111 Main Enclosure | Responding to Extreme Performance Criteria

First presented at GPD 2017 A 35’ tall all-glass storefront designed and constructed in a market that had no prior experience with glass of that scale, and almost three feet of vertical movement between the glass storefront and the tower above. The design and execution of a structural glass façade required input and expertise from […]

Structural glass assembly with a novel mortise and tenon joint

This paper was first presented at GPD 2023. Link to the full GPD 2023 conference book:  Authors: Timo Bühlmeier – Josef Gartner GmbH Jonas Hilcken – Josef Gartner GmbH Abstract The use of structural glass elements allows for a tremendous increase in the design freedom of highly transparent glass architecture. Next to the use of jumbo-sized glasses, […]