Sliding glass doors
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about sliding glass doors
News • News • 2 Dec 2021
Apple at the Grove by Foster + Partners embraces the progressive spirit of Los Angeles
Adjacent to Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, this latest Apple store by Foster + Partners is situated in The Grove, a famous open-air shopping and entertainment complex that is one of Los Angeles’ most popular visitor destinations.
Nigel Young / Foster+Partners
Exceptionally spacious and light-filled, the design brings together the spirit of the film and entertainment industry and the art of illusion within a soaring store volume that is amplified by a feature mirrored ceiling. The mirrored ceiling is made from a special fabric that gives the illusion that the 60-foot height volume is taller than its already impressive height.
Nigel Young / Foster+Partners
Alongside this, five-foot-wide linear roof lights allo... More
News • News • 29 Nov 2021
Modernist courtyard house in Vancouver by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design presents a compelling study of scale and proportion
A study in scale and proportion, this modernist single-family home by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design features a central three-sided courtyard that draws light deep into the centre portion of a relatively long and narrow floor plan. The scheme in effect introduces a third ‘middle yard’ to otherwise typical front and rear yards.
Ema Peter
The roofline slopes from the front, east and rear to the courtyard area. These slopes register on the elevation of the west façade and introduce vaulted ceilings to the upper floor area. Vertical fins meanwhile on the north façade provide visual privacy from the street, while a two-storey screen of greenery lends additional privacy to the courtyard where there... More
Project • By Krownlab Inc. • Showrooms
OFS Showroom
The OFS Brands showroom in Los Angeles features a stunning glass conference room with Krownlab sliding door hardware.
A CUSTOM SPACE FOR CUSTOM FURNITURE
When OFS Brands designed their new Los Angeles showroom, they tapped Pam Light, pL-D Studio, and Klawiter and Associates to help shape it. OFS is a family owned, community driven company that has been providing socially responsible furniture and logistics solutions since 1937. It was important that their showroom have a truly refined aesthetic that preserved existing architectural elements—a spatial metaphor for their modern product offerings and their rich heritage.
A key component of pulling this design trick off was the thoughtful selection of interior finishes. W... More
Project • By Krownlab Inc. • Banks
First Tech Credit Union
The neighborhood bank experience is reinvented by First Tech Federal Credit Union, utilizing Krownlab's glass mount products to optimize branding and ensure long-term performance. More
Project • By Krownlab Inc. • Private Houses
Beverly Estates
Tim Ralston and Ameen Ayoub Design Studio team up on a one of a kind Los Angeles mansion. More
Project • By Vladimir Radutny Architects • Offices
Sukhman Yagoda Law Offices
When visiting this understated manufacturing loft for the first time, we were captivated by the intrinsic elements of raw masonry walls, the distressed timber structure and the abundance of natural light. Its immediate connection with the urban context captures the noise of city traffic, the views of elevated trains and the Chicago’s most iconic architecture. To us, these spatial nuances needed to be emphasized and brought forth for all users of our client’s new law firm. The development of the office plan yielded a choreographed configuration of heavy posts in various proximity to new partitions, openings, and circulation. Blank white walls weave in and out of the building’s columnar forest, like a sculptural installation, reflecting light... More
Product • By NanaWall • ClimaCLEAR
ClimaCLEAR
Keeping the weather outside while maximizing the views from the inside has always been at the heart of every NanaWall glass wall system. Now NanaWall Systems, the pioneer of the opening glass wall category, has pushed the envelope even further with the new NanaWall ClimaCLEAR™—the industry’s first frameless all-glass individual panel sliding system specifically engineered for transparent weather protection. Available for both residential and commercial use, ClimaCLEAR utilizes transparent vertical weather seals between the panels that seal the wall against wind-driven rain and reduce air infiltration. When the system is closed, the seals virtually disappear from sight, allowing for maximum transparency with no vertical stiles; providin... More
Product • By NanaWall • Kitchen Transition
Kitchen Transition
NanaWall Systems has created an innovative way for homeowners to enjoy the benefits and beauty of an outdoor kitchen, without the pricey redundancy—the NanaWall Kitchen Transition transforms an indoor kitchen into an indoor and outdoor kitchen, by making the wall which separates it from the backyard vanish and reappear with ease.The NanaWall Kitchen Transition is a combination of the company’s folding or sliding glass windows, which replace traditional windows over a kitchen countertop, and floor-to-ceiling walls, which replace a wall or a typical sliding-glass door. The two meet seamlessly, creating a high-style look, enhancing and expanding a living space.“The NanaWall Kitchen Transition is the ultimate window-door combination that opens... More
Product • By GM Morando • BellaVista
BellaVista
Up and down screen
Intended use
Created to protect the outdoor areas of bars, restaurants and hotels, which want to make use of arcades, terraces and other open spaces all year round. It creates a transparent barrier, which disappears when fine weather arrives.
