Sliding windows
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about sliding windows
News • Specification • 7 May 2024
25 best aluminum window manufacturers
Aluminum windows and window systems are lightweight, corrosion-resistant, and structurally strong. Such attributes ensure longevity and reliability, making them ideal for both residential and commercial applications. Aluminum's malleability allows for various designs, simple and intricate.
Key characteristics of aluminum windows include thermal performance, acoustic insulation and sustainability. Advanced manufacturing techniques, such as thermal break technology, enhance energy efficiency by minimizing heat transfer, thus reducing heating and cooling costs. Moreover, aluminum's recyclability contributes to some level of environmental friendliness.
In today's global market, aluminum windows and window systems offer a diverse range of prod... More
News • News • 8 Dec 2022
Oaxaca's Plúmula offers a workshop, meeting place, refuge, and home centered around a celebrated Flamboyán tree
In the City of Oaxaca, this project by Espacio 18 Arquitectura sees the transformation of a delipidated house and existing structure into a workshop, meeting place, refuge, and the home of a Flamboyán tree. The name of the project – Plúmula – refers to a plant's initial shoot or stem.
Camila Cossio
The homeowner, a plastic artist, requested that pre-existing adobe walls be retained. Alongside this, a light steel structure supports new leisure spaces, a ceramics workshop, and a bedroom. The steel structure reinforces the existing system and allows for tall sliding windows. The Flamboyán tree is always the protagonist in the design, with key views focused on it.
Camila Cossio
A sense... 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
Product • By Roll-A-Cover, Intl. • Retractable Walls
Retractable Walls
Retractable walls, manufactured & designed by Roll-A-Cover, open indoor patios to the outdoors in moments by simply sliding. Instead of a conventional fixed room with fixed walls, retractable glass walls give the indoor space an outdoor ambiance even when the wall is closed. Unlike a bi-fold door, the bays of this sliding wall retract into one another so there is no loss of space inside. More
Product • By VITROCSA • SLIDING
SLIDING
The sliding window is a unique horizontal opening solution. The structure is anodised 25 micron aluminum alloy, in a natural color finish. As an option, the thermolacquered or anodised versions are available in an infinite choice of colors. The roller bearing system is made from stainless steel specially adapted for projects near the sea. Fixed or sliding, the width of the vertical profile is 22 mm and is only limited by the maximum surface area of the glass. Button-locking is available with two-point locking and cylinder locking with key. Motorisation is also possible.
Dimensions
Available in fixed or sliding versions, the width of the vertical profile is 18 mm, with the maximum surface area per pane reaching 18m², and poten... More
Project • By SELIM SENIN • Secondary Schools
Educational Building
Every window in the structure was moved towards different directions by scrolling movement.At this point, a dynamic façade was achieved. More
Product • By Allaert Aluminium • Otiima
Otiima
OTIIMA is the perfect solution for you project, when the combination of quality, high technology and aesthetics are the main reasons for your choice. By using self-supporting glasses, OTIIMA systems pushes back architectural limits and offers the possibility to use glazed surfaces up to 36 Sq. m per pane.From the floor to the ceiling, a 20mm vertical reinforced profile provides a minimal appearance, merging indoor and outdoor into one, with top quality guarantee. The slim and elegant handle, provides a streamlined appearance, which combined with the special OTIIMA rolling system, guaranties an easy hand opening and maintenance of the panes. Optionally, for an even higher level of comfort, the system can be motorized and automatic... More
Product • By NanaWall • ClimaCLEAR
ClimaCLEAR
Keeping the weather outside while maximizing the views from the inside has always been at the heart of every NanaWall glass wall system. Now NanaWall Systems, the pioneer of the opening glass wall category, has pushed the envelope even further with the new NanaWall ClimaCLEAR™—the industry’s first frameless all-glass individual panel sliding system specifically engineered for transparent weather protection. Available for both residential and commercial use, ClimaCLEAR utilizes transparent vertical weather seals between the panels that seal the wall against wind-driven rain and reduce air infiltration. When the system is closed, the seals virtually disappear from sight, allowing for maximum transparency with no vertical stiles; providin... More
Product • By NanaWall • Kitchen Transition
Kitchen Transition
NanaWall Systems has created an innovative way for homeowners to enjoy the benefits and beauty of an outdoor kitchen, without the pricey redundancy—the NanaWall Kitchen Transition transforms an indoor kitchen into an indoor and outdoor kitchen, by making the wall which separates it from the backyard vanish and reappear with ease.The NanaWall Kitchen Transition is a combination of the company’s folding or sliding glass windows, which replace traditional windows over a kitchen countertop, and floor-to-ceiling walls, which replace a wall or a typical sliding-glass door. The two meet seamlessly, creating a high-style look, enhancing and expanding a living space.“The NanaWall Kitchen Transition is the ultimate window-door combination that opens... More
Product • By NanaWall • BEARricade
BEARricade
BEARricade Folding Glass Wall Offers Security and Defense From Bears
There’s nothing like a house in the woods, until it’s discovered by bears. A thrilling sight to see outside, a bear is less than charming when it’s trying to invade your home for a snack. The desire of builders and homeowners to bring the outdoors in, yet keep the bears out, can now be resolved with the NanaWall BEARricade™. It’s a folding glass wall that opens wide to erase indoor/outdoor boundaries when the coast is clear, yet provides unequalled security and defense from bears when closed.
“Bears learn how to enter homes by simply using their immense strength and weight to push open French doors, windows, and even pushing in or breaking the glass on typica... More
Project • By Gariselli Associati • Housing
THE GRACEFUL HOUSE
It is “polite architecture” in the historic center of a medieval town, a major restructuring that takes a contemporary language, while continuing to communicate with the historic location.
The main facade is decorated with a backdrop and holding up the stairwell outside main entrance: a giant slab of marble structured and supported with stainless steel and carved with a decoration laser to get a good transparency.
The scale is purposely distanced from architecture thanks to steel spacers that hold the step in monolithic marble, accentuated by the lighting system that highlights also the perforations of the backdrop. The balcony railings are contrasted with the lightness of the glass plates and the materiality of wrought iron. The compartm... More
Project • By NanaWall • Private Houses
Park City Residence
A house presented Otto Walker Architects with dramatic views and a choice site. Using a mix of raw timbers and chunky, native stones, Otto developed a concept that responded to the client’s specific wishes.“The materials are intrinsic to the area, and it’s still a bit of an Alpine feel that just seems to make sense there,” says Otto. “The client wanted lots of views, and indoor/outdoor living was also a component. Everybody wants to do some cooking outdoors.”In this case, the use of an opening glass wall was “kind of a program requirement,” says the architect. “The owners definitely wanted a large opening in that location – it was a deck.” Otto / Walker specified the highly weather-resistant NanaWall WA67, a thermally broken, aluminum foldi... More