Frameless Box Windows

Windows boxes have long been used in residential architecture to provide bright, light filled places for occupants to sit and relax.

IQ Glass are experts in creating these modern structural glass windows, known as Oriel Windows, creating a frameless pop out glass box. These protruding windows can be used as either a large and multi-dimensional surface for light ingress or as a bright and comfortable place to sit.

By using our expertise in frameless structural glazing and our knowledge of high specification structural glass design, IQ can design these glass window seats to be frameless at large sizes. Where the panels of glass meet on a corner no framings are needed, instead the structural glass units can be connected together using structural silicone creating a slim weather proof seal with a neat internal and external appearance.

Using our thermally broken structural glazing system - Invisio - you can be sure of high levels of insulation.

Solid structural elements, such as a solid base or side, can be introduced into the window box design to suit each individual installation and use. Opening elements can be integrated into the structural glass box for ventilation purposes but this will require additional framing and perhaps steel supports.

Using black painted glass spandrel panels IQ Glass can also design the glass to step over any external solid structure for a sleek, fully glazed external design to the Oriel Windows.