GLASS FOR FAÇADE 2020

55 SAINT-GOBAIN BUILDING GLASS The Property Tower Baku in the Azerbaijani capital comes currently soon to completion. The spectacular eye-catcher of the 126 meters high skyscraper is the helical 90° rotation of the tower over its 33 floors. The smooth façade of reflective solar protection glass from SAINT-GOBAIN underlines the special dynamics of the architecture. With two striking incisions that look like ventral bandages, the general planners of Hoffmann Janz Architects, Vienna, gave their design an additional special malleable effect. The heart of the building is a round ferroconcrete core, to which the reinforced concrete ceilings supported by vertical steel columns are connected. Only the steel columns at the corners are inclined and create the characteristic rotation. The building envelope follows this shape with 3.60 meters high and 1.50 meters wide glass elements from the façade specialist Metal Yapi. The desired reflective silver appearance in the façade structure, provided by COOL-LITE ® XTREME SILVER II with a solar factor of 0.25 and outstanding selectivity of 2.0 and excellent solar protection. The special effect of the façade allows the Property Tower in Baku to communicate with its surroundings. Depending on the lighting situation, there is a lively interplay between reflection and transparency. And it is behind this meaningful backdrop that the entire state assets of Azerbaijan are to be managed in future. PROPERTY TOWER BAKU SPECIAL TWIST WITH SILVER REFLECTIVE SOLAR CONTROL GLASS FROM SAINT-GOBAIN COMMERCIAL OFFICES 54 Location Heydar Aliyev Avenue, Baku, Azerbaijan Architects Hoffmann - Janz Architects, Vienna, Austria Glass processor SAINT-GOBAIN GLASSOLUTIONS Pietta Glass Working, Romania, SAINT-GOBAIN GLASSOLUTIONS, Glas Döring, Berlin, Germany Façade maker Metal Yapi, Istanbul, Turkey Photos ©SAINT-GOBAIN Products COOL-LITE® XTREME SILVER II