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Bendheim Partners With Bart Halpern To Launch Retail & Hospitality Architectural Glass Collection

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Bendheim is pleased to announce our collaboration with Bart Halpern, introducing a new, exclusive collection of decorative architectural glass to the interior design market. The partnership brings together two leaders in the design industry to create a specialty glass exceptional quality and aesthetic appeal: The Bendheim Hospitality Collection combines Bart Halpern’s textiles with safety architectural glass to create luxury materials that subtly dramatize interiors.
Bendheim, the resource for specialty glass since 1927, is committed to developing new decorative glass technologies and pushing the aesthetic capabilities of architectural glass. Recent Bendheim R&D efforts, focused on industry trends in the hospitality, retail, and luxury residential design markets, revealed an unmet need for a new style of durable, easy to maintain, shimmering and rich surfaces. Having developed a prototype design aesthetic, Bendheim approached Bart Halpern, a leader in chic hospitality textiles, to manufacture the required metal-foil-like, refined fabric for glass lamination.
Bart Halpern has been helping luxury retail and hospitality brands define their environments with sumptuous contemporary-classic textiles. Halpern’s textiles are used by Armani, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co, Marriott, MGM Grand, and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, among others. The collaboration immediately revealed an opportunity to transform Halpern’s successful Glitterati™ textiles into a new line of safety building glass. Hence, the Bendheim Hospitality Collection by Bart Halpern debuts with several Glitterati textiles – champagne, gold, copper, silver, and black – laminated in Bendheim low-iron glass.
This partnership and new collection affirm Bendheim’s tradition in collaborating with design industry leaders to bring cutting-edge decorative glass to life. Previous design collaborations include Robert A.M. Stern Architects, eh Oui Metals of France, and KOVA Textiles. These partnerships have helped Bendheim build an extensive catalog of modern glass designs with elegance and timeless appeal.
About Bart Halpern
Inspired by architecture and fashion, the Bart Halpern Textile Collection embodies color, texture and various densities of transparency. Whether the textiles are in their original form, with subtle hues of iridescence, or are pleated for additional depth and texture, they are classic, sophisticated and transitional, making them a wonderful addition for any interior application. Halpern’s textiles are used by Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Tiffany & Co., Graff Diamonds and H. Stern; by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Marriott worldwide, Cosmopolitan, MGM Grand’s portfolio, Wynn & Encore Las Vegas and Macau, The Venetian Hotels and Orient Express; by Alloy Yachts, Sunseeker Yachts and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines; and by Jean-Georges, Le Cirque and Danny Meyer restaurants, including The Modern at the Museum of Modern Art.

Bendheim’s Channel Glass Wall Systems Create Expansive Glass Façades & Interior Partitions

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Bendheim Wall Systems Inc. offers a variety of exterior and interior channel glass systems, allowing architects and designers to create virtually seamless glass walls, up to 23’ high and limitless in length, including corners and serpentine walls. Each frame is precision engineered and fully tested to support the needs of a specific application, and meets or exceeds strict U.S. building requirements.
Bendheim Wall Systems designs its exterior frame systems, including curtain wall, store front, and rainscreen, for high-activity seismic zones, and to accommodate a wide range of building movements and wind load requirements. While Bendheim has a full range of frame options ready for customization, the company’s engineers can work with architects to develop new solutions for unusual applications. Most Bendheim Wall Systems frames feature low-profile, minimalistic design lines while meeting or exceeding building code requirements.
The vertical frame systems allow for virtually unlimited glass facades without interim vertical frame supports, and may be custom curved. Horizontal systems can achieve virtually unlimited heights, up to 23’ wide, and may offer significant advantages. Bendheim has the only true unitized horizontal system in the industry that can be pre-assembled by the glazier, speeding onsite installation. Horizontal applications may also permit the combination of safety glass and standard annealed (non-safety) glass, reducing material costs while still meeting building safety codes.
As interior partitions, channel glass walls distribute natural light to benefit building occupants and reduce electrical lighting needs. The company’s proprietary single- and double-glazed interior frames are engineered for vertical or horizontal glass orientation. In most applications, they permit “dry-joint” assembly eliminating the need for silicone sealants. Dry-joint assembly creates a superior aesthetic with impeccable joint connections, while permitting faster installation and reducing labor costs. All interior framing systems can be supplied in a virtually unlimited palette of custom colors, or a wide variety of faux wood grain finishes, to match the space.
Bendheim Wall Systems offers two varieties of Lamberts channel glass. Standard production channel glass contains approximately 60% recycled material, including up to 40% post-consumer content carefully recycled from the municipal waste stream. Low-iron channel glass has an ultra-clear, brilliant quality, appearing nearly colorless when viewed through its edge. Both glass varieties are available in six surface textures to address the design’s aesthetic and functional specifications. Manufactured in Europe’s only clean-burning, oxygen-fueled cast glass plant, Bendheim Wall Systems’ channel glass is also the only factory-produced tempered channel glass certified by the Safety Glazing Certification Council (SGCC) and available with 100% heat soak testing.

