perkins+Will. Photo courtesy of Halkin | Mason Photography. The naturally-hygienic building material is perfect for healthcare applications.

The COVID-19 global pandemic is causing many people to consider options for personal safety, and one solution is how to build spaces that are healthy for occupants. Glass, a naturally hygienic surfacing material, is an essential choice to consider when designing spaces for a safer tomorrow.

Bendheim is one of the world’s foremost sources of specialty architectural glass. Its wide range of glass types give bacteria and germs no place to hide as they enhance building environments. Surfaces can easily be cleaned and disinfected, dramatically reducing the risk of exposure to viruses.

The hygienic properties of glass make it a perfect surfacing material for high-traffic spaces found in healthcare, hospitality, commercial offices, lobbies, schools and universities, and elevator interiors. From partition walls to privacy screens, wall cladding to writing surfaces, glass can be used in a wide range of applications to provide a healthy environment and good design.

Bendheim offers more than 2,000 in-stock glass varieties and unlimited custom design solutions. Glass can be used to enhance occupant privacy, and textured patterns, as well as decorative interlayers, can be used to provide visual privacy and light transmission into and between spaces. Bendheim products have been used in schools, supermarkets, office buildings, residential construction projects and many more applications.

Bendheim Announces First Project in the Nation to Feature Its Vertically-and-Horizontally Shingled Glass Rainscreen System

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Luminous Glass Cladding Dresses Massive Concrete Walls, Enhances New Medical Center Facade

 

Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Fairfax, VA by Wilmot Sanz Architecture became the first project in the United States, and only the third in the world, to use Bendheim’s vertically-and-horizontally shingled glass rainscreen system. The luminous rainscreen creates a sculptural feature wall on the exterior of the building.

Inova occupies a 117-acre site that previously served as Exxon Mobil’s corporate HQ. Part of the effort to transform the 40-year-old campus into modern, patient-centered research and treatment center, the architects revamped the existing structures and added a new two-story proton therapy facility on the north-east end. The new addition houses highly sensitive imaging and diagnostic equipment, shielded behind 16-ft-thick reinforced concrete walls.

Inova illuminated glass rainscreen

Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA by Wilmot Sanz Architecture. Photo by Greg McGillivray, Halkin Mason Photography.

Bendheim’s 8,000 sq. ft. glass rainscreen plays the key role in transforming the cold concrete volume into a design highlight. True to Wilmot Sanz’s mission to deliver a patient-centered experience, the facade becomes a welcoming beacon. Constructed from translucent, ultra-white laminated textured glass, it scatters light, presenting a brilliant white aesthetic during the day. At night, the finely textured Solar™ glass diffuses cable LED back-lighting.

Bendheim engineered the glass with a structural SentryGlas® ionoplast interlayer in order to use relatively lightweight 3/8” (10 mm) glass for the large, 5 ft. by 6 ft., cladding panels. The interlayer reinforces the glass so it can span under the imposed wind loads. The vertically-and-horizontally shingled panels are held in patented compression fittings, independent of each other, for ease and speed of installation. The cladding’s continuous horizontal steel substructure sits atop a layer of rigid insulation, and doubles as an anchor for the cable LED lighting.

Inova glass rainscreen installation

Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA by Wilmot Sanz Architecture during installation. Photo courtesy Glass & Metals.

The glass rainscreen has more than an aesthetic and lighting role. It is necessary for the long-term performance and durability of the proton facility. The medical equipment it houses required a completely watertight building envelope. The specified Bendheim Wall-VH shingled glass system acts as a permanent moisture shield. It is fully tested in accordance with ASTM E330-02 for structural performance and AAMA 509-09 for its ability to stop more than 90 percent of wind-driven rain from reaching the air and vapor barrier of the building. The less than 10 percent of moisture that could get past the ventilated glass cladding dissipates quickly through drainage and evaporation.

Bendheim’s technical design team is available to assist building and design professionals with glass system specification, customization, design, engineering, and detail drawings on specialty facade projects. For more information, please visit https://bendheim.com/system/ventilated-glass-facade-systems/.

Bendheim Architectural Glass a Key Design Element in High-Profile Brooklyn Project

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Unique “Hybrid” Glass Creates Vintage Look in New Wegmans Supermarket

Several tailored Bendheim products, including an innovative hybrid solution, were incorporated into the design of the recently-opened Wegmans supermarket in Brooklyn, NY.

The highly-anticipated 74,000 square foot supermarket opened in October at the former Brooklyn Navy Yard, where ships were constructed for battles during the Civil War. Designed by S9 Architecture of New York and Wegmans, the store was Wegmans’ 101st overall and 47th in New York.

Brooklyn Wegmans

Wegmans, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Steve Payson

Our glass products were used in the store’s mezzanine-level Market Café and along a staircase that leads to the Bar, also on the mezzanine level. The café features our EcoGlass™ Gothic Textured Glass. The hybrid glass along the staircase is a custom combination of our Pale Grey Diamond Wire Laminated Glass and VintageWire™ Gothic Laminated Architectural Glass. It is also used inside the café.

“The architects wanted to create an all-industrialized look,” said Dan Stewart, Bendheim Design Technician. “We created this vintage-textured diamond wire glass. The designers liked the texture of the Gothic Wire and the aesthetic of the Diamond Wire. We took the elements of the two types of glass and combined them to make something completely new for the store.”

Designers from Wegmans collaborated with Stewart to develop the hybrid solution. The glass offers privacy, and the vintage wire aesthetic ties the design back to the building’s historic character. The glass is laminated safety and meets modern building codes. “We kept the antique appeal but modified the build of the glass for the modern age,” Stewart said.

