First impressions are important and the first architectural feature we encounter can often make or break our perceptions of the spaces we are about to experience. As our homes are perhaps the best built reflections of who we are, entrances – or, more specifically, front doors - can often provide a telling insight into the person who calls the residence home.
An exterior door encompasses a range of purposes, including providing safety and security, keeping the interior private and providing shelter from the elements. Designers often draw on a wealth of materials, technology and aesthetics to achieve the desired look depending on whether the aim is to establish a sense of arrival or provide subtle signals of how to penetrate an architectural puzzle. Below is a selection of some of the best on the market.
This family retreat on Hawaii’s Big Island takes the form of several canopy-like pavilions dispersed around the site, linked by elevated wooden lanais and a series of gardens. Hale Lana, which translates to &ldq...
Minimalist Window - Sliding
VITROCSA
Opt for simplicity and free your imagination, with infinite adaptability.The sliding window is a unique horizontal opening solution. The structure is anodised 25 micron aluminium a...
The design of this huge villa uses powerful straight lines giving it a straightforward look. The enormous steel sliding doors provi...
MHB Steel doors
MHB
MHB steel doors are the most exclusive and refined doors for your project. The doors are made entirely by hand in our own facilities. The robust, sharp-edged steel frames are unique, durable and ultra-slim with a prof...
An old mechanic’s workshop in the city centre of Bologna gets back to be a living space. Its wide rooms are reinvented to become a private house, as an excellent example of a clever restoration work of a disused indus...
FerroFinestra W50 TB
OTTOSTUMM SA
PRESENT AT BATIMAT PARIS 2017, 5A D 128 With the new FerroFinestra® thermal barrier system W50 TB, Ottostumm carries on the window heritage in its most authentic form, proposing the same forms...
In the rural area near Utrecht, a large farmhouse has been transformed into an exclusive house. An archetypal farm seems to be ‘pierced’ by a new wooden volume in the middle of the open countryside. With these interve...
FritsJurgens System M
FritsJurgens
System M adds quality to the design of any pivot door: total control over the flow of the movement. The opening is as light as a feather, the movement extremely elegant, and the closing as soft as a w...
A link between old and new | Rays of light between past and future
Hi-Finity
Reynaers Aluminium
Modern architecture demands large transparent window and facade fronts for maximum light incidence and an unlimited view outside.With HI-FINITY, the exclusive frameless sliding system from Reynaers Alumini...
Embedded in the rolling hillside overlooking Cornwall’s Mawgan Porth beach, Dynargh is a six bedroom private seaside retreat, sensitively designed to embrace the natural contours of the land whilst maximising vi...
Ultra-Slim Framed Glass Door Systems
IQ Glass UK
Slim framed sliding doors can reach impressive sizes of up to 29m2 for an oversized finish, with only subtle differences between a sliding glass door and structural glass walls. The minimal windows® sliding...
A flair for drama in an expansive, day-lit Phoenix home.For its first home design in Phoenix, Charles Cunniffe Architects&...
Series 900 Hinged Door
Western Window Systems
A true triumph of versatility, our Series 900 Hinged Door excels in both residential and commercial applications, combining durability, precision, and protection with a clean, modern look and ease of maintenance. Feat...
All around you can still feel the old farm fields, but this is still a very urban house. The owners inherited the land from their grandparents and decided to build this house on it. A ground floor (or predomin...
OS System - Minimal sliding system
Sosoares S.A.
Specifically conceived for larger frames, the OS minimalist sliding system rose as an answer to the most contemporary architectural trends, aiming to combine the maximum transparency with the minimum structural view,...
The intention of this addition / remodel was to create an open, light-filled, large great room space from a 3/1 house into a 3/2 and by adding a bathroom to create a master suite where before this family of four was c...
Folding Glass Walls
NanaWall
NanaWall Systems is the recognized industry leader trusted by architects, builders, and owners alike to provide the opening glass wall systems for large architectural openings. Based on a foundation of testing, resear...
On this short and linear urban plot, these two basic rectangular forms fit across and down the length of the lot, exploiting the opportunities of using the entire site to engage indoor-outdoor living spaces on every l...
Marvin Ultimate Multi-Slide Door
Marvin Windows and Doors
The Ultimate Multi-Slide Door is more than just a new panoramic door. Smoothly slide it open and invite into your home expansive views, fresh air and an abundance of warm, natural light. Available wit...
