Bringing Buildings Back to Life—Page 2

Bringing Buildings Back to LifeQuality solution to improve quality of life It is possible to be creative, yet practical, when you choose to use enclosed balconies to upgrade the front of a building. The enhancement to the architecture can be striking, whilst at the same time breathing fresh air into every apartment. By providing a whole new living environment for residents to enjoy day by day, not only improves quality of life, but increases pride in their environment and wider surroundings. Whether considering all new balconies, or glazing existing balconies, the benefits are immense. Slender and elegant lines create a coherent entirety A well-designed balcony will be in harmony with the architectural style of a building both aesthetically and functionally. Designed by Danish Architect Erik Bystryp, Windoor’s balcony design was developed to focus on functionality, whilst utilizing simple and elegant lineage. With slender sight lines, the balcony is based on a flexible modular system. The Windoor balcony system therefore offers total flexibility for customized solutions, based on slender profiles made of powder-coated aluminum – a light and elegant material that provides the best possible view and influx of light. A wide range of colours and styles are available, together with a whole range of accessories including flowerboxes, movable rolling shutters, suspension fittings for Venetian blinds, interior window boards, railings, etc. Quality is in the finer detail Quality in design and function is assured by the thorough attention to detail when preparing the Windoor balcony system. Visually, the design includes hidden joints, continuous horizontal profiles, mountings with concealed fixings etc, maximizing the aesthetic appeal of the design. On a functional level, the features include an effective drainage system and sliding gear that ensures smooth movement of opening glass panes. To summarise, Windoor has a balcony solution that is designed specifically for this application with highest regard to aesthetics, functionality, detail and entirety – ingredients for a successful renovation project. The following pages contain recent projects where a simple and elegant solution has been created with Windoor balcony systems. “We have used the Windoor sunspace system on a number of housing projects and all have been very well received by the tenants. People like the fact that they can have an open balcony, or have an enclosed sunspace. We have looked at a number of different systems and found that the Windoor system is both well finished and well designed, yet within our tight budgets. We are now using the system in two new housing projects where we are able to integrate passive solar gain into the built fabric.” John Gilbert, John Gilbert Architects 2Page 1Page 3

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Windoor Balconies transform buildings and improve lifestyle. You can view some of our projects here along with views and comments from those involved with Windoor projects.