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.

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.

Frameless solution 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.

We’re proud that Pilkington Planar™ has been selected to play such a central role. “The University of Edinburgh is the latest in a series of cutting-edge academic institutions that have chosen to glaze their buildings using Pilkington Planar™, which is testament to our commitment to offering the most technologically advanced system on the market.”

To deliver the frameless “jewel box” cubes, the team specified the Pilkington Planar™ structural glass system, using glass fins and sidewalls to support the glass roofs without any need for non-transparent structural elements breaking up the views afforded to users.

“It’s another installation that demonstrates that Pilkington Planar™ is the world’s leading structural glazing system. It is the quality of the product and the time-tested engineering that backs it up that gives us the confidence to create these ambitious structures.”

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.

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.

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.