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Blue Sky Urbanism: The Socio-Territoriality of Ultra-Clear

Andrés Jaque

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Looking out over lower Manhattan through Ultra-Clear Glass in Rafael Viñoly Architects, 432 Park Avenue, 2015. Source: artFido.

Collectivity
December 2019










Notes
1

Vitro Architectural Glass, Sustainable in Every Light, December 2017, .

2

“Global Ultra Clear Glass Market 2019 to 2023,” ReportsWeb, June 2019, .

3

Ibid.

4

“Glass Price Calculator,” Crystal Glass and Mirror Corporation, accessed September 21, 2019, .

5

“Global Ultra Clear Glass Market 2019 to 2023,” .

6

Vitro Architectural Glass, Starphire Technical Product Data, October 2017, .

7

Guardian Glass Industries, Guardian Clarity:  Anti-reflective Glass in Architectural Applications, 2016, .

8

“The Original Environmental Performer,” Vitro Architectural Glass, accessed September 21, 2019, .

9

Vitro Architectural Glass, “Sustainable in Every Light,” .

10

Steven Ralston, “Select Sands Begins Shipping Industrial Sand; Resource Estimate Increases 91%,” Seeking Alpha, May 10, 2016, .

11

Sally Younger, “Sand Rush: Fracking Boom Spurs Rush on Wisconsin Silica,” National Geographic, July 4, 2013, .

12

“Glass Manufacturing is an Energy-Intensive Industry Mainly Fueled by Natural Gas,” Today in Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration, August 21, 2013, .

13

Vitro Architectural Glass, EPD Vitro Architectural Glass Flat Glass Products, July 2017, .

14

Ryan Cohn, interview with author, June 21, 2019.

15

Ibid.

16

Ibid.

17

Ibid.

18

John Szot, interview with author, June 17, 2019.

19

Ultra-Clear Glass is only visible in CGI through three features: residual blueish tones, rainbowy edges and reflections, and slight reflections and fake imperfections on the invisible glass surface. J. Cseh and S. Chappell, interview with author, June 19, 2019.







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