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Mind the Gap The latest operable walls and hardware for indoors and outdoors offer solutions across typologies and aesthetics, allowing for more flexibility—public and private alike. From an architect's private residence to glass doors at Glassdoor's headquarters, see how openings maximize square footage and create pleasantly unexpected metamorphic spaces. Also, get to know the newest product releases you can use in the next project you're specifying. BY GABRIELLE GOLENDA
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A Los Feliz Bungalow LOCATION
Los Angeles
ARCHITECT
Carlos Madrid III
Carlos Madrid III, a senior designer at the Los Angeles branch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), has been lovingly renovating his white plaster bungalow-style home for the past two years. Originally built in 1912, the residence was the living quarters for migrant farm workers. With just 800 square feet, Madrid’s main objective was to make the home more usable and comfortable. “I wanted to capitalize on the Southern California lifestyle,” he said. To accomplish this, Madrid installed La Cantina’s aluminum 3-panel bi-fold doors. The doors flexibly swing inside and outside in multiple open and closed positions—anywhere
CONTRACTOR
Steven Fiske
WALL SYSTEM
Aluminum Bi-fold System by LaCantina
along the spectrum from wide open to completely closed. The system is equipped with a concealed multi-sealed lock, giving the architect freedom to fully open his home and the security to thoroughly close it. In effect, Madrid made the space more usable by opening it up the living areas to create the illusion of increased square footage. “This window system blurs the lines between the inside and out, while increasing the perceived size of the living and dining areas,” said Madrid.
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Interior Solutions
These indoor applications allow for flexibility, creating hybrid public and private spaces for a party of one—or just a party.
↓ PlybooDoor Krownlab
↓ Pivoting Shoin Lualdi Fashioned from a glass-and-aluminum profile, this pivoting partition system creates pleasing indoor environments to pass through and view from afar. It can be integrated with openable and fixed panels alike and is available in a palette of woods, metals, and glossy and opaque lacquered colors. lualdiporte.com
This barn door–style system opens on a rolling track mounted on a trolley bracket. Each panel features small slats that help to absorb sound while adding a decorative architectural element. It is offered in six natural wooden finishes and available in custom sizes down to the fraction of an inch. krownlab.com
↓ glassBOX–F Carvart This glass cubicle system incorporates multiple glass panels that slide to-and-fro. It incorporates a front panel on a plane that is steadily secured by an overhead bar. Views from the other side are obstructed by a privacy trim that lines each door and divider. carvart.com
↓ Acousti-Seal Continuously Hinged Automated Wall System Modernfold This hinged partition is connected as one complete system: a continuous interlocking panel. The setup time is speedy with the help of an electric motor that triggers opening and closing with a simple push of the touchpad. modernfold.com
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↓ Fireframes with Pilkington Pyrostop TGP
A clever set of multiple moveable flat panels lets the user choose what area of the wall to shut or open. Available in 3and 4-inch thicknesses, the welded steel frame makes the system great for very tall ceilings.
Narrow steel profiles support Pilkington Pyrostop fire-resistant glass, creating seamless modular glass systems for office and other commercial applications. The doors can be assembled as single or double leaves.
hufcor.com
fireglass.com
↓ LC Privacy Glass Innovative Glass
↓ Accordion Folding Wall PK-30 System
↓ SPW4S Raydoor
Creating on-demand privacy with the flip of a switch and a voice command, this glass comes equipped with digital technology that instantly changes the face of the glass panels from transparent to frost.
The panel suspension located in the middle of the partition allows the door to slide open and closed without a bottom guide channel track, which means the space will appear seamless when the door is open.
