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.

Glass systems offer many interesting and varied architectural solutions. Pilkington Profilit™ allows designers and specifiers to transform courtyards into cosy interiors, enclose private and public outdoor areas under glass roofs and build stunning glass façades.

A glass canopy provides an attractive and practical feature to a building. Usually placed outside entrance doors a canopy protects people entering the building, keeps the weather away from the doors and allows natural light through to the entrance area.

Pilkington AviSafe™ is a glass solution that uses a unique patterned UV enhanced coating to disrupt reflections, providing a visible barrier to birds and preventing collisions. Pilkington Design Glass. Pilkington Design Glass is a toughened enamelled glass, with an anti-scratch surface, available in a wide range of colours. Pilkington DesignPrint

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;

Pilkington Profilit™ is an alkali cast glass in U-shape, which is produced according to EN 572, Part 7, using the machine rolling process. It is translucent, but not transparent, with or without a patterned surface on the outside and has the quality features of cast glass.

Glass in Architecture showcases a selection of buildings from around the world, inspired by the most creative architectural ideas using glass.

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.

A glass floor allows light to pass reducing the need for artificial lighting and providing a natural source of daylight. The introduction of light through the core of a building can transform what might otherwise be a dull claustrophobic interior.