PPG to Sponsor 60th annual Progressive Architecture Awards Celebration

PITTSBURGH, – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG), a leading manufacturer of architectural glass, coatings and paint, will sponsor the 60th annual Progressive Architecture Awards (P/A Awards) Celebration, Feb. 21 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

For more than 50 years, the P/A Awards have recognized buildings and architectural design that challenge the boundaries of convention and promote advances in the field. In 2012, 10 international projects earned P/A Awards, including four each in the U.S and Canada, and one each in Chile and Morocco. In 2013, a jury of architects will select a peer to receive the first-ever P/A Medal of Excellence Award winner.

The P/A Awards are among the most prestigious juried awards in the industry and have been bestowed by Hanley Wood, publishers of ARCHITECT magazine since 2006. They originated in 1954 with the editors of Progressive Architecture magazine, which folded in 1996. The P/A Awards were then inherited by Architecture magazine, which ceased operations in 2006.

PPG manufactures SOLARBAN(R) and SUNGATE(R) high-performance solar control and passive low-emissivity (low-e) glasses; STARPHIRE(R) glass, the industry’s most transparent commercial architectural glass; and an unparalleled range of nature-inspired, high-performance tinted glasses. PPG is the first glass manufacturer in North America to have its entire collection of architectural glass products recognized by the CRADLE TO CRADLE CERTIFIED(CM) program. To learn more, visit www.ppgideascapes.com or call 1-888-PPG-IDEA (774-4332).

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