^ Thick low iron glass laminated with DuPont SentryGlas* interlayer. Probably multiple plies of glass too. I think the 5th Ave store in Manhattan is 4 plies or something ... maybe that's only the stair case.
*originally designed for use in hurricane applications.
Not exactly “frameless” in this case, just that the metal framing at the edges is buried into the building veneer. Apple uses the London structural glass engineering firm Eckersley O’Callaghan who originated much of this stuff…they did the infamous 10th story glass swimming pool in London and the first Apple Cube on 5th Ave. The intermediate lateral support in your example would use something similar to Oldcastle’s Finwall…nothing new about it.
The glass is all a part of the equation; types/thicknesses are all over the map.
Frameless glass windows in South Florida
Does anyone know how this was achieved at the Apple Store in Lincoln Road, Miami Beach?
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/apple-store-lincoln-road-miami-beach-october-stock-image-retail-promenade-palm-trees-october-miami-beach-fl-60433195.jpg
The storefront system is frameless, which is something I had not seen locally, given the windstorm / hurricane protection requirements of the code.
I was not able to find the product commercially available.
Thanks for any input.
custom engineered
not a stock product
Thick, laminated low iron glass with a heavy interlayer.
^ Thick low iron glass laminated with DuPont SentryGlas* interlayer. Probably multiple plies of glass too. I think the 5th Ave store in Manhattan is 4 plies or something ... maybe that's only the stair case.
*originally designed for use in hurricane applications.
Let's not be silly and get carried away.
it's NOT frameless, there's a shoe at top and bottom. (I think you can see a little of the top one)
The magic trick is to have the shoes recessed in the assembly >_- The return panes and "canopy" also work as stiffeners/beams.
Not exactly “frameless” in this case, just that the metal framing at the edges is buried into the building veneer. Apple uses the London structural glass engineering firm Eckersley O’Callaghan who originated much of this stuff…they did the infamous 10th story glass swimming pool in London and the first Apple Cube on 5th Ave. The intermediate lateral support in your example would use something similar to Oldcastle’s Finwall…nothing new about it.
The glass is all a part of the equation; types/thicknesses are all over the map.
None of this is off-the-shelf stuff.
http://www.eocengineers.com/
http://www.obe.com/products/structural-glass/structural/finwall
fyi, Dade county has a list of all approved products on their web site.
don't forget to check the Florida approved products :)
https://www.floridabuilding.org/pr/pr_app_srch.aspx
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