04 Mar 2021 Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has made its structural glazing technology Pilkington Planar™, available via building information modelling (BIM) – helping to simplify the design and build of expansive glazed building features.

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

Building designers are adopting our innovations, relishing the new creative opportunities they offer. Our Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing system, in particular, is being specified and incorporated in atriums, facades, glass roofs and in high-performance buildings around the world.

Pilkington Planar™ is the perfect example of how our testing and rigour processes create state-of-the art glass systems. Pilkington Planar™ is a structural glazing system that provides a flush glass surface by utilising stainless steel fittings housed in countersunk holes.

23 Oct 2018 When the City of Tulsa set out to renovate its 50-year-old Central Library building – one of its best-loved landmarks – it wanted to bring it up to date in every respect, aesthetically, energy-performance-wise and in terms of the visitor experience it offers. The brief was to modernise the building without losing its period character.

Pilkington Spectrum allows you to combine a wide range of products available from Pilkington and determine their key properties such as light transmittance, g value and U g-value. The program includes restrictions that prevent some combinations being selected that may be considered unwise or impractical.

The 10ft by wide 7ft 5in units are made of Pilkington Suncool™ 66/33 T and are held in place with heavy-duty stainless-steel countersunk bolts, anchoring them to the supporting glass fins.

Pilkington Planar™ is the perfect example of how our testing and rigour processes create state-of-the art glass systems. Pilkington Planar™ is a structural glazing system that provides a flush glass surface by utilising stainless steel fittings housed in countersunk holes. Read More

The family owned business has a wealth of experience in the design and installation of various building enclosure systems including stick built curtain walls, pre-glazed unitised curtain walls, Pilkington Planar™ structural glass facades and custom metal and glass enclosure systems.

Pilkington – Thermal Solutions Recognising this fact, Pilkington UK Ltd has been at the forefront of glass manufacture, providing an intelligent range of glazing solutions that look to improve and increase the energy-efficiency of homes, no matter the age of the property.