Glass + Metal Craft excels at designing and fabricating simple to challenging engineered glass structural walls – from tight geometries changing panel-to-panel, to custom hardware, to systems minimizing metal supports such as cable-supported walls. All our structural walls are available with the protective coating of Diamon-Fusion coatings.
203 North LaSalle
Glazier Glass Solutions retained Glass + Metal Craft to provide several architectural systems for this striking office complex in downtown Chicago.
Among them, the front face of the building features an engineered glass structural wall. The wall consists of a point-supported, laminated, insulated glass design rising from the ground to the second story. G+MC also provided several sets of glass swing doors within the wall. All glass and hardware for this system were delivered as a kit packaged to simplify and speed installation. Glass + Metal Craft provided stamped drawings for the entire project.
Spartan Stadium at Michigan State University
Glass + Metal Craft was selected by Integrated Design Solutions of Detroit to deliver a new glass feature wall for Michigan State University’s Spartan Stadium.
The roof and point-supported wall consists of laminated, insulated, screen-printed, coated glass with integrated custom stainless fittings. The engineered glass structural wall extends away from the building at an angle, while also fanning out. As a result, each varying trapezoidal IG panel had to be cut to extreme tolerances. Further, the holes for the insulated point support bushings located inside the glass panels are drilled to precise specifications. As part of this custom architectural system, G+MC also provided triple-laminated glass flooring that follows the inside of the structural wall. The system was delivered as a kit to flow installation, along with a complete set of stamped drawings.
Detroit Athletic Club
Edwards Glass Company sought the architectural system capabilities of Glass + Metal Craft to help design and deliver a new all glass atrium for the historic Detroit Athletic Club.G+MC fabricated a fully custom, point-supported all glass structural wall for maximum transparency. The 20-foot all glass walls, all glass doors, and clean 90 degree corners envelop visitors in stunning floor-to-ceiling glass. G+MC designed, manufactured, and provided the custom stainless steel hardware for the structural wall’s point supported system. It also delivered the stainless metalwork surrounding the vestibule’s portal. The system was kitted to flow installation and delivered with stamped drawings.
Chicago CTRE
Christopher Glass and Aluminum turned to Glass + Metal Craft to fabricate several architectural systems for the Center for Translational Research and Education, located on the campus of Loyola University Chicago.These systems included 28-foot structural glass walls, a series of two story all-glass entrances, and glass partition systems. All stainless steel, hardware, including an engineered standoff system, was designed by G+MC’s Fulcrum Division and manufactured by its Cuda Metals Division. In total, the G+MC solution is all-inclusive – engineering, stamped drawings, glass fabrication, hardware design and fabrication, custom kitting, and delivery logistics.
The Wharf
The Wharf is stunning flow of residences, hotels, offices, retail space, a marina, and parks gracing the southwest waterfront of our nation’s capital.SmithGroup, the lead architectural firm in charge of the project, and Service Glass Industries, a premier glazier contractor, retained Glass + Metal Craft to deliver two key architectural systems. The first is a multi-story, coated, laminated glass structure wall complete with custom hardware. The second: an glass and metal canopy.
To deliver the systems, Glass + Metal Craft’s project managers seamlessly integrated G+MC Fulcrum Division engineers, Glass + Mirror Craft Division fabricators, and G+MC Cuda Metals Division craftsmen. Both systems with delivered with stamped engineering drawings and in kits to flow installation.
1399 New York Avenue
Glazier Icon Exterior Building Solutions chose Glass + Metal Craft to provide the all glass entrance and main floor point supported glass structural wall as part of a complete renovation of 1399 New York Avenue,
The architectural system includes all glass and custom stainless steel components, from the tempered, laminated glass and structural glass fins, to the and stainless cladding running the length of the structural wall.
The system came with stamped drawings, in kits to flow installation.
Alive Health Park
Glass + Metal Craft designed and fabricated a structural glass wall and custom metal components for the Alive Health Park headquarters in Charlotte, Michigan.The point-supported all glass wall features tempered, laminated glass held in place by all-glass fins and custom stainless steel hardware manufactured in-house. The hardware includes a series of custom pucks that mount through precisely drilled holes in the glass.
G+MC’s Fulcrum Division delivered the architectural system with stamped drawings, in kits to flow installation. Overall, this breathtaking system elevates Alive Health’s space to another dimension.
Greektown Casino
Glass + Metal Craft worked with the owner’s representatives, architects, and glaziers to deliver a two-story point-supported all glass structural wall for the Greektown Casino in downtown Detroit.The architectural system includes tempered, laminated glass and all glass structural fins. G+MC’s Cuda Metals Division manufactured the stainless steel custom hardware in-house. The system integrates with a third-party all glass revolving entryway.
G+MC delivered the system with stamped drawings, kitted to simplify installation. Further, throughout the project, Glass + Metal Craft provided insight, solutions, and on-site support to quickly complete the installation process.
