Present-day technology in the laminating process enables various materials to be incorporated, combining safety and aesthetic properties in the product. Cricursa currently offers a wide range of possibilities: • metal meshes • dry wood laminates • synthetic fabrics • marble, etc.
Designed by Bentel and Bentel, the hotel’s bar and restaurant, known as New York Central, is cantilevered over 42nd Street and boasts unique views of the bustling sidewalk below. To help control light, heat and glare, while retaining impressive views outside, Levolux proposed a custom Solar Shading solution, based on its Infiniti Fin system.
The GKD US HQ in Cambridge Maryland was designed by Dominique Perrault and Ziger/Snead. The taut, long, lean form of the headquarters building harkens back to the classic American industrial shed. However, that sometimes monotonous form is here given a certain je ne sais quoi through the deft use of a variety of GKD metal fabrics in the inside as well as the outside of the building. GKD’s North American headquarters is the recipient of a “2005 AIA Maryland Design Award.”