Brooklyn Wegmans

Wegmans, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Steve Payson

More than 25,000 customers visited the new Brooklyn Wegmans on its first day, helping it snap an opening-day sales record. Shoppers lined up in the rain and stood for more than seven hours to be among the first in the store.

The project was developed by Steiner NYC, and the opening concluded a design and construction process that lasted more than four years. The Wegmans’ site was part of the Navy Yard’s Admiral’s Row, a collection of 10 abandoned historic houses once used by Navy officers.

Brooklyn Wegmans

Wegmans, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Steve Payson

Bendheim’s team brings decades of specialty architectural glass experience to building and design professionals throughout the design process, from concept to completion. To learn more about our consultative design services, please visit our Virtual Design Lab.

How to Design & Build a Fast-Track Custom Glass Facade for a Stadium

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Quick Fabrication & Installation Score a Touchdown

 

Our new stadium facade case study reveals how Bendheim’s glass cladding solution can help architects create a totally customized glass exterior on an exceptionally fast-track construction schedule. In 30 fully illustrated pages and a two-minute video, it explains how our clip-in glass system can expedite facade design, fabrication, and installation.

The case study examines the recent expansion and renovation of Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, IA by Neumann Monson Architects. The design team was challenged to expand the historic stadium’s seating capacity and upgrade its entire north end zone. Most importantly, the team aimed to enhance the game-day experience for University of Iowa’s dedicated Hawkeye football fans.

Neumann Monson chose to clad the new cantilevered north-end expansion with Bendheim’s vertically-and-horizontally shingled ventilated facade, combining custom fritted glass and fiber-cement panels. The innovative cladding system eliminates the need for drilled holes through the panels, allowing the seamless integration of glass and fiber-cement to create the architects’ hawk-wing-inspired design.

Kinnick Stadium Fritted Glass Facade

A boon for the construction schedule, the extraordinary amount of flexibility built into the system (1.5” tolerance in all directions) meant design and fabrication of the facade could begin as soon as the architectural drawings were approved, well in advance of construction. As a result, 14,000 sq. ft. of custom imprinted laminated glass, 6,000 sq. ft. of fiber-cement panels, and over 3,500 powder coated metal components were delivered and ready to install as soon as the rough openings were complete. Then, Bendheim’s field-adjustable system helped AWS of Clive, IA install all 20,000 sq. ft. of cladding in a couple of months during the football off-season.

From design to completion, our non-traditional point-supported facade solution achieved all aesthetic and performance goals and scored a touchdown for the fast-track construction schedule.

Architectural Glass Plays Key Role In Design Trend Toward Improved Occupant Well-Being And Comfort

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Bendheim Glass Contributes to Today’s Human-Centric Hospitality, Retail, and Entertainment Environments

 

Modern architecture places increasing emphasis on products that promote physical and emotional health and well-being. Bendheim’s architectural glass enhances multiple aspects of the user experience in several recent hospitality, retail, and entertainment building projects.

Our channel glass, textured glass, and ventilated facade systems are among the products that illustrate how architects can use glass to improve occupant comfort. These thoughtful solutions balance a variety of often conflicting needs by creating spaces that are functional and emotionally impactful, as well as durable, flexible, artfully-detailed, and budget-friendly.

“Over the past year we’ve seen a conscious effort to use richer, multi-functional architectural glass to provide a higher level of aesthetics and comfort, encompassing occupants’ emotional and experiential needs,” said Donald Jayson, Bendheim Co-Owner and Executive Vice President. “Glass is expressive. It is associated with openness, modernity and prestige, as well as a higher satisfaction with the building design.”

South Street Seaport | Bendheim Channel Glass Rainscreen

South Street Seaport’s Pier 17, New York, NY by SHoP Architects.

Pier 17 in New York City is among the recent high-profile examples of our glass used to improve the visitor experience. The new building, clad in an LED-illuminated channel glass facade, activates the public plaza, creating a welcoming spot for relaxation and socialization. The glass is sustainably produced using renewable electricity, and is bird-friendly.

EMC2 Autograph Hotel | Bendheim Textured Architectural Glass Project

EMC2 Autograph Hotel, Chicago, IL by Rockwell Group. Photo by Michael Kleinberg.

At the EMC2 Autograph Hotel in Chicago, the interior features crisp, low-iron textured glass and mirror. The alternating translucent and opaque textured glass surfaces lend a dynamic quality to the design. They add a chic vintage vibe and divide the space, while maintaining a sense of openness.

Kinnick Stadium Fritted Glass Facade

Kinnick Stadium Renovation, Iowa City, IA by Neumann Monson Architects

At Kinnick Stadium, home to the University of Iowa football team, our ventilated glass facade blocks rain and snow during the cold fall and winter months, while maximizing natural ventilation and facilitating smoke mitigation. The facade features a high level of transparency that promotes a sense of openness and connection to the outdoors. The linear pattern-fritted glass is also bird friendly.

Buildings are increasingly designed and constructed with an eye toward enhancing the well-being of the people who interact with them. “We have to design for all dimensions of wellness,” architect Veronica Schreibeis Smith said at the Global Wellness Summit.

Bendheim is the first decorative architectural glass supplier to adopt and nurture a “consultative design” approach, collaborating with architects and designers to develop unique solutions to their complex, evolving needs. In 1989, Bendheim became the first in North America to open a decorative architectural glass showroom. Twenty years later, in 2019, we established our new glass design lab on the top floor of the New York Design Center. The lab enables A&D professionals to collaborate with our design consultants and create new, tailored glass solutions. It showcases hundreds of specialty glass samples and a full range of customizable glass systems. Please visit www.bendheim.com/professional/design-lab to learn more and schedule an appointment.