Unique Windows & Applications

One of those popular contemporary modern expressions of 1960s architecture. This one in the northwest hills near Skyline.

What would you call this? A front door sidelight flourish? It is certainly more than an accent. Perhaps more of a statement regarding the use and value of light, views and image.

We promise to resist any further impulses to wax philosophical. Please note the liberal use of floor to ceiling glass on the view side of this home.

From one side to the other.

And on the lower floor as well.

And on one side of the house as well.
The project at hand here involved upgrading all this original single-pane direct-glazed glass to insulated double-pane. We decided to put this in the Unique Windows and Applications because having a house full of nothing more than floor to ceiling direct-glazed windows is somewhat unique.

Behold, the 27 new insulated glass units for this project is delivered to our warehouse in Tigard.
Our client wanted to retain the architectural detail shown there in the above 3rd and 4th photos, which was some sort of horizontal strip of zinc-caming running across the openings.

We had thought it was probably more functional than architectural, allowing the use of two pieces of glass to fill-in the almost 11 foot high openings on the main floor, but perhaps not. Between our client, who was some sort of engineer and Cedric @ Schmeer Sheet Metal, this aluminum double-channel piece shown here was designed and used to replace original zinc-camed horizontal mull-piece.

If you click on the above image and enlarge the photo, you may be able to better make out the hard black rubber setting-blocks laying in the top of the two channels and used to keep the metal channel pieces separated from the edges of the tempered glass. These are of course used on the top of the lower glass units for the same purpose.

Steve and Bruce setting the upper insulated glass unit into the top of the double-channel piece.
If you are interested in viewing more photos of this project, please go back and find the second installment of photo documentation for this project titled Project 24842 Phase Two.