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We invite you to become familiar with the remainder of our products and solutions for houses, residential buildings and villas. We're happy to take on any challenging and unique project, it's our passion.
Facades
Facade systems are a solution that takes residential architecture to a whole new level, blurring the boundaries between the interior and the surroundings. Thanks to advanced structural engineering, these systems allow for the creation of massive glass walls while maintaining a lightness and slimness of lines that is impossible to achieve with traditional window joinery.
Their main advantage over regular windows is their construction based on mullions & transoms. This allows for:
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Extra large glazing: The ability to install large and heavy panes, often weighing over 200/300 kg, while maintaining a slim and delicate look (the profiles are often just 50mm wide).
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Maximum illumination: Thanks to the slim profiles, the facade becomes nearly completely transparent, which is highly sought after in today's "modern barn" and luxurious villa projects.
For investors looking for the complete minimalistic look, facade systems offer two variants, that change the width of the division and offer a more seamless look.
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Structural Facade: The most prestigious option, which doesn't have any visible pressure and masking strips. Glass panes are secured using dedicated, structural adhesives, and the only visible thing is a narrow silicone strip, separating the glass panes. This creates the grand single pane effect.
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Semi structural Facade: The intermediate solution, in which the masking strips are only visible in one direction (only vertically or horizontally), this allows to emphasize the division lines of a building while maintaining the seamless look of others.
Unlike a traditional facade, that has all it's connections and divisions covered with masking strips, their size and shape can be picked individually.
Skylights
Modern skylights are not only fixed units, but active elements of the building management system:
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Ventilation flaps: Skylights can be fitted with integrated ventilation flaps, controlled manually or by electric motors. They allow for quick and effective air circulation and dissipation of heat that naturally gathers under the ceiling.
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Weather sensors: The electric motors can be connected to rain and wind sensors, that will automatically close the skylight in case of significant weather change, ensuring that the inside of your home stays dry and well ventilated.
Moreover, in case of constricted access to the roof, skylights can be equipped with self cleaning glass.
Due to their installation within the roof plane, skylights are exposed to intense solar radiation and snow loads. When designing a skylight, it is crucial to perform precise structural, thermal, and static calculations. Our skylights are equipped with:
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Actuators or electric sliding mechanisms: These can be controlled automatically or via a user-operated button. They provide highly effective ventilation or smoke extraction for the building.
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Shading systems: Internal blinds or external awning blinds that allow for smooth adjustment of incoming light and prevent rooms from overheating during the summer.
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Thermal insulation glazing: The use of advanced glazing units with low-emission coatings ensures that the skylight does not become a weak point in the building's energy balance, keeping heat inside during the winter.
Winter Gardens
Nowadays, the Winter Gardens aren't restricted to standard rectangular shapes. Modern aluminum systems allow you to create almost any desired shape:
Custom Geometry: From classic mono-pitch designs and multi-pitch roofs to complex forms featuring angles and bay windows. Each project is tailored to the building's existing architecture.
Complex Engineering: Due to the vast glass surfaces and the necessity to withstand snow and wind loads, these are highly advanced structures. They require precise static calculations, which is why their installation should be carried out exclusively by a specialized crew.
Winter gardens are 'living' structures that can be freely configured in terms of functionality:
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Integrated components: Any type of joinery can be incorporated into the vertical walls: from classic casement windows and HST sliding doors to folding systems that allow the garden to be fully opened to the terrace in the summer.
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Roof ventilation: To ensure proper air circulation, ventilation flaps or automatically controlled skylights are installed within the roof planes.
The key to the comfortable use of a winter garden is preventing the interior from overheating in summer and excessive cooling in winter:
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Selective glazing: The use of glass with intelligent coatings allows for the 'filtering' of solar radiation. Selective glass limits the heat energy entering the interior while maintaining high transparency and natural light levels.
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External shading: The use of professional roof awnings or facade blinds is highly recommended. They reflect solar rays before they reach the glass surface, which is the most effective method for combating the greenhouse effect.
Balustrades
A classic combination of a metal load-bearing structure with an infill, offering vast customization possibilities while emphasizing the rhythm of the facade:
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Variety of infills: In addition to transparent glass, one can utilize matte panes, composites, or metal panels (e.g., perforated or laser-cut).
