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News Release from: Pilkington Building Products UK | Subject: Planar SentryGlas Plus
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 June 2005
Pilkington and Dupont offer freedom of
expression
A unique collaboration between Pilkington and DuPont has created Planar Sentry Glas Plus, a tough and powerful glass that enables architects to extend the barriers of roof design.
A unique collaboration between Pilkington and DuPont has created a tough and powerful glass that enables architects to extend the barriers of roof design The new Planar Sentry Glas Plus system has also been used for the first time to stunning effect at a Canadian shopping mall
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 11 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto is the first large-scale project in the world to use Planar Sentry Glas Plus and it has helped to reinvent the fashionable mall.
A 60-foot high, 'barrel-vaulted' laminated glass atrium now runs 300 feet in length and soars above the 180,000 square foot redeveloped area.
The creation of the 'open sky' is the centrepiece attraction in the mall.
Planar Sentry Glas Plus was the ideal solution to the design demands of the architect and the practical requirements of the building.
Chris Brown from MMC International Architects was responsible for the design and he comments: "This was quite a challenge considering Toronto's harsh climate as winter temperatures often fall as low as -20C and there is heavy and frequent snow.
The Pilkington and DuPont solution answered our aesthetic and functional needs due to the unobtrusive framing system and strength of the glass.
It is safe, strong and offers unbeatable edge stability".
The tough technical specification was resolved after discussions with structural engineers, Yollis, and glass fabricators, W and W Glass of New York.
The glass structure had to be light as possible, it had to create simple and elegant architectural form and the glass itself had to withstand heavy loads.
Design Manager at Pilkington Architectural, Tim Morgan, comments: "Architects have been striving for years to create a sense of 'being outside' inside.
This is the age of big glass panels so Planar SentryGlas Plus is just what architects and engineers are looking for.
In the past, increase design loads resulted in an inevitable thickness and cost, but the combined use of the two systems has opened up new dimensions.
"The increased stiffness of glass system is a powerful ally for both the architect intent on challenging convention and the engineer charged with delivering the solution.".
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