Fire Resistive Curtain Wall at Aspen Art Museum
OVERVIEW
Designed by Pritzker prize winning architect Shigeru Ban, the brand new 33,000 sf Aspen Art Museum boasts large exterior glass walls designed to keep the visitors engaged with views of the beautiful Aspen landscape. SAFTI FIRST®’s engineering team provided design assistance and supplied a 2 hour fire resistive curtain wall with SuperLite® II-XL 120 with Starphire Ultra-Clear Glass insulated with Viracon VE13-85 in GPX® Curtain Wall Framing. A woven screen encloses the glass curtain wall to provide shading from direct sunlight.
Products featured in this case study
View all products (16)GPX® Curtain Wall - Fire rated glass, fire rated wall
SuperLite® II-XL 120 - Fire rated glass, fire rated wall
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