The consequences of bad framing systems – and how to avoid them
The framing on the daylighting system you choose can result in long-lasting value — or a full-on catastrophe. EXTECH’s General Manager Jim Leslie recounts a cautionary tale and outlines what you need to know to ensure the daylighting in your design will deliver lifelong durability, cost-savings, and beauty. It happened again. A contractor recently came to us […]
Case Study & Photos: Leo Baeck Temple in Los Angeles, CA
Complex and Weather-Tight Engineering for the Leo Baeck Temple Project: Leo Baeck Temple Location: Los Angeles, CA Architect: Architecture 350 System: LIGHTWALL 3440 Among the Velvet Ash and Lupines of southern California’s San Fernando Valley sits the Leo Baeck Temple, a Jewish community center that offers a campus for prayer services, learning, and gathering to […]
3 Rules for Daylighting Design
We recently had an architect come to us with a bright and bold design for a sports arena. The new facility was to be a 40,000-square-foot indoor sports and cultural performance space that offered a state-of-the-art training center, locker rooms that were tripled in size, and daylighting components that maximized the facility’s natural light with […]
Is polycarbonate the future of architecture?
A house in Spain recently caught our eye. Newly updated by Buyesc Arquitectes, the Spanish home’s south-facing wall is now clad with polycarbonate. The designer’s intent was to transform the home into a low-energy building – polycarbonate panels improve thermal efficiency by capturing solar energy and gradually transferring it indoors. Polycarbonate also provides excellent insulating […]