YKK AP America Inc. announced that Tim Thomas has been promoted to President of subsidiary, Erie Architectural Products Group. Thomas will now oversee day-to-day operations for Erie AP. Previously, Thomas served as Senior Vice President of Sales Operations.

Tubelite Inc. has promoted Jim Hughes to business development manager for strategic accounts in the retail, healthcare, hospitality and corporate office markets.

The pursuit of elegant building enclosure design is ever-growing, particularly for aluminum-framed curtain wall systems. Where these curtain wall systems transition to horizontal roof systems, designers have long sought to minimize the visual impact of these conditions by subtly concealing them. 

The envelope backstop was introduced by policymakers to limit how far building enclosure thermal performance can stray from the envelope prescriptive requirements.

The new Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Based Outpatient Clinic in San Antonio, Texas, offers patients, medical professionals, staff and visitors an environment promoting health, life-safety and well-being. Representing these principles, Hoefer Wysocki Architecture designed the building's main entry with sweeping curved exterior as a "healing embrace."

EFCO Corporation and Armoured One have signed an agreement to partner on the development of the industry's first complete fenestration assemblies to successfully pass the Shooter Attack Certification Testing method.

New coiling fire protective provides 3 hour listed fire and smoke protection with a small footprint that offers specifiers and fire planning professionals expanded flexibility. 

For the landmark residential tower recently completed near the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the texture and finish of the prominent metallic surfaces needed to be just right. 

The use of standard framing systems in the glazing business is quite common, but when designers use those systems in unconventional ways to create visual interest in their buildings, it can also provide some installation challenges.

Adding a seven-story curtainwall to three 1900s-era bank buildings in downtown Boston, local architect Arrowstreet sought a lightweight material to contrast the structures’ original granite and limestone facades.