Crystal Windows provide comfort at Magnolia Gardens

Manufacturer supplies sustainable windows

Flushing, NY — Crystal Window & Door systems continued to demonstrate its leadership in the commercial vinyl uPVC window market with its latest project, Magnolia Gardens. Located in Flushing, NY, at 39-03 College Point Blvd., this new construction project provides 90 units of critically needed transitional housing for families and children without permanent homes. For the project, Crystal supplied top quality, highly energy efficient casement and fixed commercial vinyl uPVC windows from its premier MAGNUS line.

With frontage on both College Point Boulevard and 39th Street, the L-shaped structure has a colorful modern 6-story façade for its corner element, flanked by more traditional design 7-story components. As such, the building provides tastefully appointed apartments and amenities in a beautiful, dignified, and sustainable facility for housing-insecure families.

Unplasticized polyvinyl chloride, or uPVC, has been a common window frame material in Europe for decades. Now uPVC is popular with American architects and developers because it offers strength similar to aluminum frame windows with the superior thermal efficiency and sound attenuation of traditional vinyl windows.

“For several years, Crystal has been a national leader in the fabrication of windows with this superior material,” said Steven Yu, Crystal VP of sales and marketing. “With so many uPVC commercial vinyl projects across the country, it’s nice to supply this special project which benefits New York City residents in need of stable housing so close to our factory.”

Crystal’s commercial uPVC MAGNUS Series windows are a key component for the building’s environmental sustainability. The outstanding thermal efficiency of the Crystal MAGNUS windows contributes to the overall energy performance of Magnolia Gardens, designed to meet Enterprise “Green Communities” requirements and PHius Passive House design criteria.

Overall, the Magnolia Gardens project used 273 Crystal MAGNUS Series 4500 uPVC windows. Most were specified for wide or tall openings as multiple-lite units using master frames and impost mullions. The vast majority of these were combinations of inswing casements with fixed lites, HVAC louvers, or insulated panels. Individual MAGNUS Series 4500 casements and fixed picture windows were also supplied.