Set in the countryside of Devon, Toll Bar House has been creating using large sliding glass walls to maximise views and create a modern architectural design.
The glass walled house in Devon overlooks the rural landscape of North Devon. Sitting low in the landscape, modern build has minimal impact on the surrounding farmland and buildings orientating its sliding glass walls to maximise the views whilst maintaining privacy.
Products Used
Location
Structured around a central courtyard, the bespoke house features slim sliding glass doors from IQ Glass along all exterior courtyard and north facing elevations. The slim aluminium profiles of the sliding doors create almost frameless glass walls to the Devon home, with the interlocks lining up perfectly with the exterior roof supporting posts using global alignment.
With the glass walls of the Devon house facing north, light and views are captured without excessive solar energy. The overhang from the house roof provides additional solar shading to the glass walled house without obscuring the apertures. A target G Value of 0.55 was used throughout all exterior glazing.
Although the glass walled house in Devon was not directly coastal facing, the elevated hillside location meant a higher than average wind load of 0.85 kN/m2. This was designed into the minimal glass façade with no additional framing, posts or mullions required. The floor to ceiling nature of the sliding glass wall was maintained with the slim profiles.
On other elevations, strategically located aluminium windows were used to compliment the glazing design, offering light and ventilation throughout the build. The configurations and designs of these additional windows varied through the property. From wide, letter box style top hung windows in the bathrooms to floor to ceiling tilt and turn windows in the bedrooms.
Within the roof, two frameless structural glass rooflights sit above the hallway and workshop within the garden to provide light to these interior spaces.
Overall, the house in Devon is finished in a contemporary style, using the large glass walls to use the exterior visage as part of the interior design
Slim framing profiles, floor to ceiling glass and expert building interfaces were a key part of ensuring the sliding glass walls contributed towards the architectural design of the building.
If you are looking to undertake your own Devon build, just contact the team at IQ Glass and our dedicated Devon team will be happy to help.