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Material durability: Metal components can be powder-coated in any color from the RAL palette or finished in a custom-agreed manner. This allows for a perfect match between the railing, the window joinery, and the overall building color scheme.
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All-metal structures: An option for industrial or classic-style projects, where the railing consists of vertical balusters or horizontal rails.
Full glass balustrades are dedicated for projects, which main priorities are unobstructed views and visual lightness of the building envelope.
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Self-supporting structure: The glass is secured linearly using bottom track profiles (base channels) or via point-fixings (standoffs/rotules). This eliminates the need for vertical posts, ensuring the balustrade does not interfere with the building's aesthetics, acting instead as a transparent barrier.
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Safety (VSG/ESG glass): Exclusively toughened (tempered) and laminated safety glass is used. Even in the event of breakage, a specialized interlayer holds the panes together, preventing the glass from falling out or shattering. Ensuring you won't fall through it.
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The "frameless" effect: The mounting profile can be completely recessed within the flooring layers. This allows the glass pane to appear as if it is "emerging" directly from the terrace or balcony floor, achieving a seamless, minimalist look.
Pergolas
The roof is the "heart" of each pergola, which determines the level of sun & precipitation protection:
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Aluminum slats (bioclimatic): Aluminum louvers/slats that can be adjusted to regulate the angle of sunlight and air circulation. When fully closed, they form a watertight roof that provides complete protection against rain.
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Fabric solutions: Constructed from high-performance technical fabrics. These can be installed as fixed structures or in retractable/foldable versions, allowing the sky to be fully uncovered during clear evenings.
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Glass roof: Provides a constant flow of natural light while offering full protection from precipitation. These systems are frequently paired with internal or external awnings to mitigate the greenhouse effect and manage solar heat gain.
For a pergola to function all year, it is important to equip it with sidewalls, which provide protection against the wind and low temperatures:
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Glass sliders: Sliding systems that allow the pergola to be enclosed without obstructing the view of the garden. They function as a wind barrier and a slight thermal buffor, providing protection against the cold.
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Screens: Roller-mounted enclosures made from fabric with varying weave densities. They effectively block wind gusts and sun glare while maintaining outward visibility from the interior.
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Fabric covers: Motorized fabric covers that transform the pergola into an "additional room." These are often electronically controlled via a switch or remote, operating in a similar manner to external roller shutters.
Blinds & Roller Shutters
Facade blinds are currently the most commonly used system in modern residential architecture. It's main advatage is the ability to precisely adjust the angle of the slats and determine how much sunlight we want to pass through:
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Energy management: You can completely block sunlight or set the louvers at an angle that allows reflected light to pass through, which brightens the room without raising the temperature.
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Aesthetics: The lightweight aluminum structure gives the building a modern, slatted appearance, which harmonizes perfectly with post-and-beam (mullion-transom) facades.
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Thermodynamics: The air ciruclates freely between the glass and shutters, preventing the formation of a heat pocket (thermal bridge effect).
Outdoor Roller Shutters (Screen type) revolutionize the approach to sun protection. They are made from durable materials and offer fully automated control systems (sun, wind and rain sensors):
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Effective protection: Thanks to their unique construction, the shutters block most of the solar radiation, while allowing the residents to easily control the solar heat gain and transparency.
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ZIP system: Specialized side tracks integrate the fabric into the frame; as a result, the blind functions as an insect screen and remains exceptionally resistant to high wind loads.
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Compact design: The small size of the headboxes (cassettes) makes the system extremely discreet and easy to flush-mount under the render/plaster.
Manually operated blinds became a thing of the past. In modern architecture, full integration with the Smart Home system is becoming a standard.
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Phone controls: You can operate each blind from anywhere in the world using your smartphone.
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Weather automation: Sun, wind and rain sensors react to the weather conditions - the blinds will close when the solar radiation exceeds a set parameter, or they will retract during a wind storm, protecting the whole mechanism from potential damage.
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Scenarios: The ability to program a schedule, for example "wake up routine", the blinds/shutters will open at a set time, letting the sun wake you up naturally.
