We Became Obsessed With Making Windows Disappear Contemporary residential architecture has become remarkably good at making glass feel almost absent. Panes have grown larger, frames have become visually quieter and fixed glazing can create the impression that the building simply stops where the landscape begins. Used well, the effect can be exceptional. It is easy […]
Tag Archives: fixed glazing
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Sep
Sep
A Window Is More Than a Frame and a Piece of Glass A window appears to be one of the simpler components in a building. There is a frame, an area of glass and, where required, a means of opening it. That visual simplicity can make substantial differences in price difficult to understand. Much of […]
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Sep
Sep
Start With the House, Not the Window Catalogue The most effective way to reduce the cost of windows is often to make better decisions before choosing them. It is easy to begin with materials, brands and individual prices, but those comparisons come relatively late in the process. By then, the architecture may already have determined […]
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Aug
Aug
A Corner Is Not Just Something That Gets in the Way of the View When designing a highly glazed extension or contemporary home, it is easy to see the corner as an obstruction. Two large areas of glass might offer an uninterrupted view of the garden or landscape, only for a vertical post at their […]
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Aug
Aug
Why There Is No Single Maximum Glass Size The question of how large a single pane of glass can be appears to invite a simple answer: a maximum width, a maximum height, perhaps a maximum overall area. In architectural glazing, however, those dimensions rarely exist as universal limits. The realistic size of a pane emerges […]
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Aug
Aug
Why There Is No Single Minimum Sightline At first glance, asking how slim a glazing sightline can be seems as though it should have a straightforward numerical answer. Contemporary glazing systems are often discussed in terms of increasingly narrow profiles, making it natural to compare one dimension with another. The difficulty is that a sightline […]