There are numerous structural glass systems offered by various suppliers that open up vast possibilities for architects, allowing them to create a complete glass envelope for buildings with frameless façades on any plane.

Depending on the specific criteria of an installation, there are a range of structural glazing systems available to ensure the desired finish and performance is achieved. Glass-fin (mullion) units, for example, are among the most popular where a seamless finish is required.

Our glass systems are developed for use in glass façades, walls or roofs, and also for internal glazing applications. Glass systems offer many interesting and varied architectural solutions

Pilkington Profilit™ is energy-efficient, provides excellent sound reduction and is one of the most cost-efficient glass wall systems available. It can be single or double shelled.

Pilkington Spandrel Glass is a range of safety glass mostly used in non-vision area of the facade. Spandrel glass is normally an opaque panel located between areas of vision glass used to cover construction elements in non-vision areas, such as hung ceilings or the edges of floor slabs.

Glass can be curved, clear, body-tinted or coated, low-e or reflecting. More recent achievements of Pilkington Architectural's ingenuity include Pilkington Planarclad ™, which permits windows to be opened in a building whose walls and roof may be totally clad in glass.

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Glass in Buildings Enhancing the Built Environment The float process has made it possible to provide the building industry with very large glass plates of great perfection, not just in flatness but in freedom from optical distortion and from flaws. And the process has facilitated much more.

Pilkington Planar™ provides a bolted glass surface for façades and internal walls, utilising stainless steel fittings housed in countersunk holes to fix the glass directly back to the structure.

Glass is an excellent choice for internal partitions. Not only does it allow light to penetrate further into a building but it can provide many other functions: acoustic attenuation - reduce noise levels between areas; impact resistance - provide a screen for security or prevent falling from one level to another, create glass corridors;