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Sanctuary House
IQ Glass worked closely with
Barc Architects to help create a
contemporary new build home in Devon
which made the most of the expansive
views it had to offer.
Large elevations of structural and
minimally framed glazing were
specified by the architects in order
to offer an unimpeded view of the
Devonshire countryside from the upper
floors. The lower floors of the building
benefited from carefully chosen and
highly detailed architectural glazing
installations to provide light but also
offer privacy to the living areas when
required.
The architects combined our large
and almost frameless elements of
architectural glazing on this new
build house with a natural palette of
materials, including stone cladding,
larch, zinc, porcelain tiles and lime
render.
Our frameless glazing installations were
well paired with the architect’s design
of large overhanding eves which block
the high summer sun, whilst allowing
the winter sun to penetrate through
the large elevations of frameless
architectural glazing.
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The architects chose their architectural
glazing specification carefully. They
designed the house to surpass the
performance requirements of building
regulations in terms of insulation and
energy efficiency.
Our minimal windows sliding door
system was used in conjunction with
the large elevations of frameless
structural glazing on the first floor. The
system is fully thermally broken with
high thermal insulation properties.
The large elevations of structural and
minimally framed glass offer high
levels of thermal performance thanks to
enhanced glazing fixing details and the
inclusion of specialist coatings.