LAMBERTS Projects: Museums

LAMBERTS Projects: Museums
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LAMBERTS Projects: Museums

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Overview: Glasfabrik LAMBERTS is the largest cast glass factory in Europe, specializing in U-profile glass, known for its quality and versatility in architectural projects globally. The company produces various types of cast glass, including LINIT®EcoGlass, Ornament Glass, Antimony-free Solar Glass, and Wired Glass, all under an EcoGlass concept focusing on sustainability and low CO2 emissions.
Specifications and Products:
  • LINIT®EcoGlass: U-shaped rolled glass with environmental certifications, bird-friendly design, and excellent thermal properties.
  • Ornament Glass: Designed for facades with special patterns.
  • EcoSolar Glass: Antimony-free solar glass.
  • Wired Glass: Includes wired ornament glass for enhanced safety.
Environmental and Quality Standards:
  • Manufactured in Wunsiedel, Germany, ensuring proof of origin.
  • Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) available for each glass type.
  • Certified bird-friendly by the American Bird Conservancy.
  • 100% recyclable and produced with low CO2 emissions.
Applications and Projects: LAMBERTS glass is featured in prestigious architectural projects worldwide, such as the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Deutsches Museum, and Stasys Museum, showcasing the use of LINIT®EcoGlass.
Economic and Design Benefits:
  • U-glass is self-supporting with excellent static properties, reducing the need for substructures and lowering costs.
  • Profiled glass is favored for its quality, clear shapes, and technical diversity, ideal for high-quality architectural projects.
Company Background: LAMBERTS is a family business in its fourth generation, known for high-quality, environmentally friendly glass production, with a comprehensive CO2 footprint analysis and proof of origin for all products.
Museum and Architectural Projects: The document details various museums and architectural projects using LINIT®EcoGlass, highlighting design, purpose, and unique glass features. Notable projects include:
  • The Colour of Glass Exhibition: Showcases glass diversity at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.
  • Zeitwerkstadt Museum: Interactive museum in Saxony, Germany, using LINIT®EcoGlass for displays.
  • Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston: Features a cantilevered gallery with LINIT®EcoGlass façade.
  • Centre des Arts, Geneva: Uses low-iron LINIT®EcoGlass for its translucent façade.
  • M.A.X. Museo, Chiasso: Promotes contemporary graphic art with a U-shaped glass structure.
  • National Museum of Korean Contemporary History: Features a distinctive milky white glass façade.
  • KREA Arts Center, Vitoria: Features glass bridge and corridors with LINIT®EcoGlass.
  • Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge: Multi-purpose building with hurricane-resistant LINIT®EcoGlass façade.
  • Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne: FutureCom building with LINIT®EcoGlass façade.
LINIT®EcoGlass Production: Made from sand, lime, soda, and dolomite in an environmentally friendly furnace, resulting in glass with unique optical characteristics for light-refracting facades.
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Glasfabrik LAMBERTS

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Outstanding in quality and sustainability Family business in its 4th generation 100% Made in Germany LAMBERTS glass factory is the largest cast glass factory in Europe and has one of the most modern plant and machine parks anywhere. LAMBERTS is the only glass factory in Europe to manufacture U profile glass in all stages of production. U-profiled glass, also called U-glass or channel glass, is used for elaborate, design-driven architectural projects all over the world due to its quality, refinement possibilities, clear forms and technical variety. Furthermore, we are the only cast glass company...

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Why LAMBERTS? Why LAMBERTS' LINIT-profiled glass? The world's oldest cast Highly qualified glass and rolled glass employees, Top quality factory, founded in 1887, state-of-theart 100% Made in Germany in Wunsiedel/Bavaria plant and machinery Economic efficiency: Design: The only architectural glass factory in the world with a CO2 footprint over an entire production year and complete proof of origin for all individual products Eco-Glass concept since 1996! World's leading Lowest Carbon glasses All glasses with ornamentation are also bird-friendly glass (American Bird Conservancy: Birdfriendly!)...

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NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART Kansas City, USA Architect: Steven Holl Architects, New York - USA LAMBERTS Products: LINIT®EcoGlass P 40/60/7, low iron, solar, TSH (toughened, sandblasted, heat-soak-test) Awards: TIMES: No. 1 of the 10 best Architectural Marvels of 2007 (worldwide) AIA: New York Chapter Project Award (1999) AIA: Central States Architecture Award (2007) AIA: New York Chapter Project Architecture Honor Award (2008) AIA: Institute Honor Award for Architecture (2008) LEAF Awards: New Built Award (2007) Capstone Architectural Design Award (2008) Progressive Architecture Award (2000)...