This Folding End opening system comprises opening panels that neatly stack to the side, allowing easy passage between the screen areas. It can be installed as a single or pair of doors and is offered in laminate and veneer finishes.
innovativeglasscorp.com
pk30system.com
raydoor.com
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Glassdoor Chicago Office LOCATION
MECHANICAL, ENGINEERING, PLUMBING
ARCHITECT
OPERABLE WALLS
Chicago
Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
WMA Consulting Engineers
Euro-Wall E3 Folding Door System
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Skender Construction
For its Chicago headquarters, job and recruiting site Glassdoor worked with Valerio Dewalt Train Associates to create an office that would reflect the identities of both the company and its neighborhood. Glassdoor chose a single-floor, 51,500-square-foot space in the Fulton Market District, and the architects worked to carve the space into inward- and outward-facing zones. Naturally (and with no pun intended), this included glass doors and walls that help to provide a welcoming atmosphere with multifunctional purpose. The reception area features three different entries into the office, delineated by curved glass Euro-Wall panels. “The lobby is designed as the 'outward voice' to the public and offers glimpses of the brand’s colors composed within the architecture to create a first impression of the Glassdoor identity,” explained project architect James Wild.
In the internal side of the office, multipurpose nodes are transformed with curved operable walls that slide aside so that the training room can convert into an all hands intra-office meeting area. Large glass panels by Glass Solutions offer sweeping views of the Loop and the city. Interior rooms feature picture windows with colorful Chicago-themed graphics that also contribute to wayfinding around the space. "The Glassdoor office is Chicago," principal Joseph Valerio, the lead architect for the Glassdoor space, said in a statement. "We integrated activity nodes that shape and curve space in a way that reflects both new initiatives and a continued commitment to employee empowerment."
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FRANCISCO LOPEZ DE ARENOSA
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Outdoor Solutions
Blending the outside with the inside, these openings maximize access and magnify views. ↓ AA 250/425 Thermal Entrances Kawneer
↘ AWS Terrace Door with ADA Threshold Schüco
With a weather seal technology, this entrance system is equipped with a thermal technology break—the corner mechanical fastening and fillet welds minimize airflow.
This outward-opening terrace door opens with a new increased profile. When closed, the thermal break seamlessly insulates the interior by way of a triple layer threshold barrier.
kawneer.com
schueco.com
↓ 8100 series Windoor
↓ Bifold Patio Doors Pella
Smoother operator! Sliding on one or more tracks, these ceiling-to-floor glass doors can be installed in corners and custom configurations.
These bilateral doors open outward so those indoors can enjoy wide-open spaces. The panels fold neatly to adjust to any customized opening.
windoorinc.com
pella.com
OPERABLE WALLS: PRODUCTS 37 ↓ Kitchen Transition Nanawall
↓ Reveal Windows and Doors Pivot Door
A residential application that creates fluidity between indoors and out in the kitchen. With a combination of a countertop window and floor-to-ceiling walls, the system allows for seamless integration of myriad uses and comfortable entertaining.
A new take on a hinged door, this pivot opening swings from heavy-duty pivot hinges that are mounted on the edge of the panel. revealwd.com
nanawall.com
↓ Clad-Wood Folding Patio Doors JELD-WYN
↓ Pivot Entrance Silvelox
This wooden framed solution can be installed to slide, swing, or fold out. It is available as an interconnected three-panel system, as well as a one-panel configuration.
Massive dimensions are pivoted on a system that rotates on a vertical axis. The hinges don’t require welding and open outward from a panel attached to the facade.
jeldwyn.com
silvelox.it
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Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art
NIC LEHOUX
LOCATION
Davis, California ARCHITECT
SO-IL
ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT
ARCHITECT CONTRACTOR
Whiting-Turner STRUCTURAL
Rutherford + Chekene ENGINEER WALL SYSTEM
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Aluminum Full View High Lift Door by C.H.I. Overhead Doors
Nestled on the rolling hills of the campus at University of California, Davis, the Museum of Art is both a contemporary art museum and a unique classroom/exhibition space designed by SO-IL and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. By way of the layout and the formal design elements, the institution establishes itself as a conduit for education via two overhead operable garage doors. The openings create two flexible spaces: one to host lectures, events, or exhibitions and another to offer visitors open views into the museum’s loading areas and galleries. The museum wanted to have a partition or the ability to section off that part of the building, while also giving notable presence of the room. In turn, two anodized aluminum garage doors maufactured by C.H.I. Overhead Doors allow for the community education room to be used in varied contexts and formats. For instance, it can serve the university as a lecture room for events, or as a biology class, or even an exhibition space. The operable walls are a unique feature because they are directly connected to the lobby, and therefore, make that space a direct extension of it.
