A Striking Vision: Rainier Square

  The 2nd tallest skyscraper in the city of Seattle, 58-story Rainer Square Tower was completed in 2021, and is the tallest building built in the city since the Columbia Center in 1985. Designed by architecture firm NBBJ, the urban catalyst features nearly 200 luxury apartment units, 750,000 square feet of Class A office space, 30,000 square… Read the full post

A Lesson in Collaboration: The Aquarium of the Pacific

Specialty Structural Glass

Earlier this week, the National Glass Association held the opening reception of the 2022 Glass Conference at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA, sponsored by a few of the project players including Kuraray, Pulp Studios and Walker Glass Co., Ltd. A 2019 Glass Magazine Award winner for Best Exterior Decorative Glass Application,… Read the full post

Sentech’s Q4 Newsletter Released

Structural Glass Balustrades

Sentech’s Q4 Quarterly Newsletter is out! Our latest bulletin takes a look in the rear view mirror at 2021 news, awards and project features. We also discuss trends in the construction marketplace, key challenges and what to expect as we dive full steam ahead into 2022. And don’t forget to check out out AIA continuing… Read the full post

Art Basel Returns to Miami Beach Convention Center

Miami Beach Art Basel

After a year of hiatus, Art Basel- one of the world’s preeminent art fairs- has returned to the Miami Beach Convention Center for the first time since 2019. The Swiss international art fair, staged annually in Basel, Switzerland, Miami Beach, Florida, and Hong Kong, was founded in 1970 by Basel gallerists as a global platform… Read the full post

The Denver Art Museum Unveils New Sie Welcome Center

Jumbo Structural Glass Façade

The Denver Art Museum re-opened on Sunday, October 24th, unveiling the new Anna & John J. Sie Welcome Center and the newly re-imagined and renovated Gio Ponti-designed Lanny and Sharon Martin Building. The reopening took place on the 50th anniversary of the Martin Building, and is a timely celebration of the comprehensive campus reunification and… Read the full post

Sentech’s Q3 Newsletter Released

Structural Glass Entrance Façade

Sentech’s Q3 Quarterly Newsletter is out! Our latest bulletin includes news, awards and project features you may have missed over the the third quarter of 2021. We discuss the evolution and trends we are seeing in the construction marketplace in the face of supply chain disruptions and continued COVID impacts. We also feature a few… Read the full post

VetraFin Impact Receives Special Mention in Architizer’s 2021 A+ Awards

Impact-Resistant Structural Glass

VetraFin Impact, Sentech’s Florida-approved impact-resistant structural glass fin system, has received a Special Mention in Architizer’s 2021 A+ Building Product Awards in the “Facades: Glass & Glazing” Category. The Special Mention distinction is awarded to work entered that exhibits remarkable achievement and innovation in the area of glass and glazing, and is selected by Architizer’s… Read the full post

VetraFin Impact wins 2021 Glass Magazine R&D Award

Glass Overhead Atrium

Sentech’s impact-resistant structural glass fin system, VetraFin Impact, has been awarded winner in the Research & Development (R&D) Category of the National Glass Association’s 2021 Glass Magazine Awards. The competition’s 9 project awards and 6 product awards showcase impressive feats of engineering and project collaboration …and put the decorative and aesthetic possibilities of glass and glazing… Read the full post

Fountain Place Wins 2021 Glass Magazine Award

Jumbo Structural Glass Façade

Fountain Place’s 30-foot structural glass façade has been awarded Best Jumbo Glass Project in the National Glass Association’s 2021 Glass Magazine Awards. The competition’s 9 project awards and 6 product awards showcase impressive feats of engineering and project collaboration …and put the decorative and aesthetic possibilities of glass and glazing on full display. Each winning project… Read the full post

Fountain Place Receives Special Mention in Architizer’s 2021 A+ Awards

Jumbo Structural Glass Facade

Fountain Place received a Special Mention distinction in Architizer’s 2021 A+ Awards Architecture +Glass category. With over 5,000 entries submitted from 100+ countries this year, each category features 5 finalists- one selected for the jury winner and one selected for the popular choice award winner. Only 1 Special Mention was awarded in every category, and… Read the full post