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New Bendheim Water-Jet Glass Cutting Machine Brings Increased Production Capabilities

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Bendheim’s new extra-large capacity water jet cutting machine will speed up production on specialty-cut architectural glass orders, including template cuts, cut-outs, holes and notches, and will allow production of extremely complex shapes. Bendheim expects full operation to begin mid-October.

Bendheim’s water jet is equipped with a dynamic cutting head, allowing precision-cutting of complex shapes and curves at straight 90-degree angles, independent of the object’s thickness. In addition to glass, the water jet will cut metal, stone and composite materials.
The new manufacturing capability will enable Bendheim to offer more than 1,500 varieties of its art glasses to the architectural community, including Lamberts’ fine mouth-blown colored glasses, in precision-cut and laminated form. The company will also be able to offer their specialty decorative glasses in tile form.
The new equipment will be added to Bendheim’s advanced computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine and cutting tables at their processing facility in Passaic, N.J.

Bendheim Introduces the Spirit Collection™ | Translucent White Safety Laminated Glass

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Bendheim is introducing the Spirit Collection™, a new line of safety laminated specialty glass, featuring an ethereal white translucent interlayer between combinations of patterned and clear architectural glasses.

The Spirit Collection’s refined contemporary style is well-suited for a variety of commercial, residential, and hospitality applications, including wall partitions, curtainwalls, windows, ceilings, balustrades, table tops, and lighting.
“There is a definite trend in the use of translucent white glass, a product providing excellent daylighting and exceptional aesthetics,” said Donald Jayson, Vice President of Bendheim. “Bendheim has taken this concept to a new level by creating a product available in a wide variety of textures, offering architects and designers an array of choices to suit their project needs.”
The glass can be custom created using an unlimited number of patterns, including low-iron options. The collection is currently offered in six textures (Ice Water, Winter Garden, Graphic, Venetian, Motion, and Pinstripe) and three opacity levels of polished white (Purity, Radiance, and Veil). The Spirit Collection™ is laminated for safety; some textures may also be tempered for special applications. The glass ranges from 1/4 to 3/4-inches in thickness and is available in large sheet sizes.

Two Bendheim Wall Systems’ Channel Glass Projects Win 2008 American Architecture Awards

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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Bloch Building in Kansas City, Missouri, and the Santa Monica Civic Center Parking Structure in California, two projects featuring Lamberts channel glass provided by Bendheim Wall Systems Inc., have received 2008 American Architecture Awards for the best new building design in the United States.

The American Architecture Awards honor the most outstanding accomplishments for new architecture and urban planning projects designed and built in this country. This year’s jury conferred in Athens, Greece, and selected winners from hundreds of submissions from American architects and international firms practicing in the U.S.

“We are extremely pleased that the American Architecture Awards program has recognized these two projects featuring Bendheim Wall System’s channel glass,” said Robert Jayson, President of Bendheim. “Both (projects) are strong examples of the dynamic design possibilities that can result when channel glass is used.”

Designed by Steven Holl Architects, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art features five lenses of custom glass channels in a double glazed curtain wall application. Earlier this year, the project received the AIA National Honor Award and was selected as the # 1 Best (New and Upcoming) Architectural Marvel of 2007 by Time Magazine. The Santa Monica Civic Center Parking Structure, designed by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects, is the first LEED-certified parking structure in the United States. Bendheim’s tempered, back-painted Lamberts Prismasolar® texture channel glass set in a custom frame system earned the project a 2007 “Design in Glass” Award from the Glass Association of North America.

Established more than 10 years ago, the American Architecture Awards is a prestigious awards program for the public recognition of Excellence in Architecture in the United States both among national and international firms. The Awards identify cutting-edge design direction, urban philosophy, design approach, style, and intellectual substance in American architecture today. They are awarded by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd.

Bendheim Wall Systems’ Lamberts® Channel Glass – Top 10 Green Building Product

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The award-winning business magazine Sustainable Industries announced Bendheim Wall Systems’ LINIT Channel Glass by Lamberts as one of its 2008 Top 10 Green Building Products winners. Sustainable Industries’ Top 10 Green Building Products guide is an annual publication profiling industry-leading green building products selected by a panel of expert judges and the Sustainable Industries editorial team. This year’s Top 10 Green Building Products guide is the first-ever digital publication to contain 3-D images of green building products that can be manipulated by the viewer and plugged directly into actual design sketches.

