The 20-story W.T. Waggoner Building in Fort Worth, Texas, was constructed in 1919 and remains on the Register of Historic Buildings. After repainting the exterior of the old wood windows every four years, building owners sought a lower-maintenance window replacement solution. When asked about options, the team at Marvin determined that the look of the existing jalousie window assembly was achievable with a one-wide, two-high operating awning configuration. Marvin’s standard 70% Kynar 500 exterior clad finish satisfied their need for low maintenance.

Not only did the building experience enhanced energy efficiency but the new dual-pane windows provided reduced sound transmission. The owners were also satisfied with the installation process that preserved the interior trim and was conducted from the building’s interior, reducing the need for scaffolding and minimizing disruption.

Project Highlights

• High performing, low-maintenance product finish that replicated the look of the existing windows and eliminated the need for repainting
• Successful installation solution that maintained the daylight opening and preserved the interior trim
• Non-disruptive interior installation that allowed for “business as usual”

Overlooking Tuxedo Lake, just north of Manhattan, this 9000-square-foot French Chateau-style home was constructed on the site of a residence that burned to the ground in the 1920s. Raised up on old 30-foot-high rock retaining walls, the home was virtually built from the inside out.

Marvin Windows and Doors was selected to craft the wood windows because of the large range of sizes, styles and assemblies required.

Windows and doors are key to the look of this house: The 35-foot-high  great room features French doors topped with transoms and three enormous arch-top windows angled to capture an amazing view of Tuxedo Lake. The dining room includes a circular Bay window and a radius wall in the rotunda area. A 6-foot circle window is located near the apex of the roof.

Marvin products used in Tuxedo Park include: French doors, round-top windows, transoms, casements and more!

Whether you are a long-time fan of Southern Living or aren’t familiar with them, their Idea Houses are always beautiful, inspiring residences. This year, Marvin was privileged to be a sponsor and provide product for the 2010 Idea House located in Senoia, Ga.

It’s a little different than what has been done before–the house is a rowhouse that focuses on urban living. It has lots of cool features, and of course, beautiful Marvin products.

Please check it out, and if you’re in the area, it’s open for tours.

Image courtesy of Southern Living.

This beautiful Rhode Island farmhouse made a journey from a duplex into a single home. Along the way it gained new energy-efficient Marvin windows, a neighboring cornfield for a view and lots of space to hang art.

Via Re-nest, here are a few quotes from the owner about the renovation process and what’s best about the “new” house:

• My/Our style: Eclectic, but also I try to create an atmosphere that’s familiar to me, inspired by my relatives. It leans toward the old fashioned. A reflection of what I grew up with. A reverence for the past.
• Biggest Challenge: I love that it’s an old house, but with the old house comes a lot of wear. When we renovated we put in new Marvin windows for efficiency, to make it more comfortable. This house was never a fancy farmhouse. The people were poor, so it didn’t have much in terms of frills or comfort. It was a simple farm for people who worked hard. So my biggest challenge was making it more comfortable.
• Proudest DIY: That I was able to keep the adjacent corn field from being developed. Sometimes the best change is not letting change happen in front of you, to keep it like it was.
• Biggest Indulgence:Buying the corn field. One time I was at the health club and everyone was talking about their biggest splurge, one person had bought some Prada shoes, another had bought a Mazda Miata, the other had taken a big trip. I said “an eight-acre corn field.”

Visit Re-nest to learn more and take a green virtual tour of the home!

Photos courtesy of Re-nest.

This gorgeous retreat (via Trends Ideas) was built in the grand tradition of Adirondack Great Camps, mostly found in upstate New York. Its spacious exterior, gracious porch and beautiful stonework follow this tradition, but it was designed with many little twists. Architect Laine Jones and builder Steve Howell did things like put bedrooms downstairs to keep the upstairs common rooms free for tall ceilings and beautiful views.

Even though it is a large house, this home is designed to blend in with its surroundings, not overpower them. According to Jones, “Traditional Adirondack elements such as rising stonework anchor the house to the land – but this house achieves a lighter feel.”

There are traditional elements to this house though, most notably the trusses that support the roof. These were made in the traditional Mennonite manner–heating and twisting by hand. This mountain lodge’s dual nature also means many modern conveniences, including broadband, an underfloor heating system and beautiful, energy efficient Marvin windows.

Images courtesy of Trends Ideas

The Green Brier and Commodore buildings in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago have been home to Al Capone compatriots as well as European royalty. The building’s hundred-year-old windows, however, were not so awe-inspiring. Many were stuck closed, hard to operate, or falling out of the frame. Most had no storm windows.

Window replacement in this upscale landmark—now occupied condos—was subject to intense scrutiny, including historical review. Quality had to be maintained, and replacement had to take place while the building was occupied by tenants. Luckily, Marvin Signature Products and Services was there to help!

