Inaugural AJ Specification Live focuses on glass, granite and engineered cladding materials

摘要

Glass specification was the main focus of AJ Specification Live, the first in a new series of events to complement the magazine's monthly themes. Chair of the event Paul Finch noted that in the years following the terrorist attacks on New York in 2001, many thought glass cladding would fall out of favour; however, recent years had shown that glass specification was more popular than ever with architects. Damian Rogan, facade engineering group leader of Eckersley O' Callaghan discussed the development of the material for Apple, where glass with load-bearing properties was used, first to create transparent staircases, and later as the entire cladding system of a number of Apple stores, with the glass acting as pillars supporting the roof structure.