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ARCHITECTURE THE REAL BEAUTY ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS

As glass provides so much natural light, it seems logical that architects looking to create impressive building designs that reflect their concepts. Keeping a building’s occupants happy through improved living is now a very important aspect for homeowners looking to incorporate aesthetic benefits from glass.

Given the technical advances made and the benefits it offers in relation to its production, glass continues to be a distinctive and dominating building material in modern architecture. Architects are using glass facades on houses as well as commercial buildings to give occupants the benefits from added light and stunning views.

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Aesthetics in glass design have seen some spectacular architectural creations created over recent years, a large number of glass buildings demonstrate outstanding architectural concepts. London’s ever-changing skyline positively glimmers with glazed superstructures such as The Shard, The Gherkin and County Hall.

The architect leaves a lasting impact in aesthetic choices made when using glass walling, while the energy performance of the glass has become hugely important giving construction companies and builders the scope to offer more glass products for any specific project and its regional climate.

In commercial glazing, where flat glass and coated glass technology is used across building applications such as curtain walling, storefronts, glazed canopies or even simple skylights, the glass will help to demonstrate stylish looks and high performance benefits.

Today, it is impossible to ignore architecture with glass design becoming more important to the end user. Green design is now more important to the conversation when it comes to specifying products for large and small installations. House design has potentially become more important to many who are now working from home and having to live in the place they now work, as the pandemic shaped working lives for many.

Architecturally, glass is becoming increasingly important in terms of overall house design, as people look to improve or renovate by adding larger glass walls both internally and externally to their homes.

Increasingly, people now judge a building or property by its exterior and the impression it leaves. The design of the modern glass facade is now a much more important aspect in the impression it leaves in the eye of the visitor or passer-by. It influences choices made on a global level.

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