The JW Marriott Nashville is an elliptically shaped, 810,000-square-foot hotel that has become an iconic addition to the city’s skyline. The building’s bold appearance and high thermal and acoustical performance was achieved uncompromisingly, yet economically, with YKK AP America’s YWW 50T Window Wall MegaTherm® aluminum framing system featuring Technoform’s polyamide thermal barriers.
While...
LED lighting has taken the world by storm, reducing energy consumption, increasing longevity and allowing for new design concepts that were previously impossible. They do, however, require effective management of heat, as they get very hot during use. Thermoplastic profiles can both dissipate the heat they generate, whilst keeping them electrically insulated. That means less parts required for...
Leeza SOHO, which was opened in November 2019, has the world's tallest atrium twisting through its centre at approximately 194.15m.
The tower is positioned on a site adjacent to the business district's rail station and straddles an underground subway service tunnel.Its position over this tunnel made the project's architects decide to divide the building into two halves. The two halves are...
The glass dome roof of AFAS Experience center with its horizontal lines and triangular glass panes is an impressive structural fit. The dome is covered with more than 1.000 glass panels, built up out of an inner laminated pane of 2x8 mm, a 16 mm hybrid warm edge Technoform spacer and an outer pane of approximately 10 mm thick single safety glass.
Pilkington Nederlands have supplied all the...
With the Europe-wide discontinuation of incandescent lighting, LED-based lighting systems are gaining in popularity. High demands are placed on lighting technology for technological, aesthetic and practical reasons.
In LED-based lighting systems, heat management is key. Plastic profiles made from high-performance plastic can serve as electrically insulating and at the same time thermally...
Responsible for the guidance of force between machine parts, linear guidance systems have a significant role to play in the overall performance of a machine. The requirements for the profile rails can be as diverse as the industries they are used in. In the medical sector, for example in X-ray units, it is required that the rails are non-magnetic and X-ray transparent. While in corrosive...
