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Ice™ Channel Glass: Cool Choice for Structural Glazing

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Sparkling and frosty in appearance, Ice™ is an organic, image-obscuring texture, providing both daylighting and privacy whether installed as a single- or double-glazed wall. Ice™ can be designed to form up to 23’-tall gleaming façades and interior partitions of unlimited width.

Ice™ is the most obscuring organic channel glass texture currently available, and complements Bendheim Wall Systems’ extensive channel glass line now featuring six decorative textures, specialty thermal coatings, low-iron, and hundreds of enameled colors. Ice™ combines outstanding aesthetics with significant sustainability benefits. Like all Lamberts channel glass, Ice™ is manufactured with 40% post-consumer recycled content in Europe’s only clean-burning, oxygen-fired cast glass plant. A Sustainable Industries Top 10 Green Building Product of 2008, Lamberts channel glass offers two exclusive safety elements: Safety Glazing Certification Council-approved tempered glass and certified 100% heat soak testing.

Bendheim Custom Color Coated (Back-Painted) Glass in Hyatt Regency Renovation

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When the Jersey City Hyatt Regency embarked on a guest room remodel at the height of the financial crisis, the project team was challenged to enhance the décor in a sustainable and fiscally responsible manner.  Their innovative solution revitalizes 1,200 existing wood bedside, accent, and coffee tables with Bendheim’s fire-polished glass surfaces in a deep chocolate brown color. Installation was completed by Eastchester Glass of Scarsdale, NY.

Bendheim’s precision cutting, polishing, tempering, and back-painting processes met the quality, cost and fast-track requirements of the project.  Tempered for additional safety and durability, the custom Color Coated glass coordinates with the existing furniture and reinvigorates the classic décor of the rooms. The ultra-hygienic glass surfaces offer hotel patrons additional comfort.
“We were looking to bring a new, exciting design element into the rooms while maintaining the integrity of the existing color palette and the relaxing atmosphere our customers have come to expect,” said Kierie L. Heim, Director of Sales and Marketing for Hyatt Regency. “Bendheim achieved the desired look and supplied the glass within record time to accommodate our challenging installation schedule.”
Bendheim offers its Color Coated glass in a virtually unlimited palette of colors, patterns and textures. The product’s aesthetics, durability, and inherent hygienic qualities make it an ideal choice for sustainable commercial, residential, healthcare, and hospitality projects. Applications include interior feature walls, backsplashes, and table tops, as well as exterior wall cladding.
Bendheim Color Coated glass is fully recyclable, isocyanate-free, and 100% VOC-free. The end result is an environmentally friendly and safe product with stable, durable, UV-resistant coatings formulated to last many years.

Bendheim Geometric Textured Glass at Ermenegildo Zegna NYC Flagship Boutique

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Bendheim provides laminated geometric pattern glass for the recently completed renovation of the award-winning Ermenegildo Zegna Flagship at 663 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

Ermenegildo Zegna’s new global store concept, designed by architect Peter Marino, combines the best of traditional and contemporary design. Inspired by Ermenegildo Zegna’s woven-goods history and its wool mills in the Italian Alps, the architect’s design for the 9,200-sq.-ft. store bears resemblance to a loom in action.
The soft geometry of Bendheim’s safety-laminated glass, featured in the central stair, gives a sense of movement to the nature-themed mural behind it. The vertical pattern of the glass draws customers upward to further explore the store’s upper floors. Bendheim’s careful attention to the pronounced linear glass patterns, through the precise engineering and manufacture of individual glass sections, creates a seamless transition between the adjacent units.
“The patterned glass combined with the nature mural and lenticular film behind it creates an additional woven element to the store,” Mr. Marino said.
“We are pleased Bendheim was selected to partner in this outstanding project,” said Donald Jayson, Vice President of Bendheim. “This special glass carries a dynamic sense of movement and reflects the energy of Ermenegildo Zegna’s corporate brand.”
Bendheim’s geometric pattern glass is one of a collection of crisp, linear textured glasses offering superior daylighting properties in a broad range of privacy options, from subtle diffusion to nearly complete obscuration. The glass can be supplied in safety tempered and/or laminated form.

The John Dory Restaurant Creates a Distinctive Dining Experience through Vibrant Art Glass

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Bendheim Provides Lamberts Mouth-Blown Glass for a New York City Restaurant.

