Kuraray’s Advanced Interlayer Solutions (AIS) Division announced that its class-leading interlayer solutions feature in five of the 10 projects that topped their respective categories in this year’s ‘US Glass Magazine’ Design Awards.
The Structural Glass Façade category was won by Le Visionnaire – Espace François Dalle, in Paris, an ovoid-shaped glass roof, which comprises 188 unique double-curved, fritted, insulating glass panels, laminated using Trosifol® UltraClear, a highly transparent PVB film that offers the industry’s lowest yellowing value and proven long-term stability. The laminator in this project was sedak and the contract glazier was Bellapart Group.
The award for Structural Glass Floors and Stairs went to the Pasarela Diamante, a 45 m-long skywalk and eight storey observation tower sited 1 kilometre above the city of Baos de Agua Santa in Ecuador. Crucial to both the functional and aesthetics capabilities of the 32 millimetre panels, the SentryGlas® ionoplast interlayer used in their construction has a global application footprint thanks to the possibilities delivered by its outstanding structural capabilities. The glazier in this project was FAIRIS.
The High-rise Construction category was won by One Za’abeel, a fascinating two-block development, connected to each other at a height of 100 metres by a link bridge – the world’s longest in an occupied cantilevered building. The high-performance multi-layered glass cladding features both Sound Control PVB films and SentryGlas® interlayers, for sound attenuation and post-breakage performance respectively, with both contributing to the building’s outstanding aesthetics. The laminator in this project was the Al Abbar Group.
For the Low-rise Construction category, the award went to the Oman Across Ages Museum, which uses the SentryGlas® interlayer in steel-coloured glazing panels that are designed to enhance the visual appeal of the building and maximise natural light. The panels’ multi-layer construction provides excellent insulation, enhancing energy efficiency and sustainability. The laminator in this project was Future Architectural Glass.
The Podium Space winner was Two Manhattan West, a 58-storey office complex in New York. The lobby’s first-of-its-kind curved cable wall utilises a number of innovative functional and design features that help maintain a clean and transparent façade unencumbered by mechanical fixings. The glazed panels in the cable wall system use the SentryGlas® interlayer for its excellent transparency and post-breakage performance. The architect in this project was Eckersley O´Callaghan and the laminator was sedak.