LC SmartGlass has been installed in London’s Paddington hospital. Various glazed partition screens between cinical treatment rooms and public areas have been fitted with LC Smart Glass offering privacy at the touch of a button. SmartGlass offers hygienic and easily cleaned surfaces and is ideal for use in hospital interiors.
Archive for July, 2010
SmartGlass at the Centre Georges Pompidou Paris
Monday, July 12th, 2010
LC SmartGlass has been installed to great effect in the new Beaubourg children’s workshop at the centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
When the SmartGlass is switched on children can be seen playing in an area behind it, when it is switched off a movie showing various activities is viewed on the Smartglass.
Switchable Glass Technology Applications
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010A new generation of architecture has cultivated an entirely new and innovative building industry. Glass windows and doors have basically evolved into living organisms since the new E-Glass technologies have been set in place. The inner workings behind switchable glass is quite complex, but in layman’s terms it can be explained as follows; (more…)
Smart Glass Solutions for Modern Interiors
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Glass is one the most common building materials around today, it is a material we need to do the simplest of daily tasks yet we never take time to imagine a world without it, ever since we emerged from our mud and straw dwellings hundreds of years ago, glass has been one of the most indispensable building materials known. And as with the advancements made with any other technology, glass also had room for improvement. First came tempered glass, then safety glass and eventually it became possible to give glass ambiguous properties regarding its opacity. This is the age of smart glass. (more…)
Secure your Solitude with SmartGlass international’s Privacy Glass
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010In recent years privacy has become more of a privilege than a right. With housing developments becoming increasingly compact and densely distributed, privacy – it seems – now comes at a premium. Most people who are exposed to this type of lifestyle truly treasure their moments of solitude and will go to great lengths ensure privacy when needed. Your home is your personal space, and in most cases this is the only environment where you can truly relax and enjoy isolation from the hustle and bustle of daily life. With this in mind, people design their homes specifically to create a more private setting. (more…)
Electric Glass
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Electric glass, also known as EGlass or smart glass is arguably one of the most radical additions to modern day building materials in recent history. It operates by changing its ability to let light through merely with the addition of an electric current. Depending on the type of smart glass, it can transform from clear to either frosted or translucent in the blink of an eye. Different types of electric glass are manufactured using a number of different technologies including electrochromic, suspended particle device or polymer dispersed liquid crystals. (more…)
The close working relationship between Light and Architectural Glass
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Le Corbusier was one of the most influential architects obsessed with the role of light in architecture. He stated that “Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.” The one element of architecture that is most successful in redistributing, gathering and accentuating the splendour of natural light is of course glass; hence the inception of architectural glass. (more…)