Steel Glass Roof Structure

For a different appearance steel t or box sections can be used to support the glass joints within a glass roof.

Steel glass roof structure.

Many of waagner biro s steel and glass and façade constructions are instantly recognisable from the reichstag dome in berlin to the roof of the british museum in london and from the rain of light louvre dome in abu dhabi to the convention centre in dublin or the red bull hangar 7 in salzburg. Designed for easy installation and long lasting good looks wasco s metal framed skylight structures are available with a broad range of quality glass glazing options and versatile design possibilities for a fully customized configuration. These minimal steel supports can span large distances and can suit a more industrial effect design. The use of technical glass solutions and coatings can make your structural glass roof a higher performing element of your project.

The exposed structural steel roof framing members create a dynamic rhythm of light and shadow an effect inspired by sacramento s tree lined streets. Or gridshells cable net façades and tubular structures in complex forms with multiple glass infill panels. The strength and stiffness of steel is such that supporting elements are of smaller section and therefore less obtrusive than would be the case with other commonly used materials such as aluminium. Seele designs and builds plate and shell structures in single or double curvature structures such as glazed roofs and atria and curving roofs with amorphous forms.

Large deflections can be managed by careful detailing of fixings to glazing such that local bending of the glass is avoided.