Minimal windows
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about minimal windows
Project • By andrea pelati architecte • Private Houses
Villa BEC
Built in the historical fishing and vineyard village of Bevaix, this family house is located on a slope close to the docks in a peaceful neighbourhood. It offers a panoramic view over lake Neuchâtel and the Alps.The original design concept for the building varied from that of a typical project. The design team initially envisaged two scenarios for the site: one being two terraced houses, and another being a unique house with the entire living program on a single level with secondary rooms in the basement.
Karina Castro
Karina Castro
Potential clients were approached, and a final client chose to adopt the single house option with project-specific requirements that the architect was able to accommodate into the final design.T... More
Product • By Impronta • X-trim
X-trim
X-trim is the new minimal wood collection from Impronta. A contemporary collection that embraces the quest for biophilic architecture in the home through a warm, textured and welcoming design, skilfully created by Impronta's artisans.
A window frame with slender lines allows light to take the centre stage. X-trim's innovative technical features allow you to give free rein to your design vision. In addition to the possibility of creating organic shapes, an innovative mechanical system allows you to choose between two different types of wood and two different finishes for the interior and exterior, giving you the opportunity to create a unique home.
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With its refined design, X-trim combines excellent technical pe... More
Project • By Studio Ecoarch • Private Houses
Casa PR
A terrace overlooking the Lago Maggiore
The house lies on a sloping ground overlooking the Lago Maggiore and the Alps.
The building features a regular shape in plan, and it is composed of two parts: a solid stone-cladded basement, which hosts the bedrooms, nestled in the ground, sharply carved by the window openings; a second light volume leans on the first one featuring large windows and deep loggias.
Marco Reggi
Marco Reggi
A shift in plan between the building levels seconds the shape of the ground, reducing the visual impact of the construction.
Marco Reggi
Marco Reggi
The building features a small set of materials: the stone cladding of the basement, light-tones plasters, steel profiles and extra-clear glass.... More
News • Specification • 28 Oct 2021
Top 10 Trending Minimal Frames
From private residences that look out to the ocean to upper-level commercial projects overlooking cityscapes, dramatic views can define and enhance spectacular spaces. Every day architects share their material and interior selections on Archello and through their knowledge sharing our database of specifications is growing rapidly. In this week’s theme article we take a look at minimal frames. Those designs that are most often specified by architects and designers in the past year. These are ten of our most popular options.
Wooden Villa at Soulac-sur-Mer by Nicolas Dahan Architects - © Vincent Lerouxet
1. Sliding by VITROCSA
This aluminium window is designed to keep the focus on a seamless connection between i... More
News • News • 23 Sep 2021
Atelier 111 architekti connects two houses in historical center of Czech village to transform into their family home
Atelier 111 architekti connected two houses in the historical center of Kozina and transformed them into one home. The architects see this reconstruction as a favourable alternative to suburban sprawl.
Alex Shoots Buildings
While only a few steps separated from the shops and services in the town center, the client was attracted to the site as it is hidden from the hustle and bustle of the surrounding traffic.
Alex Shoots Buildings
One of the buildings was in a state of disrepair, the other underwent a significant renovation at the turn of the millennium. The architects got rid of unsuitable modern elements, such as a large dormer and plastic windows and even discovered original masonry behind brick backing.
Alex Shoots... More
Product • By MHB • MHB Steel windows
MHB Steel windows
MHB's steel windows are the most exclusive, aesthetic windows for your project. The windows are made entirely by hand in our own facilities. The robust, sharp-edged steel frames are unique, durable and ultra-slim with a profile width of only 50 mm (1 15⁄16”). We strive for aesthetic perfection and the highest safety of our products. We monitor our entire production process to ensure that your windows are flawless.
Highest technical standards
All our steel frames are weather resistant up to Class 6A - 600 Pa according to the NEN-EN 12208 standard. The thermal insulation of MHB windows is unprecedented thanks to the advanced insulation system in our solid steel profile systems. We add micro-engineered, fully double... More
Product • By Air-Lux Technik AG • Sliding Windows
Sliding Windows
The horizontal highlightThanks to air lux’s patented sealing system, compromises are a thing of the past when it comes to sliding windows. air-lux guarantees 100% impermeability with the same excellent running characteristics and sliding leaf weights of up to 1800 kg. 100% impermeable, excellent running characteristicsWhen they are closed, the perimeter ring seal ensures 100 % impermeability against driving rain, wind and noise. The strong contact pressure of the seal (seal active) allows impermeability values to be achieved with sliding windows that could previously only be achieved with side-hung windows. When open (seal inactive), the seal is rolled up and the sliding window can be moved with the minimum of effort. In contrast... More
Project • By Nestor architecture • Private Houses
The Cubes House
The Cubes House - a new and different concept in modern architecture . The function of the project are built separately in order to make each unit independent and still connected to the main cube .
3 small cubes : children rooms are connected to the main bigger cube by a transparent corridor surrounded by water element and faces the huge swimming pool of the house. More
Project • By UNStudio • Private Houses
The W.I.N.D. House
Located on the outskirts of a Dutch village and close to the sea, the W.I.N.D. House is backed by a sheltered wooded area and fronted by a large, open expanse of polder landscape. The design of the house responds to both its setting and to the seasons, whilst regulating and maximising upon the effects of these.
Assimilating the landscape
The organisation of the house is defined by its external conditions. The more intimate working and sleeping areas are located towards the back, where the enclosure of the nearby woods provides an intimate, private setting, while the living areas enjoy expansive and panoramic views of the polder landscape to the front.
Both the front and rear of the house are fully glazed and as such connect t... More
Project • By Dyer Grimes Architects • Private Houses
White Lodge
White Lodge is a stunning white-rendered modernist villa with vast open living spaces and extensive glazing in mature grounds with feature swimming pool.
The dream was to build an ultra-contemporary, sustainable home in the heart of leafy Surrey on the secluded site of an existing pre-fab bungalow – a bold design statement, far removed from the pitched roof architecture of the area.
Having sold their listed manor house a few miles away, the build would mark a new chapter in the owners’ life exchanging traditional grandeur for a highly sustainable contemporary home designed for easy living and entertaining.
The build was not without its challenges: Tandridge Council had a long standing planning policy that new builds should match t... More
Product • By Keller minimal windows • KELLER minimal windows® highline
KELLER minimal windows® highline
The innovative premium glass façade system combines aesthetics with outstanding performance features. The slender and frameless glass façades enhance the pure minimalism of current architecture.
The glass façade between two structural floors comprises thermally insulated, concealed aluminium frame profiles and is ideal wherever minimum facing width and maximum glazing height are desired.
The flush-mounted or symmetrically alternating offset planes of the glass façade can be combined with ultra-slender design sliding doors to give the perfect solution for high-rise residential projects and business premises. Available as double- or triple glazing versions.
Stability of the sliding system... More