The glass artist, Michael Davis, chose Lamberts mouth-blown art glass as his creative medium for the feature aquatic themed glass ceiling of The John Dory restaurant. The installation exemplifies how contemporary interior design and architecture can be enhanced through the use of mouth-blown art glasses.
The interior design of the John Dory pays tribute to its fish namesake and the owners’ love of seafood and art, featuring fish everywhere – from the fish tank, to the walls, to the glass walkway, to the illuminated art glass ceiling.
The ceiling spans from the entrance to the back of the restaurant. Sitting fifteen feet above the floor, the backlit glass artwork features various fish on a rich, ocean-blue background, each panel predictably sporting a John Dory.
“The owners were looking for a dramatic piece of art, combining vibrant color and simplicity of design,” said Davis. “Lamberts’ variety of colors and textures was the perfect choice for this project. The quality of the glass allowed me to achieve the dramatic effects we sought.”
Davis hand-selected each sheet of Lamberts glass, carefully cutting the pieces through their tonal changes to create the seamless design.  He followed with selectively sandblasting the glass to remove layers of color, silk screening the pieces with glass enamels, and kiln-firing them to permanently bond the enamel designs to the glass.
Imported from Germany by Bendheim, each sheet of Lamberts glass is hand-crafted utilizing the centuries-old mouth-blown method. Colors are produced following ancient formulas, carefully mixing measured amounts of metal oxides into the batches of pure sand to be later melted into glass. A rich palette of more than 500 colors is available from Bendheim’s extensive stock, with more than 5,000 colors accessible through the Lamberts factory in Germany.

Bendheim Develops Specialized 4-Layer Laminated Glass

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Gertler & Wente’s Pershing Square building renovation incorporates Bendheim custom glass wall-cladding.

Architectural firm Gertler & Wente charged Bendheim with developing a powerful custom glass as a crowning design element for the renovation of The Pershing Square Building, a 25-story office building at 125 Park Avenue in New York City.
The Pershing Square Building, owned by Shorenstein Realty Services, was originally designed by York & Sawyer in 1923. To reinvigorate its distinctive identity, the architects created a seamless transition from the entrance to the elevators through the 4,000 sq.-ft. lobby. At the lobby’s end, Bendheim’s illuminated glass wall serves as the focal point of the interior.
“We are pleased with how the glass wall draws visitors’ attention to the elevators from the entrance located 140 feet away, serving as a natural guide,” said Jeff Gertler, principal of Gertler & Wente. “The staggered slabs of glass can be clearly seen from across the street. It’s really quite an incredible view and we think it does justice to this extraordinary building.”
Created specifically to address the project requirements, Bendheim’s glass/acrylic combination is 2½ inches in thickness. The material is hand-silvered, laminated through a proprietary process, and water-jet-cut to its final size.
“With more than 2,000 glass varieties in stock and in-house production capabilities, Bendheim was able to find a solution to The Pershing Square Building’s design challenge and create a truly unique product,” said Steven Jayson, Vice President of Bendheim.
The 150-sq.-ft., 2½-inch thick wall features a glass, deeply engraved with an organic texture, creating a strong sensation of movement, depth, and luminescence, reminiscent of massive blocks of ice. The perimeter of the glass is carefully illuminated, amplifying its dimensional properties.

Titanium® SatinTech® Glass in “Metropolitan Home” Showtime House by Jamie Drake

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Bendheim’s SatinTech® architectural glass is featured in Metropolitan Home’s Showtime House, a much anticipated transformation of a 19th-century New York City townhouse into a contemporary masterpiece. The project was inspired by several Showtime® original TV series, including “Californication,” “Dexter™,” “The L Word®,” “The Tudors” and “Weeds.” The Showtime House renovation is featured in the December 2008 issue of Metropolitan Home magazine.

The Bendheim installation is part of the designer’s vision of fictional writer Hank Moody’s dream study; a concept inspired by the “Californication” series, starring David Duchovny. Designed by Jamie Drake of Drake Design Associates, this modern home study has a unique luminescent quality that evokes tranquility and comfort. Drake’s design accentuates the fireplace with a wall of Bendheim’s gently reflective SatinTech® decorative glass, making it the room’s focal point and brightening the space. The SatinTech® glass feature wall offers beauty and radiance. Its permanent, maintenance-friendly surface resists fingerprinting and stains and is easily cleaned with commercial cleaners.
Bendheim’s SatinTech® family of architectural glasses gently diffuses light through a soft, silky, acid etched finish. SatinTech® glass is available in various patterns, colors and levels of translucency for dramatic visual effects. It can be ordered in standard annealed, safety-tempered and laminated forms.