Approximately 2,000 window units were replaced by way of a non-invasive technique that left the vintage interior oak trim intact while replacing framework and exterior trim. Wall connections were reinforced with new lumber and insulation. In some instances, the contractor restored windows that had been blocked off by drywall and reopened other walls with new windows.

Double Hungs arrived with pre-applied detailed sills, allowing installers to address out-of-square issues with a simple cut, and to match the depth of the original oak interior trim and previous sill.

Traditional profiles were replicated with clad Brick Mould Casing that matched the original.

The project required custom-sized windows for each opening, with Double Hung windows as large as 68″ by 84″.

At the contractor’s request, units were produced in more than 20 phases, and delivery was coordinated so that when one installation phase was finished, the next group of product was already at the lumberyard, ready to go.

The Commodore and Green Brier were restored to their original beauty with the help of Marvin and the innovation of Signature Products and Services!

Remodeling of any sort can be a challenge, but for a grand old mansion, it can be painstakingly laborious. This Minneapolis home, the Donaldson Residence (via trendsideas.com), was built by a department store owner and completed in 1908. Throughout the years it has been renovated numerous times and subdivided by the heirs of the original owner.

When the current owners bought the house, a major concern was renovating the Donald Residence with the highest quality materials and experts. Original fixtures and furnishings were painstakingly tracked down. Certain rooms, like the study and the parlor are architectural treasures and focus was given to restoring them to their original glory.

In addition the restoring the house’s beautiful look, renovations also focused on giving the Donaldson Residence all the modern conveniences. Windows were replaced with Marvin windows for beauty and energy efficiency, wiring and plumbing was redone, and touches like a new phone system and a laundry shoot add extra convenience.

When all is said and done, the Donaldson Residence graces its street now as it did in 1908.

Images courtesy of John Umberger and trendsideas.com.

Constructed in 1875 as a summer cottage, the Samuel Beach House represents the grand architectural tradition of Long Island Sound. Unfortunately, over a century of storms and questionable alterations took a toll. New owners wanted to save this faded beauty with a thorough restoration that made the interiors livable and saved the badly damaged exterior. Marvin windows figured prominently into their plans.

Forty windows were custom built by Marvin to fit existing window profiles. Windows were double glazed to withstand the weather, and feature Authentic Divided Lites that match the home’s historic designs.

The home’s cupola was lost in a turn-of-the-century hurricane. Marvin used old photographs to recreate the four 2′ x 5′ Round Tops for the cupola.

The renovation of the Samuel Beach House allows it to be a truly usable home with a gorgeous beach. Surf’s up!

The owners of this lakeside vacation home say they wanted a small retreat where they could go and feel refreshed and renewed, but which was also large enough to accommodate their extended family.

They found a site by a lake and approached architect Jim Nagle, whose own vacation home they had seen and admired.
“We wanted a house that we could use all year round, and that was completely different to our city home, which is very traditional. We wanted lots of light, and enough space for our adult children and eight grandchildren,” says one of the owners.

Nagle says because the property slopes down towards the lake it made sense to build a two-story home.

“This enabled us to design a house that didn’t feel too big and didn’t appear to dominate the surrounding environment – but had plenty of space.”

This house, designed by Nagle Hartray Danker Kagan Mckay Penney Architects of Chicago and built by Design Specialty Builders, features Marvin Windows and Doors to bring the outdoors in while still providing superior energy efficiency. The design also minimizes the less-desirable views of the road out front while making the trees and the lake a part of the architecture.

Read more about the house and see more photos at TrendsIdeas.com.

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The American Brewery in East Baltimore not only represents a beautiful historical renovation, but also urban revitalization.

Originally erected in 1887 by brewer John Frederick Wiessner, the abandoned landmark American Brewery building with ornate windows and unique architecture reopened in 2009 as company headquarters for the Maryland human services non‐profit Humanim.

An integral part of the building’s appeal lay in its windows. Original openings included salvageable oversized double‐hung windows, deteriorated sash in intact framing, and openings that needed complete replacement units. Many openings had been bricked in or plywooded over. Meticulous research went into making sure that replacement windows would be as close to the originals as possible, using two remaining partial windows as reference for muntin sizing and design. All new units were made with energy efficient insulating glass and extruded aluminum cladding to recreate the original wood exteriors. The American Brewery Building, on the National Register of Historic Places, was honored as the 2009 Public Building of the Year by the Maryland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Marvin provided the unique windows for the American Brewery, with over 20 different shapes of Magnum Double Hungs and Round Tops needed.

The final product brings this building back to its former glory and sets its neighborhood on the path to revitalization and hope.