Fineline-XT operable glass facade system
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Jasmine’s Restaurant @ Crown Casino, Southbank
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Just like a chameleon that can change its appearance to suit its environment, the AGP Fineline-XT operable louvre system enables a building to balance the needs of the occupants with the outside world.
The Living Facade Offering the largest frameless glass louvre panels available on the market today, AGP Operable Glass Louvres are not only functional but also aesthetically appealing. The AGP Fineline-XT operable glass louvre system is a revolution in frameless glass louvre technology, providing an elegant frameless design that doesn’t compromise the practical requirements of a sealed louvre system. These characteristics have made AGP Fineline-XT a popular choice for architects designing buildings where controlled natural air flow and ventilation are important considerations. Continually looking at ways to improve their operable facades, AGP has taken the Fineline Series louvres and designed additional weather protection features to provide a system better suited for protection from inclement weather. Inherent in all frameless glass louvre systems is the challenge of creating a suitable louvre blade seal. As long as the system is to remain frameless the effectiveness of the seal will always be a compromise.
Above: 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Developed over many years the AGP Fineline-XT Series is, in our opinion, the best possible balance of form and function, being as close to weatherproof as can be achieved with frameless glass louvres. The system utilises specially designed vertical aluminium mullions to house the operating mechanism, keeping the system clean and uncluttered, adding to its elegant appearance. The louvre blades, generally composed of 12mm toughened glass, seal vertically by closing onto bulb seals running the full length of the mullions. Horizontal weather protection between each louvre blade is achieved by fitting a bulb seal to the bottom edge of each louvre blade. By achieving a weather seal in a frameless louvre design, the AGP Fineline-XT system is suitable for a variety of commercial applications.
Front Page: SA Water Building @ VS1, Adelaide
Potential Applications Every Fineline-XT operable glass louvre system is custom designed and built to the specific requirements of the application. With the potential to be custom built to suit most modern facade designs and the additional weather protection provided by a sealed system, the Fineline-XT series operable glass louvre system is suitable for use in a variety of internal and external applications. The ability to open large sections of a wall on demand makes this system an effective solution to meeting building code and improving user comfort. The ability to quickly ventilate smoke from an enclosed space during a fire emergency, provide natural air flow for normally indoor areas, picture left, and to ventilate cigarette smoke from bars and nightclubs, are all positive and practical benefits. (A)LURE Restaurant, Burswood Casino, Perth
Transport Hotel @ Federation Square, Melbourne
Office Building Facades The operable glass louvres can be custom designed to fit in with the style and modular sizes of most commercial office building facades. An example of this application is 82 Waterloo Road, North Ryde where special winter gardens were established in the office space with operable glass louvres to provide natural ventilation when desired. These louvres were faceted to integrate in with the
Internal Office Building Screens The operable glass louvres can be installed as internal partitions with the louvre control system integrated with the building management system. In the event of a fire emergency some louvres will automatically close while others automatically open to allow for the smoke extraction system to operate effectively throughout different floors of the building. Other applications
buildings curved curtain wall facade. 82 Waterloo Road, North Ryde
including allowing for natural ventilation for environmentally friendly ‘green’ buildings.
Woolworths Support Office, Norwest, Sydney
QV1, 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
BLVD Bar, Southbank, Melbourne
50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
30 The Bond, 30 Hickson Road, Sydney
Longueville Hotel, Lane Cove
66 Waterloo Road, North Ryde
Public Bar Facades / Restaurants To provide greater flexibility by allowing outdoor entertaining spaces to be used all year round, operable glass louvres are an ideal product for use in public bars and entertainment facilities. With stricter restrictions on smoking in indoor entertaining areas, operable glass louvres can provide the flexibility for publicans to allow smokers to use these spaces with the opened louvres providing excellent ventilation and natural air flow. Transport Bar, Federation Square, Melbourne (A)LURE Restaurant, Burswood Casino, Perth
Sir Keith Murdoch House, Adelaide
Taxi Restaurant, Melbourne
SA Water @ VS1, Adelaide
Jasmine’s Restaurant, Crown Casino, Southbank
Case Study When interior architects working on the QV1 building for BHP Billiton, wanted to solve the problem of cross ventilation through the various floors and winter garden spaces, they chose AGP operable glass louvres to provide the perfect solution. The louvre blades are designed to close outside of the vertical aluminium mullions which are fitted with special seals to give an air and water seal to the glass. The bottom edges are also capped with bulb seals to provide an edge seal between the louvres. This provides a system that is able to meet the fire engineer’s requirements for air leakage and to create a smoke seal which was an important requirement for the building. The louvre control systems are integrated with the building management system so that in the event of a fire emergency some louvres will automatically close while others automatically open to allow the smoke extraction system to operate effectively and efficiently throughout the 12 floors that BHP occupies. This Page: QV1, 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Back Page: Sir Keith Murdoch House, Adelaide
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Plan view showing the 180 x 60 aluminium mullion with the bulb seal running down the outside face providing a continuous vertical seal.
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Side elevation view showing the position of stainless steel louvre castings, linear actuator control mechanism and bulb seals fixed to the edge of the glass louvres.
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Louvre Linear Actuator
Cranked Operable Louvre Bracket
Typical Operable Louvre Bracket
Fixed Louvre Bracket
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A proudly Australian owned and operated company, Architectural Glass Projects is the quality leader in the field of specialised architectural glazing and louvre systems. AGP has been responsible for some of Australia’s most innovative and striking glass construction projects during the last 20 years. The company has the resources that are expected of a market leader in important sectors of industry with a highly skilled installation and service workforce which is second to none.
ARCHITECTURAL GLASS PROJECTS PTY LIMITED