Contemporary minimalist architecture is simple shapes and uniform colours. The glass wall and metal accents complement and decorate the simple façade. More and more often these cool arrangements are complemented by natural accents such as wood and stone, in the form of formwork or gabion walls.

The models help Revit users to design glazed facades in the programme with the same ease of a standard integrated curtain wall system. It also enables specifiers to easily upgrade curtain walling to a Pilkington Planar™ façade.

These new regulations will have a significant impact on the type, location and quantity of glass architects specify, increasing the need for solar control glazing, which allows daylight to pass through a window or façade, while reflecting away the sun’s heat to help prevent overheating.

Pilkington Texture Glass Warwick™ Pilkington Texture Glass Warwick™ is a random pattern which has implications when cutting the glass down into finished sizes. If a pane is small enough, potentially there could be no evidence of the pattern at all. Therefore it is important when cutting and optimising this glass that the overall appearance of the finished pane is considered so that the ...

4000m2 of glass was used in total across the façade. The £90m, nine-storey mixed-use project has created over 65,000 sq ft of category-A office space as well as eight restaurant and retail units on the lower-ground, ground and first floors.

Façade: the face of a building, or the cladding covering it. Façade element: a part of the façade, such as a window or spandrel panel. Face clearance: the distance between the glass and the rebate upstand.

Largest glazed façade orientation: High risk location: Moderate risk location: Maximum area of glazing (% floor area) Maximum area of glazing in most glazed room (% floor area of room) Maximum area of glazing (% floor area) Maximum area of glazing in most glazed room (% floor area of room) North: 15: 37: 18: 37: East: 18: 37: 18: 37: South: 15 ...

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Standards & Regulations. Standards & Regulations A quick guide to some of the Standards & Building Regulations used in construction that have implications for the choice of glass

Façade; Glass Floors; Glass Furniture; Greenhouses; Glass Radiators ; Internal Partitions; Kitchens; Mirrors; Rooflights; Solar Panels; Windows; Internal Partitions Today's homes reflect the trends for families to spend more time together so they are often open plan which provides a great feeling of space.