Lamberts Channel Glass was selected based on its environmental performance, scalability/market impact, innovativeness, design aesthetic, value and compatibility with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system.

Profiled in the guide with accompanying 3-D images, the winners were announced today in a Sustainable Industries Webinar featuring judges from the expert panel.

“In the years Sustainable Industries has produced this trusted and popular independent guide, green building has advanced from cutting-edge to mainstream,” says Brian Back, Founding Editor and Publisher of Sustainable Industries. “But not all products with eco-monikers are as high-performing and innovative as builders and their well-intentioned clients demand. We’re confident the Top 10 Green Building Products guide provides a snapshot of some of the most innovative building materials on the market today.”
Christoph Lamberts, Co-Owner of Glasfabrik Lamberts stated, “For over 20 years Lamberts has focused its efforts on environmentally conscious production methods. As the first to use oxygen-fired furnaces we have greatly reduced the nitrogen oxide emissions by a factor of five; our advanced filtering system further reduces particulates in waste gasses. Lamberts has long focused its efforts on maximizing the use of production and post-consumer recycled glass.”
“Bendheim has long endorsed environmentally friendly production, both in our own processes and in our supplier partners,” stated Robert Jayson, President of S.A. Bendheim and Bendheim Wall Systems. “Lamberts has been one of the most progressive producers of glass for decades and we are proud to have them as our partner.”

Bendheim Project Receives Award from the Glass Association of North America (GANA)

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The Glass Association of North America recognizes this parking project for outstanding architectural use of glass, both functional and aesthetic.

Lamberts channel glass provided by Bendheim Wall Systems, Inc. for the Santa Monica Civic Center Parking Structure in California recently earned it the 2007 “Design in Glass” Award from the Glass Association of North America (GANA). The award recognizes excellence in the use of glass in architectural design.

The Santa Monica Civic Center Parking Structure is the first LEED-certified garage in the United States. Designed by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects, the building features tempered, back-painted Lamberts Prismasolar® texture channel glass set in a custom frame system. The colored channel glass pieces are angled to act as a rain screen and provide proper ventilation while adding intricacy and light to the six-story pre-cast concrete parking structure.
Colors include blues and greens reflecting the ocean toward the west, and orange and red reflecting the sunrise toward the east; neon lights installed behind every tenth channel create a glowing façade at night. Cantilevered glass canopies near the lower level project colors onto the ground surface and photovoltaic roof panels provide energy.
“We are honored to have GANA recognize Bendheim Wall Systems’ channel glass for its contribution to good architectural design,” said Robert Jayson, President of Bendheim.  “This award is a compliment to a project showcasing energy efficiency, sustainability and the first-time usage of colored channel glass in the U.S.”

Bendheim Wall Systems’ Channel Glass Projects Win Top National Awards

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Two high-profile architectural installations featuring Bendheim Wall Systems Lamberts channel glass receive prestigious AIA National Honor awards.
Bendheim Wall Systems worked closely with architectural design teams to provide Lamberts channel glass, the key exterior design element, for two AIA 2008 National Honor Award winning projects – the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Bloch Building in Kansas City, Missouri and the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The AIA National Honor Award is the profession’s highest recognition of works exemplifying excellence in architecture, interior architecture, and urban design.

“These projects show the dynamic possibilities of designing with LINIT channel glass. The five lenses of Steven Holl’s Bloch Building are formed with custom glass channels in a double glazed curtain wall application, while Schwartz/Silver’s Shaw Center of the Arts, called the “lantern on the levee,” features a single glazed rain screen with its channel glass flanges turned outward” said Robert Jayson, President of S.A. Bendheim, Co., Inc. “Illuminating the channel glass-clad structures was critical to their design, and the installations – by Carter Glass for the Bloch Building and BHN for the Shaw Center – were exemplary.”
The Bloch Building and Shaw Center for the Arts join the extensive list of Bendheim Wall Systems’ multiple-award winning, high-profile channel glass projects including: