Tinted glass
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about tinted glass
Project • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Universities
UCI Middle Earth Housing Expansion
Striking the ideal balance between maximized daylighting and controlled heat gain, Mithun architects selected Solarban® R67 (formerly Solarban® 67) Solexia® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) for the LEED® Platinum-certified Middle Earth Expansion for the University of California, Irvine’s (UCI) living-learning community.
The new 6-story, 215,000 sq. ft., mixed-use facility promotes a “see and be seen” vibe with 30% of its façade clad with glass. Enhancing the transparency, operable windows deliver natural ventilation to 80% of the spaces in the building.
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Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Solargray® Glass
Solargray® Glass
Solargray® glass has been a popular choice for commercial structures because of its cool, medium‑gray appearance and ability to control solar heat gain and glare. In a one-inch insulating glass unit (IGU), Solargray® glass provides visual light transmittance (VLT) of 40 percent. Solargray® glass may also be combined with Sungate® 400 glass in a one-inch IGU for improved solar heat gain performance and lower U-values. Solargray® glass’s light‑gray color makes it an attractive choice in combination with almost any other exterior cladding material. More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Solexia® Glass
Solexia® Glass
Offering high light transmittance, Solexia® glass is a soothing, light green tinted glass that is part of the nautically inspired collection by Vitro Glass. Trusted by architects since 1952, Solexia® glass remains an industry standard for spectrally selective performance. More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Graylite® II Glass
Graylite® II Glass
A rich dark‑gray privacy glass with a punch.Glare Control with Distinctive Color Contrast
With its bold, almost‑black look, Graylite® II glass is the solution for applications requiring reduced solar heat gain and a specific aesthetic objective. Graylite® II glass combines superior heat-load reduction and solar control with a distinctive color contrast. Its shading coefficient is among the lowest of any uncoated glass. Its low visible light transmittance (VLT) makes it ideal for glare control and privacy glazing. More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Atlantica® Glass
Atlantica® Glass
Atlantica® glass is one of the original tints featured in Vitro Glass’s collection of nautically inspired tinted architectural glasses. As a spectrally selective glass, Atlantica® glass can help you minimize reliance on artificial cooling and lighting by combining high visible light transmittance (VLT) with good solar control in a pleasant emerald-green aesthetic that complements a diverse range of low emissivity (low‑e) coatings and other building materials. More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Solarbronze® Glass
Solarbronze® Glass
A Harmonizing Bronze Hue
Solarbronze® glass has been a staple in architectural glass offerings since the 1960s because it creates a bold visual statement while maintaining energy efficiency and occupant comfort. A popular choice for commercial structures, Solarbronze® glass has a warm bronze tint that adds subtle richness to the exterior and a warm glow to interior décor. The bronze color especially complements brick and stone facades.
In a one-inch insulating glass unit (IGU), Solarbronze® glass provides excellent visual light transmittance (VLT). For even better performance, combine Solarbronze® glass with Sungate® 400 glass in a one-inch IGU to improve solar control pe... More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Azuria® Glass
Azuria® Glass
A Stunning Aqua-Blue Hue
Azuria® glass is a stunning aqua-blue glass that is part of the nautically inspired tinted glass collection by Vitro Glass. Azuria® glass’s distinctive aesthetic blends brilliantly with the surrounding environment, adding beauty while delivering solar control and spectrally selective properties that makes it one of the top glasses in the industry.
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Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Optigray® Glass
Optigray® Glass
A Subtle, Light-Gray Tint
Optigray® glass is designed to eliminate the green cast typically found in conventional clear glass formulations. It produces a warm, ultra‑neutral aesthetic that brings crispness to vision glazing.