It is the perfect glass wind break for seaside areas that are often subject to strong winds, so that tables in the open air can be delimited and protected.
Ideal also in order to shelter private houses’ outdoor areas from cold air and wind: terraces, verandas, balconies, arcades, gazebos, swimming pools and gardens.
The situations in which the BellaVista System can provide protection from the wind are many and various; here we are listing some of them::
Public spaces... More
Product • By NanaWall • FoldFlat
FoldFlat
NanaWall Systems introduces the industry-first FoldFlat®, which allows glass wall panels to fold and then pivot all the way back to stack out of the way, parallel to the opening. Useful for patios, decks and balconies where space is a premium, the FoldFlat eliminates the issue of the panels sticking out into the outdoor space.
“Standard folding glass walls protrude onto the deck or patio because they can only stop halfway at 90 degrees,” said NanaWall Systems CEO Ebrahim Nana. "With NanaWall FoldFlat, we have invented a solution for builders and homeowners to gain back that living space by folding the panels a full 180 degrees, entirely against the wall.”
Available in both aluminum and wood-framed options, the NanaWall FoldFla... More
Product • By NanaWall • BEARricade
BEARricade
BEARricade Folding Glass Wall Offers Security and Defense From Bears
There’s nothing like a house in the woods, until it’s discovered by bears. A thrilling sight to see outside, a bear is less than charming when it’s trying to invade your home for a snack. The desire of builders and homeowners to bring the outdoors in, yet keep the bears out, can now be resolved with the NanaWall BEARricade™. It’s a folding glass wall that opens wide to erase indoor/outdoor boundaries when the coast is clear, yet provides unequalled security and defense from bears when closed.
“Bears learn how to enter homes by simply using their immense strength and weight to push open French doors, windows, and even pushing in or breaking the glass on typica... More
Product • By GM Morando • GIEMME SYSTEM
GIEMME SYSTEM
GIEMME SYSTEM is a patented folding door system made from plate crystal glass completely frameless with an aluminium load bearing system. It’s characterized by the fact that there are no joins between the individual doors but only seals made from transparent polycarbonate.
Uses
Intended use
It’s an ideal all-glass solution custom made by our designers to close off balconies, terraces, porches, patios and gazebos.
It allows you to create an extremely versatile environment and to use the surrounding space to its fullest potential.
movable walls for offices
For shops, shopping centres and bars the GIEMME all-glass door SYSTEM can be used with extreme ease as it simply “disappears” with the arrival of good weather, putting a definit... More
Product • By NanaWall • Frameless Glass Walls
Frameless Glass Walls
NanaWall Frameless Glass Walls-NanaWall is the single source solution provider for frameless glass wall systems for large openings—whether for interior or exterior applications. If an all glass aesthetic and design is desired, NanaWall has the solution for the project.NanaWall’s comprehensive frameless all glass product line consists of single track sliding, sliding pivot, folding, and center pivot systems. With all systems, the beauty of all glass is realized, allowing for maximum transparency, natural daylighting, and a clean, contemporary appearance.Frameless System Highlights:Narrow top and bottom rail heights, no vertical profiles.Single track, top-hung systems with quiet and smooth operation.Panels are available to 4’ (1220 mm) wide a... More
Product • By NanaWall • Single Track Sliding Glass Walls
Single Track Sliding Glass Walls
The NanaWall Single Track Sliding Glass Wall offers unique design options far beyond those of a multi-track sliding door system. Unlimited spans of individual top-hung or bottom supported panels glide open or closed – all riding within a single narrow header over a single floor track (or no floor track). The single track design produces a clean sweep of panels that easily navigate multiple angle changes up to 90 degrees and may be stacked virtually anywhere.A NanaWall single track end-to-end closure means secure, rattle and draft free weather protection in the most demanding environments. Total Design and Layout Flexibility go where no other operable glass wall has gone before—take it around multiple corners, through wide segmented curves,... More
Project • By NanaWall • Private Houses
Park City Residence
A house presented Otto Walker Architects with dramatic views and a choice site. Using a mix of raw timbers and chunky, native stones, Otto developed a concept that responded to the client’s specific wishes.“The materials are intrinsic to the area, and it’s still a bit of an Alpine feel that just seems to make sense there,” says Otto. “The client wanted lots of views, and indoor/outdoor living was also a component. Everybody wants to do some cooking outdoors.”In this case, the use of an opening glass wall was “kind of a program requirement,” says the architect. “The owners definitely wanted a large opening in that location – it was a deck.” Otto / Walker specified the highly weather-resistant NanaWall WA67, a thermally broken, aluminum foldi... More