Estate Living Magazine Issue 30 Smart Environments June 2018 | Page 30

OPEN
UP
YOUR
VIEWS
Let the outside in and the inside
out, through invisible doors
If there’s one strong design feature that defines homes in
a modern estate, it has to be expansive, frameless glass
doors, enabling a seamless transition from inside to outside,
and letting in tons of natural light.
Sliding doors once performed this function, but today the
trend is frameless, transparent doors that open up a space
entirely, whether they’re open or closed. A concertina design
allows these doors to transform easily from a wall of glazing
to a wall of, well, nothing. And the cleaner and wider the
view to the outdoors, the bigger the indoor space will appear.
‘Frameless door and window systems provide a simple,
sleek Germanic look that harmonises with most
architectural styles and designs,’ says Werner de Beer,
director at Inso Architectural Solutions, which has homes in
Waterfall Country Estate and Saddlebrook Estate in Gauteng
among its galleried clients.
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