5 interior design trends using glass
The use of glass in interior design continues to evolve in both residential and commercial properties. Interior design trends using glass satisfy both practical need and aesthetic appeal.
Glass allows the infiltration of natural light which is proven to be associated with numerous health benefits. Structural glass can fill any bespoke shape or be used to create walls of frameless glass for a minimalist design. Internal glazing can enhance many different interior design schemes.
Let’s consider some of the current interior design trends using glass.
Glass balconies
It seems that top-end luxury properties are not complete without a glass balcony in 2021. A glass balcony is also increasingly preferred over traditional wood or concrete balconies in apartments. A glass balcony system is used to hold the balcony in place. Whether it’s a frameless glass balustrade, spigot or a post system with its clamps holding glass panes in place, a glass balcony system facilitates a high-end, contemporary design trend that creates an illusion of open space, allowing natural light to flood through.
Frameless glass balustrades are becoming increasingly popular in commercial properties such as hotels, restaurants, bars and office buildings in both exterior and interior spaces. Both functional and stylish, they can be used as staircase railings, wind breakers and contemporary, minimalist partitions.
Frameless shower screens with glass shower fittings
Showers, both residential and commercial, have come a long way from tiled enclosures and polyester curtains. Glass shower fittings allow for the contemporary, minimalist look of frameless glass screens that open up the shower room and make cleaning much easier. By using frameless shower fittings, you have the freedom to be truly creative with your design, the glass fitting options available today mean you are no longer limited to size or shape, your shower can be a totally bespoke design!
Glass shower fittings such as fixed panel floor to ceiling posts are used to create frameless, standalone shower screens and enclosures that are so prevalent in bathroom trends for 2021. For commercial properties such as gyms, swimming pools and some workplaces, glass shower cubicle systems use a range of glass shower fittings to create cubicles that are practical, easier to clean and durable.
Glass doors and glass canopies
Glass has become the material of choice for doors in statement interior design. Whether it’s for glass patio doors – sliding or bifold, partitions, internal glass doors, glass provides a contemporary, functional solution. Glass canopies are increasingly seen outside interior and exterior doorways to provide a more stylish and welcoming look.
Glass door systems are used across a variety of applications, for example in pivot glass doors for tight spaces, swing glass doors, space-saving sliding glass door systems and ever-popular bi-fold sliding door systems used for dividing rooms or offices.
Biophilic design and patio doors
The Coronavirus outbreak has made biophilic design even more popular than before. This trend for blending the outside with interior design was already hugely popular and continuing to gather momentum, then during months of lockdown homeowners rediscovered their gardens! More and more people were keen to bring the outside in, through sliding glass doors.
Frameless glass bi-folding sliding door systems facilitate a wider opening onto a garden to make it feel like you are outside when you are sitting in the room. This maximises the biophilic design.
Architectural glass
In commercial spaces, architectural glass design is used to create stunning internal and external structures, as well as made-to-measure glass walls and doors. From the unveiling of Crystal Palace in Hyde Park in the mid-19th century to present-day structures such as the Convention Centre in Dublin, architectural glass has been used to make design statements and revolutionise commercial spaces.
For interior design, inconspicuous architectural glass fittings such as partition brackets and point fixings are used to impact as little as possible on the aesthetics of glass façades, walls, doors and floor to ceiling glass partitions.
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