Fresh Paint
participating Modern Masters deal-
er. Orders can be shipped from deal-
er inventory or customers can opt to
pick up their order at the store. At
www.modernmasters.com, customers
also can access up-to-date informa-
tion on all of the specialty paints and
decorative products in the Modern
Masters line, including recent addi-
tions like Modern Masters Polished
Venetian Plaster, which is now avail-
able in fifteen ready-to-use earth
tone and hard-to-reach dark colors.
Full color palettes and technical
information on all Modern Masters
products are also available to make
product selection easy. Special recipe
finishes and information on Modern
Masters’ Platinum Training Centers
and regional workshops also are
available for those professionals and
serious amateurs in search of fresh
ideas and training on the latest prod-
ucts and finishes, like Shizen and
Bellezza.
control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass.
Twelve/West, a mixed-use building in
Portland, Oregon, is the first urban
building with wind turbines in the
U.S. Duranar XL Bright Silver coat-
ing was used to cover the building’s
exterior aluminum surfaces, and
standard Duranar coatings were
specified inside the building. Lastly,
the City of Watsonville Water
PPG COATINGS AND GLASS USED
IN FIVE OF AIA’S TOP TEN GREEN
BUILDING PROJECTS
The American Institute of Architects’
(AIA) Committee on the Environment
(COTE) has named its top ten green
building projects for 2010 and at least
five of them feature environmentally
advanced glass or coatings made by
PPG Industries. The curtain wall for
Manitoba Hydro Place in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada, features
Starphire ultra-clear glass in combination with Duranar XL and
Duracron coatings on the mullions.
Duranar XL coatings were used for
exterior mullion finishes, and
Duracron coatings were applied on
all non-anodized interior mullions.
The Michael J. Homer Science and
Student Life Center in Atherton,
California, and Manassas Park
Elementary School in Virginia both
feature Solarban 70XL glass, the
industry’s highest-performing solar
