Our Stories

In 2021, our teams across Apogee took on new product launches and managed through complex projects, several of which earned recognition from the industry for pioneering new solutions and tackling unique project applications. These successes speak volumes about our perseverance and commitment to creating peak value.

• Viracon PLUS Smart Glass (pictured)
• Product Innovation Award | Glass Magazine
• VISION Award | FacilitiesNet - Facilities Management News and Education Building Operating Management + Facility Maintenance Decisions + National Facilities Management & Technology
• BLT Construction Product Award | BLT Built Design Awards
• Reader’s Choice Award – Smart Glass | US Glass
• Top 75 Products Award | Building Design & Construction (BD&C)

• The Wilson and The Elm (pictured), 2021 Project of the Year, mixed-use category | ENR Mid-Atlantic
• Victory Commons One, Best New Office Project | D CEO's 2021 Commercial Real Estate Awards
• BMO Tower, Project of the Year | Milwaukee Business Journal's Real Estate Awards

• Expanded the Tubelite ForceFront Blast product family to include a full range of high-security curtainwall, storefront and entrance door systems for low and mid-rise government, healthcare, educational and commercial buildings.
• Liberty Village’s 80 Atlantic office building (pictured) was recognized for its exemplary sustainability with a Canadian Green Building Award from SABmag. The project features Alumicor ThermaWall 2600 curtainwall, supporting the unique timber design elements of the structure.

• Featured on the cover of USGlass Magazine. Through collaboration with Apogee Renovation, the team developed the EFCO 590X steel replica window which was used on the renovation of the former Shlage Locks headquarters in San Francisco, an office building from the 1920s.

• Created a new design tool for framers to use with customers to make selling glazing even easier. Featuring Tru Vue’s top three glazing products including Conservation Clear, Museum Glass and Optium Museum Acrylic, the new specifier displays the real-life differences of each solution.