As an experienced architectural glazier IQ Glass has developed a large range of architectural glazing systems, including exclusive solutions such as the Invisio™ Structural Glazing System and the minimal windows® sliding door. These different systems are often specified together to create larger glass installations. When you see the photos of these completed architectural projects, they […]
Slim framed sliding glass doors
7 Best Design Options For Slim Framed Doors
Architects and specifiers are always looking for new and interesting ways to create a slim and minimal design to their glazing. But when you are looking at specifying a slim door system there are many other elements to consider such as performance, design and opening types. Not all slim framed door systems are created equal […]
IQ Shortlisted for Don’t Move Improve Awards 2018
One of our projects – Keeling House – has been shortlisted for this years Don’t Move, Improve! awards. The renovation project took an old water tank at the top of a Grade II listed building and converted it into a two floor apartment. Our minimal windows sliding doors as well as bespoke structural glazing helped […]
IQ Glass Projects featured in AJ Architecture Awards
The first five shortlists of the first AJ Architecture Awards were released this week with two projects from IQ Glass being featured. In the House of the Year category the Hidden House project by Coffey Architects has been shortlisted. The compact residential design was built on the site of the former prison vaults in the […]
4 Ways to Create a Disappearing Wall of Glass
Modern architecture is gripped with the notion of connecting the inside and the outside, internal-external living spaces, merging the inside and out. The various ways this design technique is described are almost endless. Glass is one of the most popular ways in which architects and designers try to connect these spaces. Its see-through nature allows […]
Picking the Right Patio Door for Your Project
The old-fashioned phrase ‘Patio Door’ conjures an image of a chunky uPVC door set and having to step up and over a base frame onto your external patio. This reality has long since passed with the advent of flush floor details, step-free access, modern framing design and the progression of slim framed door systems. Bifold […]
Garden Room House BBC 2 Feature
IQ’s Garden Room House Project Feature on BBC2 The Garden Room House has recently featured in an episode of ‘The £100k house: Tricks of the Trade’ on BBC Two. This episode focused on a couple who were wanting to create more space within their home but were given the advice to remodel their ground floor […]
IQ Glass are RIBA Regional Winners across the UK
As the UK’s leading architectural glazing company we have the pleasure of working with some of the UK’s finest and most innovative architects. Projects featuring our glazing have won countless awards throughout the years and this year is no exception. The RIBA (The Royal Institute of British Architects) recently published the final winners of their […]
Get the Look: Moonstone
IQ Glass installed slim framed minimal windows sliding glass doors, a minimal windows pivot door and fixed structural glazing throughout this holiday home to provide stunning coastal views and to maximise natural light intake. Four sets of sliding glass doors were integrated onto the Cornwall property with different configurations including a bi-parting configuration, providing a […]
Get the Look: High Acres Barnet
Double Height Glass Elevation to Modern Villa IQ Glass were appointed to design and install all glazing to this contemporary villa. The architectural glazing included a double height glass elevation, structural glass and slim framed sliding glass doors. The structural glazing used in the double height glass elevation has been stepped to create a completely […]
