Guillotine windows

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about guillotine windows

Progetto • By MCK ArchitectsAlloggi Privati

W House

An inner-city warehouse in Sydney with various past lives as an auto-garage, factory for a glass decorator and bachelor pad is reimagined as a family home. Vertical stacking of the residential spaces in a restricted urban setting envisages an alternate typology for the 21st century family home, replacing the horizontal spread seen in suburban development. The owners had a ‘citychange’, so to speak, where they moved from a leafy beach suburb to a dense and gritty inner city suburb. W House revels in the site opportunities on offer, with a double height internal void complementing an external courtyard of similar dimension, providing extended views to Sydney’s CBD and beyond with secure containment and private space.... Altro

Prodotto • By VITROCSAGUILLOTINE

GUILLOTINE

Creating height and flooding your interior with light.The basic guillotine window comprises two vertically sliding frames. Vitrocsa offers multiple fixed and mobile configurations, either hidden or visible. The structure is anodised 25 micron aluminium alloy, in a natural colour finish. As an option, the thermolacquered or anodised versions are available in an infinite choice of colours. The width of the vertical profile is 18 mm. The system operates using a high-precision counterweight operation for ultra-simple manageability. Various button locking system options are available, and the system can be motorised. Altro