Channel Glass-Clad Blaffer Art Museum Wins Best of Year Award

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Bendheim Wall Systems is honored by the recognition awarded to Blaffer Art Museum by Interior Design Magazine – a Best of Year Merit Award. WORKac architects’ remarkable design is yet another confirmation of the prominent role channel glass can play in transforming interior spaces.
WORKac worked closely on this building adaptation with the Bendheim Wall Systems design team to create a dramatic, budget-friendly channel glass application for the new sloped museum entrance. Contrasting smooth and pebble textured glass reveals a new grand staircase and floods the interior space with daylight. A subtle Azur solar control coating casts a pale smoky blue hue while improving the thermal performance of the double-glazed wall. The resulting aesthetic is enlivening and modernizing, enhancing both the museum’s façade and interiors.
“With the help of Bendheim Wall Systems, WORKac’s renovation of the Blaffer Art Museum came to life through the amazing possibilities of channel glass. 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,” said Dan Wood of WORKac.
This project award is especially dear to our team, because it recognizes the ability of channel glass to enhance interior design. Interior channel glass walls and partitions create light-filled spaces without sacrificing the need for privacy. A range of six textures in 40% post-consumer recycled or ultra-clear low iron glass, as well as hundreds of enameled colors, offer choice of design and various levels of privacy. The channels’ signature linear appearance creates a streamlined, modern aesthetic and the sense of larger, more open and airy spaces.
Bendheim Wall Systems’ engineers help designers create single or double glazed interior partitions, with glass channels oriented vertically or horizontally, depending on the desired aesthetic. Vertical channel glass systems can be also custom-curved, facilitating dramatic interior geometries. We engineer our proprietary interior frames for the demands of each specific application. The frames permit “dry- gasket” assembly, eliminating the need for silicone sealants. Dry-gasket assembly speeds installation, reduces labor costs, and creates a superior aesthetic, while offering impeccable joint connections.
In addition to the recent Interior Design Best of Year Merit Award, the Blaffer Art Museum also won the 2013 AIA Houston Design Award for Renovation/Restoration. These recognitions are an inspiring acknowledgement of the role architecture and design play in the lives of people and communities. We are proud to have partnered with WORKac on this project.

Houdini™ Decorative Architectural Glass by Bendheim Wins Building Product Innovation Award

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Bendheim is the proud recipient of 2013 Architectural Products’ Product Innovation Award (PIA) for Houdini™ Glass in the Surfaces category. PIA awards honor innovation in the development and refinement of building products, ranging from facade systems to interior finishes, with the goal of presenting readers with products worth investigating.
The judge panel consisted of 50 independent industry professionals, including architects, interior designers, lighting designers, and veteran architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) writers. The judges had the following accolades for Bendheim’s Houdini Glass:
“The benefits of natural daylight are proven to have extremely positive impacts on people, especially in the healthcare industry. The fact that this product can provide both privacy and unobstructed natural light is going to be a changing factor in the way hospitals are designed and the way they ultimately function.”
 
“The pattern that was developed to distort the figures behind the glass delivers a level of privacy that I have yet to see in partitions. I think there are endless opportunities to use this product across a variety of markets. It has a sleek, clean modern look without compromising incredible performance qualities.”
 
