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NanaWall NanaWall Systems manufactures custom-made opening glass wall systems for large architectural openings

NanaWall redefined the category of opening glass wall systems. During our 40 years in business, we have earned the trust of architects, builders, design professionals, and homeowners as a solutions provider for re-imagining how buildings, people, and the elements interact. By combining precision engineering and outstanding design options across more than 20 unique systems, we advance design possibilities beyond the conventional for almost any space.

09/06/2026

With views like this, people judge the sliding glass wall by how much frame is left in the view.

On a site like this one, in full autumn color, the glass isn't the feature, the view is, and a bulky frame is the one thing that gets in the way of it. That's the standard Cero by is built to meet. Its minimal profiles reduce the sightline to almost nothing, so the framework recedes and the landscape reads as the room's real wall.

Thermally insulated glass keeps the interior warm as the crisp air rolls in, so the view stays open to every season without the comfort tradeoff. Closed, the glass holds the warmth and the color. Open, the room merges with the outdoors and the view is the setting. Watch it in the golden light and see how little frame is left.

For an architect, Cero by is the system to specify when the design can't afford to lose the view to the frame.

Send this to someone designing for the view.

09/04/2026

The corner is where most floor plans give up on the view.

It's the one spot structure usually wins. A post lands in the glass, the opening stops short, and the view flattens onto a single wall.

Bravo to Urban NW Homes on Fairway Edge, a net-zero custom home in Camas, Washington, and the team at Eurostyle, who solved the corner instead of designing around it.

NanaWall NW Aluminum 640 folding glass systems open the dining room on two sides at once, a 23-foot true open corner with no post, so the room turns toward the golf course and Mt. Hood in both directions. Eight double-glazed panels, a thermally broken system built for Washington winters, and an ADA-compliant low-profile sill that earned the home a universal design badge.

Open five panels one way or three the other, or keep them closed and use the built-in swing door. The corner stops being the compromise and becomes a fully accessible view.

Share this with an architect who designs for a true open corner like this.

Built by Urban NW Homes. Design by Jenna Kauzlaric. Video shared by Eurostyle NanaWall.

What if the hallway could become part of the classroom?Across today's schools, learning has moved into the spaces betwee...
09/03/2026

What if the hallway could become part of the classroom?

Across today's schools, learning has moved into the spaces between classrooms: wider hallways, learning stairs, and student hubs.

A hallway is more than a way to get between rooms. It becomes usable learning space when it can open wide for collaboration and close off for focused, quiet work, without losing light or supervision.

That's what retractable glass walls make possible. A classroom opens directly onto the hallway for group work, then closes when a lesson needs focus and separation. Even closed, the transparent glass preserves sightlines and natural light so teachers can keep an eye on students, while controlling sound between spaces, with systems up to unit STC 45.

The same works for learning stairs and student hubs, so schools can connect, divide, and reconfigure spaces easily as needs evolve.

Read the full story on the NanaWall blog: https://bit.ly/4xam2CK

Featured projects:
Reeds Spring Middle School, Reeds Spring, MO, by Dake Wells Architecture
Rio Del Sol STEAM Academy, Oxnard, CA, by Architecture 4A
Susquehannock High School, Glen Rock, PA, by Beers + Hoffman Architecture and Contractor Lobar Construction; AlumaGlass & Glaze
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary, Lubbock-Cooper ISD, Lubbock, TX, by Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.
Booker T. Washington STEM Academy, by Cannon Design
Centerview Elementary School, Spring Lake Park Schools, Spring Lake Park, MN, by Wold Architects and Engineers
Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences, Escondido Union School District, San Diego, CA, by HMC Architects with Lusardi Construction Company

Flexibility is a wall problem before it's a floor plan.In this recent feature, Luxury Pools + Outdoor Living Magazine sh...
09/02/2026

Flexibility is a wall problem before it's a floor plan.

In this recent feature, Luxury Pools + Outdoor Living Magazine shares how pool houses have outgrown their old job of storing towels.

These are now designed as a wellness retreat, an entertaining hub, a guest suite, a second home. But every one of those uses depends on something the floor plan can't deliver alone: whether the space can actually open to the landscape and close back up on demand. That's the wall's job, not the plan's.

We're proud to see Luxury Pools Magazine spotlight two pool houses that are doing exactly that:

The Charlotte Pool House: the feature's lead image, a NanaWall pool cabana designed to open fully to its poolscape and blur the line between the interior and the landscape.

Poolside Serenity: a custom designed segmented curved single track sliding system follows the natural shape of a Greenwich hillside, top-hung with no floor track, sliding into hidden pocketed closets at each end so the pool house flows with the land and opens wide, with no visible line between inside and out.

Closed, each is an enclosed room. Open, each becomes part of the landscape. Same footprint, two entirely different spaces, on demand.

Read the full feature in Luxury Pools + Outdoor Living Magazine: https://bit.ly/4qOn3Pc

Charlotte Pool House Project Team: Architect Alison Hall Architect, Inc., Builder GC Design Build, Inc., Designer Crystal Nagel Design, Photography Katy Perry of Ascendant Imaging.
Poolside Serenity Project Team: Architect Conte & Conte, LLC Construction Fairfield House & Garden Company

Crowd flow and weather protection ask a building for opposite things.At Lincoln Park Zoo's East Gate, Ross Barney Archit...
09/01/2026

Crowd flow and weather protection ask a building for opposite things.

