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Applications of glass

Taking glass to new heights

Choosing the right glass for a building can improve its appearance and performance while helping to reduce energy costs for years to come. Whether you need glass for façades, balustrades, doors, windows, partitions, mirrors or any other building application, Guardian Glass can help you find the right glass for anything you can imagine.

  • Curtain walls

    A curtain wall is a non-structural outer covering of a building. Since it is non-structural, it can be made of lightweight materials, helping thereby to reduce construction costs.

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  • Curved glazing

    Curved glass, also referred to as bent glass, is glass that has been heated past its softening point and formed into a curved shape, either by annealed gravity bending, or by heat-treated (tempered or heat-strengthened) bending.

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  • Spandrels

    Spandrel glass is the opaque glass that conceals structural building components such as columns, floors, HVAC systems, vents, electrical wiring and plumbing, preventing these from being visible from the exterior of the building.

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  • Roofs and skylights

    Roof glazing can safely be used throughout a building roof, reducing the need for artificial lighting, providing a natural source of daylight while still addressing solar and thermal insulation needs.

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  • Balustrades

    Glass can be safely used for balustrades, railings and barriers in a building, bringing natural light into open spaces.

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  • Bird friendly glazing

    Each year, millions of birds accidentally fly into glass windows, doors and facades, with many of these collisions being fatal.

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  • Oversized glazing

    Guardian Glass has a long history of manufacturing jumbo coated glass around the world. Our jumbo coaters help glass accomplish everything standard glass does best—on a larger scale.

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  • Picture frames

    When it comes to displaying photographs of your loved ones, or works of art in an exhibition, the glass plays as an important role as the frame.

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  • Partitions

    Glass can be used for interior applications as partitions or divides throughout a building, bringing natural light into open spaces.

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  • Showers

    Selecting the right glass for a shower enclosure in your home is critical. While the visual appeal of the shower glass is important, keeping the glass enclosure safe and clean is also key.

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  • Flooring

    Glass can safely be used as flooring throughout your home, reducing the need for artificial lighting and providing a natural source of daylight.

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  • Windows

    Selecting the right glass for windows in your home is important. It’s not just about how your windows look – it’s also about how they perform in terms of solar control, security, sound reduction, thermal insulation and privacy.

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  • Doors

    External doors are one of home’s fundamental requirements, they are the first impression of home, and for an inviting experience, many homeowners choose glass.

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  • Sun rooms

    A sunroom should be a place to enjoy throughout the year, not just during the warmer months.

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  • Commercial refrigeration

    Would you ever offer your customers anything but first-rate quality products? At Guardian Glass, we certainly wouldn’t.

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  • Digital signage

    Spectacular digital signage installations in public environment get the right attention – but only if their visibility is not disturbed by unwanted glare.

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  • Museum showcases and displays

    In museums, glass displays are used to protect precious artefacts from damage or distress, while presenting them in the best possible light. But sometimes the glass itself can act as an obstruction to the view.

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  • Smart mirrors

    For the home or for commercial applications, smart mirror technology enables any mirror to become so much more. At home, it can be featured in any room: a mirror turning into a TV, displaying your apps, or even hiding a projection screen.

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  • Storefronts

    In the daylight storefront glass can turn into a mirror; customers can struggle to see the product within storefront displays and visibility deeper inside the store is often impaired.

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  • Transportation

    Let Guardian Glass serve you with unparalleled technological know-how and experience in transportation glass applications. Guardian Glass can help you find the right glass to suit your need.

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  • Appliances

    Hot appliances have a double need for thermal insulation: to keep what’s inside warm without any heat loss, using less energy to achieve required inside temperatures, and to protect the user from any burns from outside.

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