Continuing Education

Our newest CEU takes the mystery out of selecting security bollards designed to protect as intended and look good while doing it.

Laminated glass is a favored material for indoor and outdoor projects. Increasingly, photography and other digital images are popular choices for incorporating design elements into the glass. While it can be difficult for designers to source appropriate imagery, new online design tools that use vector graphics solve this problem and provide designers with virtually unlimited choices for including visual imagery in architectural glass.

Selecting materials and finishes is integral to specifying site furniture products. Yet making material selections has grown more and more complex as the environmental impact of materials has joined more traditional selection criteria like aesthetics, durability and performance.

Today’s architects and designers are responsible for recommending materials that balance these different requirements. While many product options exist, the materials that comprise these products aren’t created equal.

Architects and designers have many options for specifying dynamic architectural surfaces in their projects. Choices include metal, glass and photography, and each has its benefits. Digital imagery in glass has long been a favored surface option, but the size limitations of photographic images have made this option less than stellar.

Now, large-scale photos created with the advanced technology of gigapixel cameras and rigs produce digital artwork of a size and definition that are almost beyond imagining.