Jan. 29, 2014 – PPG Industries will sponsor the 61st annual Progressive Architecture Awards ceremony, Feb. 20 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The P/A Awards, initiated in 1954 by the editors of Progressive
Architecture magazine and now sponsored by Hanley-Wood, publishers of
Architect magazine, are among the industry’s most prestigious juried
awards.
Jan. 29, 2014 – PPG Industries will sponsor the 61st annual Progressive
Architecture Awards (P/A Awards) ceremony, Feb. 20 at The Modern at the
Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The P/A Awards, initiated in 1954 by the editors of Progressive Architecture magazine and now sponsored by Hanley-Wood, publishers of ARCHITECT magazine, are among the industry’s most prestigious juried awards. Their purpose is to recognize building projects that challenge the boundaries of convention and promote overall design excellence and innovation. Last year, 10 projects earned P/A Awards, including five in the U.S. and one each in Canada, France, Germany, Mexico and the Netherlands.
As part of the event, PPG will recognize the 65th anniversary of Philip Johnson’s iconic Glass House in New Canaan, Conn., which was constructed in 1949 with ultra-clear, low-iron glass by PPG and later refurbished with Starphire ultra-clear glass by PPG. Johnson and his partner, John Burgee, were the architects of record for PPG Place, a six-building complex in Pittsburgh that includes One PPG Place, the 40-story, neo-gothic, glass-spired tower that houses PPG’s global headquarters.
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