The Pilkington Planar™ system is the world’s market leader for structural glazing systems.

Pilkington Planar™ models are now available through the widely-used BIM programme Revit, helping architects and engineers to accurately and collaboratively create structurally glazed atriums, facades, and roofs in 3D modelling.

Pilkington Planar™ systems remain the world’s market leader for structural glazing systems, with a proven track record in the most demanding applications. Providing a flush glass surface, instead of using more conventional framed systems, Pilkington Planar™ utilises stainless steel fittings housed in countersunk holes to fix the glass ...

Planar™: Pilkington Planar™ is our brand name for a range of frameless glazing solutions. See Pilkington Planar™ Product Data Sheets. Planarclad™: Pilkington Planarclad™ is our brand name for a high performance cladding system incorporating the well known features of the Pilkington Planar™ concept. See Pilkington Planarclad ...

Pilkington Profilit™ channel glass systems are developed for use in glass façades, walls or roofs, and also for internal glazing applications. Glass Systems Glass can be used to create building interiors which connect occupants with the external environment, combining unbroken views of the surrounding nature and high levels of natural light with the comfort and safety of the internal ...

The storefront makes use of Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing, a frameless system that uses countersunk stainless-steel bolts which sit flush with the external surface of the glass. This minimises their appearance without compromising the integrity of the system.

Pilkington Planar™ provides The Catalyst Museum with ‘high-performance’ glass. 05 Dec 2013. Thanks to a £40,000 grant from the Foyle Foundation and a £38,000 Biffa Award, The Catalyst Museum in Widnes was able to replace all the glass in its fourth floor observatory with Pilkington Planar™.

The glass features a unique Planar™ l SentryGlas® interlayer by Kuraray to deliver stronger and lighter laminated glazing compared with traditional polyvinyl butyral (PVB)-based systems, giving greater strength to the system and enhancing safety.

The structures are supported by laminated glass, and are connected by Pilkington Planar™ 905 and 902 series stainless-steel fittings, a low-profile system that minimises interruption to sightlines or distraction from heritage architectural features.

Structural Glazing