Curved Facades in Buildings

Since forever curved elements in buildings have been used to create superior aesthetics.

Curved elements bring with them an inherent strength and a pleasing to eye effect.

Curved balconies, curved top windows and doors, curved walls, domes, ellipses, spiral stairs etc are all elements used by architects to enhance the building they are designing.

It is interesting to note that in the modern age where budgets are seemingly more of an obstacle that these curved are often discarded or ruined by introduction of "facetted" curves rather than good old "round" curves.

With industrialization of the building industry many companies have become proficient in producing quantities of standard "flat" elements including glass. But when curved elements are introduced this creates a "hiccup" in the system as these cannot be industrially done.

It seems that in each area where curved elements are concerned there come to be specialists in this niche, companies that specialize in manufacture of specific bespoke or tailor made "curved" elements.

This is true of curved glass both in curved balconies and curved doors; this is true of curved metal work in elements such as spiral stairs, curved top windows and doors, curved sliding doors, curved handrails etc.

These companies usually develop specially machinery to overcome the problems related to curving elements.

Architects fight the battle against the client's budget when it comes to curved facades, and unfortunately usually the budget wins. But then again on occasion it is aesthetics that win and the end result is beautiful.

As machinery develops prices of curved elements come down and become more readily available for use.

With curved glass it must be very exactly matched to the curved doors otherwise the product will not work well. Balcony Systems has invested in tailor made and built machinery and accessories specially designed to suit curved profiles and curved glass elements. This has enabled the company to both become very professional in the field of curved sliding doors and curved glass balconies and to do this with relative ease and so not need to charge extortionate amounts for these products.