Architectural glazing does more than serve as a decorative backdrop in contract interiors. It’s also used to divide spaces while delivering daylight to a building’s core and can even muffle sound—a plus in the brave new world of open workspaces. We scoured our files—err., inboxes—to find the latest products bringing natural wood grains, tangible texture, and geometric patterns into the light.
Make, Skyline Design
These custom-designed, etched glass panels from the Chicago-based glass maker are printed with custom variations on a set of patterns. Make‘s triangles, hexagons, typography, and thin vertical linework can be modified by pattern density, distortion, stroke weight, fill, and scale for a custom look. Offered with clear or low-iron tempered safety glass in dimensions of up to 72″ by 144″, and in thicknesses of 1/4″, 3/8″, 1/2″, and 3/4″.
3form
Woods, 3form Bendheim Office Ultra-White Laminated Fade, Bendheim Carvart C1 Collection, Carvart Nathan Allan Glass Studios
Mesh, Nathan Allan
Glass Studios Paul Timpa Photography
Alight, Pulp Studio
High-resolution wood-grain patterns printed atop the company’s acrylic Varia EcoResin panels are the latest addition to 3form’s
A clear to white gradient lets Bendheim’s Ultra-White Laminated Fade glass add an element of privacy while still allowing daylight to permeate an interior space. Available annealed or tempered, it comes in sizes up to 60″ wide by 120″ tall and in 1/4″ and 1/2″ thicknesses.
The 12 patterns that make up Carvart’s C1 Collection are named for neighborhoods in Brooklyn, the New York borough in which the company got its start in 1996. Designed in collaboration with Ferreira Design Company, in Johns Creek, Ga., the etched patterns in the glass include triangle and square geometries as well as linework in large and small sizes. Offered in thicknesses of up to 1″.
A
pocked surface offers a twist on the metal mesh aesthetic in this
architectural glass designed for use as wall partitions as well as flooring,
counters, and stair treads. Mesh comes annealed or tempered in sizes of up
to 6’ by 10’ and thicknesses from 6mm to 19mm.
Brooklyn-based
designers Chris Cosma and Denise Amses collaborated with Pulp Studio in Los
Angeles to turn textured glass into an engineered wall system that can be used
in interior partitions and exterior façades. Custom designed
to fit each project, Alight is specified with glass paneling and a steel
support structure.