Rethinking Blackout: How Electrostatic Microshading Is Changing Integrated Glass
Electrostatic microshading uses controlled electrical forces to provide fast, motorless blackout, privacy and solar control within insulating glass.
A Better Way to Explore Privacy Glass Solutions
The redesigned Privacy Glass Solutions website makes it easier to explore privacy glass technologies, compare solutions, access technical resources and find support for upcoming projects.
Beyond Transparency: The Expanding Role of Architectural Glass
Advances in architectural glass are expanding its role beyond daylight and transparency to support privacy, light control, adaptability, performance and visual expression.
Switchable Privacy Glass vs. Film
Switchable privacy glass and applied film can create a similar visual effect, but they are fundamentally different architectural solutions. Construction, protection, maintenance and long-term integration all matter when comparing the two.
When Decorative Glass Becomes Spatial Strategy
Decorative glass can do more than add visual interest. Patterns, gradients, color and imagery can help shape privacy, wayfinding, identity, daylight and the overall experience of a space.
The Behavioral Health Design Mistake Hiding in Plain Sight
Behavioral health glazing specifications often prioritize safety and privacy while overlooking how visibility must function across patient rooms, observation areas, corridors, and staff spaces. Coordinated visibility planning can better support observation, privacy, safety, and dignity.
Nobody Puts Privacy in the Corner… Unless Our Corner Units Are Involved
Corners Are Tricky. We Make Them Work. In healthcare design, corners often create more questions than answers. Spaces like nurse alcoves, hallway turns, and observation
Supporting Men’s Mental Health in Our Industry
In the glass and glazing industry—and construction overall—long hours, physical strain, and high-pressure deadlines take a serious toll on you mentally. As June marks Men’s
Child Safe Blinds : A Safer Choice for Schools and Hospitals
June 3rd through 8th marks Child Safety Week—a time to reflect on how we can design safer spaces for children in schools, healthcare settings, and
Mental Health in the Glass & Glazing Industry
May is Mental Health Awareness Month—a time to reflect on the well-being of those who build, install, and maintain the environments we live and work