Nearby, between galleries and art loading dock, another transparent overhead wall sections off the areas for art handling and display. There, you can lift the door and move right into the galleries or back into the museum back of house. In effect, this creates transparency by providing views into curatorial and art handling processes. The glazed glass allows visitors to see the art and the operations behind the museum. At the front and the back of the museum, the aluminum-framed glass operable wall systems are non-custom overhead sectional doors—essentially, garage doors outfitted with glazed panels. Via an electronically operated mechanical system, the doors are adjusted open, ajar in varying heights, and closed. With security and visability in mind, the digital system enables only those with the code to open the door while still prioviding open views inside and out. In operation, the museum’s day-to-day activities and inner workings are in plain sight allowing students and staff alike to see and become a part the entire operation.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM?
IT’S HUGE.
Our thin, high-strength glass gives you options you didn’t have before. Imagine what you could do with larger sheets of the same ultra-thin, highly durable glass used in electronic devices. DermaGlass is a 1.3mm, low-iron glass that comes in sizes up to 58" × 118". It is exceptionally strong, flexible, lightweight, durable, and scratchresistant. And it can be used with our Pintura backpainted coating or laminated with graphic interlayers. Making it not only highly resilient, but also extremely versatile in both architectural and elevator cab installations. It can also be laminated to itself or to honeycomb core for safety. Now that it’s been brought to your attention, we’ll let you envision all the possibilities. To learn more, contact our sales representatives.
www.pulpstudio.com
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Opening Solutions
Functional hardware helps to create innovative operable walls for both indoor and outdoor use. As an aesthetic bonus, they add a little panache to any opening typology. ↓ LIN-X1000 Sugatsune
↓ Lock Status Sensor Marvin
↓ System M FritsJurgens
This solution allows large-scale doors to swing smoothly on a lateral hardware mechanism. The small radius is perfect for tight spaces, in both cabinet and passage door applications.
Have you ever left home and forgot if you locked the door? This completely automated sensor indicates if a door or window is closed and locked or unlocked. Completely concealed, the Lock Status Sensor is a wireless or wired connection that works with a variety of security systems.
This system creates a pivoting function for a versatile indoor or outdoor opening without any structural elements in the floor or ceiling. It can be used with timber, steel, framed glass, and massive cladded single- and double-acting doors.
marvin.com
fritsjurgens.com
↓ Junior HAWA
↓ 8800 Series Mortise Locks Yale
↓ Tubular Lock Roses SARGENT
Junior is a sturdy sliding hardware system on running tracks that operates as a pocket door. It is outfitted with a soft-closing mechanism that allows it to open and close quietly.
Made in heavy-built stainless steel, this burly lock was designed for commercial applications that require strength and durability. It is available in 17 finishes.
These locks come in five variations of a circular, square, or oval silhouette, as well as 14 different finishes in gradients of chrome, gold, and bronze.
hawa.com
yalecommercial.com
sargentlock.com
sugatsune.com
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Manufacturing Quality Fenestration and Architectural Metals for Over 30 Years
Intricate curtain wall - multiple panel types, sizes and tints
Storefront
Covers and Claddings
Railings
Shower Enclosures
Skylights
131-10 Maple Avenue Flushing, NY 11355
Architectural Sunshades Folding Door/Wall Systems
Entranceways Curtain Wall Canopies
718-359-8833 www.gamcocorp.com
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Other Openings Blackstone Headquarters LOCATION
WALL SYSTEM
ARCHITECT
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
New York
M Moser Associates
Renlita S-1000 by Modernfold Styles JRM Construction Management
Here, you'll find additional projects that feature noteworthy openings that range from flexible meeting spaces to creative classrooms to clever offices.