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The Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art is a major architectural destination in the centre of Helsinki, Finnland. The beautiful building is a masterpiece designed by Steven Holl Architects with Juhanni Pallasmaa as local architect. KIASMA - MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Helsinki, Finnland Architect: Steven Holl Architects, New York - USA LAMBERTS Products: LINIT®EcoGlass L (laminated): P 26/60/7, low iron, 504, TH (toughened, heat-soak-test) Awards: 1998 National AIA Design Award Photos: Marcela Grassi Light is an important element in this fantastic building. Steven Holl was fascinated by Finnish...

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DEUTSCHES MUSEUM Munich, Germany Architect: RKW Architektur +, Munich - Germany LAMBERTS Products: LINIT®EcoGlass P 15/60/7, low iron, solar, partially TSH (toughened, sandblasted, heat-soak-test); LINIT®EcoGlass P 26/60/7, low iron, solar, partially TSH (toughened, sandblasted, heat-soak-test); in combination with translucent insulating material (TIM) Photos: Deutsches Museum In 2015, work began in Munich on the complete renovation of the entire Deutsches Museum exhibition building. Seven years later, the first phase of the project was completed, and 20 new and updated permanent exhibitions...

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THE BISHOP‘S BASILICA OF PHILIPPOPOLIS Plovdiv, Bulgaria Architect: Zoom Studio, Sofia - Bulgaria LAMBERTS Products: LINIT®EcoGlass P 26/60/7, 504, TH (toughened, heat-soak-test) Photos: Anthony Georgieff The Bishop‘s Basilica of Philippopolis, now Plovdiv in Bulgaria, stands directly on an archaeological site dating back to Roman times and continuing into the Middle Ages. Archaeologists discovered it during rescue excavations. It is a remarkable cultural heritage site. The basilica was built over earlier monumental structures and was used from the middle of the 4th to the end of the 6th century....

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Text description provided by the architects: STASYS MUSEUM Panevėžys, Lithuania Architect: IMPLMNT architects, Vilnius - Lithuania LAMBERTS Products: LINIT®EcoGlass P 50/60/7, 504, TH (toughened, heat-soak-test) Photos: Norbert Tukaj Stasys Museum is located in Panevėžys, Lithuania, in the northern part of the city center. The main goal of the project was to enhance city development by creating a high-quality public environment that enriches the city center. It focuses on serving the public interest by improving the quality of life and promoting cultural awareness and artistic expression within...

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FORT YORK VISITOR CENTRE Toronto, Canada Kearns Mancini Architects & Patkau Architects, Toronto/Vancouver - Canada LAMBERTS Products: LINIT®EcoGlass P 26/60/7, low iron, 504, TSH (toughened, sandblasted, heat-soak-test) Riley Snelling Fort York dates back to the late 18th century and is considered the birthplace of Toronto, Canada. It is the most important visual and cultural heritage site of British military and social history preserved in the city of Toronto. The visitor centre aims to re-establish the site as part of Toronto's identity. At night, projections transform the building into a monumental...

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SHIMANO BICYCLE MUSEUM Osaka, Japan Architect: Taro Ashihara Architects, Tokyo - Japan LAMBERTS Products: LINIT®EcoGlass P 26/60/7, low iron, 504, TH (toughened, heat-soak-test) Photos: Kaku Ohtaki The Shimano Bicycle Museum in Osaka, Japan, impresses not only with its collection dedicated to the history of the bicycle, but also with its modern and well-thought-out architecture. The museum was reopened in March 2022 in the city of Sakai (part of the Osaka metropolitan area) and its architecture reflects both the technological sophistication and cultural significance of the bicycle. The building...

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SQUADRA ABARTH & RALLY COLLECTION Lier, Belgium AIDarchitecten, Westmalle - Belgium LAMBERTS Products: LINIT®EcoGlass P 26/60/7, low iron, 504, TH (toughened, heat-soak-test), in combination with translucent insulating material (TIM)

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Since the 1970s, Guy Moerenhout has been collecting and restoring cars that are in some way connected to the legendary car manufacturer Carlo Abarth. This hobby led to the creation of the Abarth Works Museum, whose collection now comprises more than three hundred special vehicles. It is a passion project that brings together lovers of classic cars, Italian design and rallying. The focus of the collection is on Abarth's work, but brands such as Fiat, Simca, Saab, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Lada and Porsche are also represented. As the collection continues to grow and the existing building is bursting...

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