In a recent article in The New York Times, Anna Kodé lamented the blandness of multifamily architecture in the U.S. and posited several theories for this disappointment. The root cause of the banality is quite simple. The answer is something that, once seen, cannot be unseen: stairs. More specifically, it is the peculiar anomaly that […]
Singular building with ventilated Favemanc ceramic façade. The ambitious project clad in Favemanc’s antibacterial ventilated ceramic facade is the “Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science”, funded by the Gates Foundation at the University of Washington in Seattle (USA). Favemanc’s large ceramic extrusion capacity to create special parts has made it possible to manufacture […]
A ventilated façade is a construction method whereby a physical separation is created between the outside of the façade and the interior wall of the building. This separation creates an open cavity allowing the exchange of the air contained between the wall and the outer cladding. The cavity provides a range of thermal, acoustic, aesthetic […]
The facade can be considered the most important signifier of a building as the shell separating the outside from the inside. The expressive power of this protective shell should not be underestimated, because the appearance of the architecture has a decisive influence on the entire environment. GSWRAP knows that, and we are now able to […]
Ever wondered what you would learn at the SIGA Academy? Today we will go over how the SIGA membranes and adhesive tapes are developed and produced and you’ll also learn about airtight building. GSWRAP are proud to say that we are working with SIGA to provide customers the best product for their buildings. The construction […]
We started GSWRAP to create and integrate solutions for sealing, waterproofing, thermal and acoustic insulation that will create higher level building every efficiencies. We provide extreme solutions (water, air, heat, light, and noise) to maximize performance and performance and lifetime of buildings. We care about honest and genuine products. The company started after years of […]
GSW / SIGA UNIQUE DISTRIBUTOR IN MICHIGAN Here at GSW we are always excited to incorporate high quality products into our work, as we said before. We started working with SIGA in 2019, and have learned so much from their products and have seen the quality that they offer. We are honored to say we […]
Health and happiness….we all want that in our lives. So we all need our buildings to support it. After all, the U.S. EPA estimates that 90% of our lives are spent indoors. GSWRAP can offer you the products that your building definitely needs. Let’s learn about the impressive health and happiness benefits GSWRAP has to […]
The most frequent questions we get about our GSWRAP Wood Fiber Insulation products all in one spot. Here we go. 1. Which material is used to produce the GSWRAP wood fiber panels? For the production of our FiberTherm wood fiber panels, we use exclusively coniferous wood from FSC certified forests, managed with permanently sustainable methods. […]
When it comes to building, it is very important you do your research. We live in a world, where there are so many products you can build with but the question comes in: Is it good for what I need? Is it efficient? Is it healthy? Will it last good? All of these questions are […]