DuPage Airport's Transient Aircraft Hangar LOCATION
Chicago
ARCHITECT
WALL SYSTEM
ENGINEERING
WINDOW SYSTEM
EXTECH LIGHTWALL 3440 and SKYGARD 3300
Door Engineering and Manufacturing, LLC
Burns McDonnell
ERIC LAIGNEL
EXTECH
Dartmouth Middle School
House of Fir
LOCATION
LOCATION
BUILDER
ARCHITECT
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
San Jose, California ARCHITECT
BCA Architects & Engineers
NANAWALL
WALL SYSTEM
Aluminum Folding Glass Walls by NanaWall MODULAR STRUCTURE
Gen7
Jacksonville, Wyoming kt814
DAVID AGNELLO
Alex Everett Agrostis
Thermo Clad Pine tripleglazed windows by Zola Windows
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Resources 3FORM 3-form.com
HUFCOR
SCHÜCO
ACCURATE LOCK AND HARDWARE
INNOVATIVE GLASS
SCHWEISS
JELD-WYN
SILVELOX
KROWNLAB
SOLARLUX
KAWNEER
STANDARD BENT GLASS
LACANTINA
SUGATSUNE
Loft Wall loftwall.com
Sun Valley Bronze sunvalleybronze.com
LUALDI
SUPERIOR WINDOWS & DOORS
accuratelockandhardware .com ASSA ABLOY
assaabloy.com ANYWAY DOORS
anywaydoors.be BALDWIN HARDWARE
baldwinhardware.com Bronze Craft bronzecraft.com CARVART
carvart.com C.H.I. OVERHEAD DOORS
chiohd.com
CORNELL COOKSEN
cornellcookson.com C.R. LAURENCE
crlaurence.com CROWN INCORPORATED
crowndoors.com CRYSTAL
crystalwindows.com DIRTT
dirtt.net DORMA
dorma.com FRITSJURGENS
hufcor.com innovativeglasscorp.com jeldwen.com krownlab.com kawneer.com lacantinadoors.com
lualdiporte.com MARVIN
marvin.com MODERNFOLD
modernfold.com MWE
mwe.com NANAWALL
nanawall.com OMNIA
omniaindustries.com PANORAMAH
panoramah.com PELLA
pella.com
fritsjurgens.com
PK-30
ES Windows eswindows.com
PULP STUDIO
EURO-WALL
euro-wall.com EXTECH
extechinc.com GAMCO
gamcocorp.com GGI
generalglass.com GUARDIAN GLASS
guardianglass.com
pk30system.com pulpstudio.com RAYDOOR
raydoor.com Reflection Window + Wall reflectionwindow.com RENSON
renson-outdoor.com REVEAL WINDOWS & DOORS
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HARDWARE
hafele.com HALLIDAY BALLIE
SAPA
HAWA
SARGENT
hallidaybaillie.com hawa.ch
bifold.com silvelox.it solarlux.com standardbent.com sugatsune.com
swdimports.com TPG
fireglass.com TUBELITE
tubeliteinc.com Vitro vitro.com VICTROSCA
vitrocsausa.com Viracon viracon.com Walker Glass walkerglass.com
Nothing in the Ceiling
WAUSAU
Nothing in the Floor
wausauwindow.com WEATHER SHIELD
weathershield.com WINDOOR
windoorinc.com
Specification-grade Pivot Hinge Systems Mortised in the Door
YALE
yalecommercial.com YKK ykkap.com ZOLA WINDOWS
zolawindows.com
revealwd.com
rockymountainhardware .com
HÄFELE
schueco.com
hidden perfection
sapabuildingsystem.com sargentlock.com
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