“This is a nice product – great idea and such a great brand. Bendheim… tend(s) to really produce high-end quality products.”
Houdini Glass earned its name through its “magical vanishing act” produced by its obscuring surface pattern. The low-iron, ultra-clear glass lets in maximum light, while its fine, micro-ribbed surface obscures the shapes of people and objects behind it and reduces undesirable glare – a perfect daylighting material.
Houdini’s outstanding daylighting properties make it an ideal solution for any environment where privacy and natural light are vital, including healthcare and educational facilities, laboratories, corporate offices, and retail applications. The glass offers a budget-friendly alternative to expensive or cumbersome mechanical daylight and privacy controls, such as louvers and laminated privacy films, as well as dust-collecting curtains and blinds. Its contemporary linear pattern and durability make it a timeless, versatile design element. The naturally hygienic, non-porous glass surfaces easily withstand daily cleaning and sanitizing with most commercial cleaners, making Houdini Glass a great fit for high-traffic applications. Moreover, Houdini Glass is available in tempered and laminated forms for added safety.
Architects and designers can specify Houdini Glass for walls, partitions, screens and enclosures, doors and windows, ceilings, and balustrades. Additional aesthetic options include Houdini Glass laminated to mirror, with colored interlayers, or color coated in a virtually unlimited palette. The mirrored Houdini Glass produces minimal reflections and disperses light to brighten interior spaces. For more information, please visit www.bendheimarchitecturalglass.com. Homeowners can purchase cut-to-size, ready to install Houdini Glass inserts at www.bendheimcabinetglass.com.
Houdini Glass joins previous Bendheim Product Innovation Award winners Optichroic® Laminated Dichroic Glass and Bendheim Wall Systems’ Unitized Channel Glass Curtainwall System. The 2013 PIA winners are featured in the November issue of Architectural Products magazine.

Bendheim Turns Josef Frank’s Delicate Fabric Into Impervious Glass Backsplash in NYC Residence

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A Bendheim glass backsplash featuring Josef Frank’s fabric enlivens a reserved kitchen décor in a recently renovated New York City residence. Manhattan-based architecture and design studio Incorporated worked with Bendheim to turn a piece of delicate, translucent fabric designed by the famous architect into a durable and functional design element, taking the concept of decorative glass backsplash to a new aesthetic level.
Incorporated sought to use the fabric treasured by the homeowner as an integral part of the extensive renovation of the 4,700 square foot residence. Inserting this fine, decorative material behind the range creates an element of surprise and achieves an energizing juxtaposition with the understated kitchen décor, bringing the space in line with the apartment design’s vibrant character.
“It’s this delicate material; it shouldn’t be there—this place where it can get oily—yet it’s probably one of the more durable backsplashes we’ve done, because it has no joints,” said Drew Stuart, a partner at Incorporated.
The continuous, non-porous, naturally hygienic float glass surface, free of grout lines, makes this custom backsplash an exceptionally maintenance-friendly kitchen feature. Glass is easier to clean and maintain than most other kitchen backsplash materials. Tile requires homeowners to maintain grout joints; stone slabs can discolor over time; and stainless steel shows every speck of dirt and cooking oil.
“The fabric and glass combination is nearly infinitely customizable,” said Stuart. “There are only so many tile colors and stone options. Fabrics can be tailored to each individual and truly broaden the homeowner’s options.”
Bendheim laminated the fabric between ultra-clear, low-iron glass, and precision-fabricated the piece to exacting specifications, fulfilling Incorporated’s vision. While the elegant simplicity of the backsplash implies effortless design, Bendheim and Incorporated solved a number of challenges before the finished piece was ready for installation. Bendheim had to perfect the interlayer binding the fabric to the glass, and worked closely with Incorporated to select the precise motif from the large, repeat pattern to achieve the desired finished look.
Incorporated has collaborated with Bendheim on a number of custom design solutions. With many years of experience helping architects and designers turn their ideas into reality, Bendheim was the perfect partner for the project. The company’s fully vertically integrated fabrication provides in-house automated cutting, polishing, waterjet, tempering, lamination, and back-painting services. These capabilities ensure the finest quality and timely delivery.

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.