Specially formulated to function as a substrate with solar control low‑e coatings, Optigray® glass delivers advanced solar performance when paired with solar control low‑e glasses, such as Solarban® 70, Solarban® R67, Solarban® 60 and Solarban® R100 glasses by Vitro Glass. Optigray® glass produces light-to-solar gain (LSG) ratios of up to 1.96, with visible light transmission (VLT) between 29 percent and 50 percent, depending on which Solarban® glass is specified. More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Optiblue® Glass
Optiblue® Glass
In addition to providing Solarban® 70 Optiblue® (formerly Solarban® z75) and Solarban® 60 Optiblue® Glass (formerly Solarban® z50) glasses with their cool‑neutral appearance, combining Optiblue® glass with new Solarban® 90 glass in a standard one-inch insulating glass unit (IGU) results in a 0.20 solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and a visible light transmittance (VLT) of 37 percent. More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Solarban® 70 Optiblue® Glass
Solarban® 70 Optiblue® Glass
A neutral, high-performing glass that controls glare.A Superior Solar Control PerformerSolarban® 70 Optiblue® glass (formerly Solarban® z75 glass) is a neutral, high-performing glass comprised of Solarban® 70 solar control low‑e coating on Optiblue® glass.A Neutral Steel-Blue Gray
With its steel blue-gray appearance and high visible light transmittance (VLT), Solarban® 70 Optiblue® low‑e glass excels at controlling glare while offering superior solar control properties to support sustainable design. The result is a VLT and a low solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) that meets or exceeds competing architectural glasses with a similar aesthetic.Solarban® 70 Opti... More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Solarblue® Glass
Solarblue® Glass
A Light‑Blue Window Tint without Film
Part of Vitro Glass’s earth‑inspired collection, Solarblue® glass features a sparkling, light sky‑blue appearance that balances high visible light transmittance (VLT) of 50 percent and a solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) of 0.49 in a one-inch insulating glass unit (IGU) with clear glass. More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Solexia® Glass
Solexia® Glass
Superior Spectrally Selective Performance
Offering high light transmittance, Solexia® glass is a soothing, light green tinted glass that is part of the nautically inspired collection by Vitro Glass. Trusted by architects since 1952, Solexia® glass remains an industry standard for spectrally selective performance. More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Pacifica® Glass
Pacifica® Glass
Rich-blue Pacifica® glass is part of Vitro Architectural Glass’s collection of nautically inspired tints and can be united with reflective Solarcool® or subtly reflective color-enriched Vistacool® coatings to offer architects a wide range of aesthetic options.
When high levels of solar control are desired, Pacifica® glass can be paired with Solarban® 70 glass (formerly Solarban® 70XL glass) in a one-inch insulating glass unit (IGU) to achieve an exceptional a solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) of 0.18, visible light transmittance (VLT) of 30 percent and a light-to-solar gain (LSG) ratio of 1.63.
Architects have relied on blue and green tinted glasses for decades to give buildings a distinctive... More
Product • By YKK AP America Inc. • YOV SSG Operable Vent
YOV SSG Operable Vent
The YOV Structural Silicone Glazed (SSG) Operable Vent enhances the aesthetics of a building without the large sightline of a traditional window and improves occupant comfort with high thermal performance and an intentional design to provide optimum natural ventilation and natural light. The YOV SSG Vent is ideal for high rise, multi-family hotels and mixed-use residential as well as schools and offices.In the YOV SSG Operable Vent, structural silicone, glass, triple gaskets and thermal isolators work together to provide high thermal performance, without a traditional thermal break. The YOV SSG Operable Vent accepts one-inch insulating glass and can be field-glazed or shop-glazed into a four-sided SSG curtain wall or any two-sided vertical... More
Hard rock Hotel
If you have always dreamt of being a rock star
For a weekend there is arguably no better place to indulge your fantasy than the glittering streets of Las Vegas. Simply book yourself into a suite at the local Hard Rock Hotel and get ready to enjoy that pop star treatment. The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is a resort offering all conceivable amenities but with its towering guitar-shaped neon portal and its comprehensive collection of rock and roll memorabilia, it would also do a museum proud. Interior designers Jennifer Morris and Stacie Meador from New York-based Zeff Design have created a unique ambiance particularly in the towers of the landmark hotel offering a total of 900 rooms just two blocks off the world-renowned strip.
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