Exterior Glass Facades

Why sustainability initiatives need to be sustained in the coming years

When it comes to sustainability, there's no such thing as the distant future; it is all about the here and now. How else can we ensure that every day of our lives is one that is he...

SGG planitherm paves the way for magnificent "bay of bengal" views

Ceebros One 74 is a luxurious sea view residential development located in Chennai. The project offers spacious and skillfully designed 3BHK and 4BHK apartments. Spanning across 5.6...

Glass is the new green

Saint-Gobain Infinity at Godrej Waterside, Kolkata The Godrej Waterside is an IT Park developed by Godrej Properties at Salt Lake, Kolkata, among the most rapidly growing Inform...

Throwing light on the multi-faceted glass

While the primary function of glass as a building material is to blur boundaries and harness natural light, its diverse implementations in buildings globally, has reiterated its im...

The Design Hub, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne

Glass started becoming the face of buildings globally, when there was a need for transparent and cleaner facades. Over the years, its potential of making buildings smarter and g...

How bold and loud should architecture be?

When I visited Singapore 15 years back, the loud architecture that seemed to be screaming for attention through its bold colours, unnerved me. I was in my second year of architectu...

Green building glass

Saint-Gobain Glass at BSU Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt - Hamburg, Germany The Office for Urban Development and Environment (BSU) at Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg is a benchmar...

Glass facades for commercial exteriors

Saint-Gobain Glass at AVC, Belgium The AVC showroom in Kortrijk, Belgium is a picture of magnificence, elegance and class. The massive structure exudes the quiet sophistication ...

High performance glass for hotel building design

SGG COOL-LITE in Holiday Inn, Cochin As key components of the hospitality sector, there's more to hotels & restaurants than just ambience and aesthetics.Occupants' comfort a...

7 factors that inject health into healing spaces

It is in spaces that heal, that we hope...for hope, for a new lease of life, for the wealth of wellbeing. For, it is in healing spaces that we can find the power to heal, the promi...

The house with the glass staircase: Inside Jacob George’s masterpiece

Amidst the beauty of Cochin, sits an experimental house. Designed by Jacob George of Metaspace, the residence is a manifestation of the architect’s ideas that challenged convention...

Glass for sustainability, one home at a time

Glass is being used by energy conscious designers in elegant and innovative ways, building on the concept of ‘green homes’. ‘A green home is built to be sustainable.’ It is built w...

Houses of glass: A step closer to eco-friendly homes

Sustainability is a conscious choice. While we are witnessing the deterioration of the planet on a macro level, the change starts at a micro level, with us. Since the design indust...