Refurbishment and Restore Issue 12 2018 | Page 16

A London terrace transformed with a modern balcony style extension IQ Glass UK The times when adding a conservatory to the back of properties has gradually developed with home owners discovering how an architect can take the traditional conservatory concept and transform this idea with the use of structural glass and modern glazing systems.  When we think about a conservatory we often remember how hot they can become during Summer, however new advances in 16 - www.refurbandrestore.co.uk technical glazing has seen the introduction of ‘solar control glass’. Solar control glass has a solar control coating applied to the internal face of the external glass panel of an insulated glass unit. This coating reduces the amount of short wave radiation that travels through the glass unit and therefore reduces the amount of heat inside. With this is mind, architects, Kaap Studio Architects for instance, are now using large elevations of glass for their projects to create a contemporary design aesthetic. Sliding doors are an excellent way of restyling the traditional conservatory, they have the ability to completely open the walls of the ‘glass box’ to give the owners a modern indoor-outdoor living space. Keller minimal windows sliding doors were used on this project because they have an incredibly thin vertical sight-line of only