At Lincoln Park Zoo's East Gate, Ross Barney Architects had to satisfy both. The Searle Visitor Center meets 3.5 million people a year, so it has to open to the grounds on a warm afternoon and then seal tight when Chicago weather turns. One façade, doing two opposite jobs.

The answer was a single track stacking glass wall system wrapping the three-sided front. NanaWall HSW60 systems glide around the exterior, creating two true open corners on a single track. The glass wall is 21 panels, 10 feet 2 inches tall, inside a 68-foot-6-inch opening.

Open, the front of the building dissolves and visitors move through freely. Closed, a multipoint seal locks the system, ready to perform against air, water, and daily use, commercially rated and tested to 500,000 cycles.

The panels never stack in view. They travel around both open corners and disappear into a concealed bay behind the service desk. No visible stack, no floor space surrendered.

Send this to someone specifying an opening that has to vanish completely.

Design by Ross Barney Architects.

They left California, but they didn't want to leave the lifestyle behind.When these homeowners returned to West Vancouve...
08/31/2026

They left California, but they didn't want to leave the lifestyle behind.

When these homeowners returned to West Vancouver after a decade in California, they wanted to recreate the light-filled, easygoing indoor-outdoor lifestyle they loved, even in a cooler, wetter climate.

The answer was architectural: two Cero by minimal sliding glass walls open the upper floors to the view, and two Generation 4 folding glass walls fold the pool level into the outdoors. Open, the walls disappear to create a total indoor-outdoor connection. Closed, the home exterior performs reliably for decades against harsh Vancouver weather.

Beautifully brought to life by Sarah Gallop Design Inc. with Upward Construction featured now in Western Living Magazine.

See the full home story and feature in Western Living Magazine.

08/30/2026

Most pool houses are a summer building. This one performs through heavy Ohio winters too.

Here in Poland, OH, The 4M Company designed the Azure Pool Cabana to dissolve into its backyard. Three Generation 4, NW Wood 540, slim framed, folding glass systems open the cabana walls fully to the pool, so on a warm day the all-glass pavilion becomes the centerpiece of the property and a year-round entertaining oasis.

What lets it work in every season, is its wood-framed, double-glazed opening glass doors, so the cabana holds its comfort through an Ohio winter instead of closing down for it, and the warm wood frames echo the home's natural material palette rather than fighting it. As Generation 4 systems, they can be specified with FourFold floating panel sets that stack neatly to one side, clearing the opening without eating the floor.

For an architect, that's the shift: not a summer structure that gets winterized, but a true four-season pavilion designed to open completely and still perform when the weather turns.

Architect: The 4M Company. Contractor: Testa Restoration and NMJ Enterprisers. Designer: Bobbie Mancino .

08/29/2026

The most profitable venue is the one with no off-season.

A garden terrace fills the calendar all summer. A sealed ballroom carries the winter months.

Most venues are built for one, which leaves half the year unbookable.

Ironlight in Lake Oswego, Oregon is built for both. Large opening glass doors connect the interior to two rooftop terraces and the view of Mount Hood, then close to a weather-tight wall when the season turns. The same room books an open-air ceremony in July and a warm, glass-framed reception in January.

One venue, no off-season, earning year-round.

Share with someone designing a venue that has to work in every season.

08/28/2026

Design reconnected a congregation to the neighborhood a steep slope had kept it from for decades.

Check out this sneak peek, as ByDesign TV takes you to the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Alexandria, where a new church and a 100% affordable housing building now share one connected two-acre site. Before, a steep and overgrown slope cut the parish off from the street. Now, a grand site stair connects the boulevard below up to the church. The light-filled sanctuary and church courtyards reenergized this established community gathering space.

See how thoughtful commercial design brought this congregation back to the neighborhood. It was designed with easy-to-operate opening glass systems to create flexible, connected, and accessible spaces for the community to gather.

When opened, they join spaces into one for larger gatherings and open traffic flow between rooms. When closed, spaces can be distinctly separate while remaining visually connected, and natural daylight can still reach deep into the corners where it's needed most.

Project by Cunningham | Quill Architects with Affordable Homes & Communities.



Watch the full story LIVE on America ByDesign TV via CBS, Saturday, August 29th at 9PM EDT!

08/27/2026

What happens when traditional timber frame craftsmanship meets modern flexibility?

For more than 40 years, The Barn Yard has expanded the possibilities of timber frame design across barns, garages, pool houses, pavilions, and custom structures.

Their focus on multifunctional design is reflected in the Montauk Timber Frame Pool House. A folding glass wall comes standard with the model, complementing the open design and rustic post and beam construction.

Easy-to-operate panels open wide for an unobstructed, barefoot-friendly transition from the interior bar and lounge to the pool deck. When needed, they close just as easily, allowing the pool house to stay connected to the outdoors or comfortably enclosed.

The result: the ultimate poolside retreat for seamless gathering and effortless everyday living.

Tour the new 18' x 24' Montauk Timber Frame Pool House on display at in Ellington, CT!

Designed and built by The Barn Yard in Ellington, CT.
Video by The Barn Yard

Read the full project story on the latest NanaWall blog. https://www.nanawall.com/blog/how-these-barn-inspired-structures-deliver-flexibility-with-folding-glass-walls

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