A sliding glass door, a so-called patio door or a sliding door
partition, is a type of sliding door in architecture and construction that is
essentially a large glass window opening. This type of door is popular in
designs that provide access from the room to the street, to the fresh air of
the inner courtyard, or to abundant natural lighting.
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| Patio Door |
A sliding glass door is usually considered as a whole, consisting of two
sections of the panel, one of which is fixed and the other is movable for
opening.
In fact, the sliding door is a movable rectangular frame sheet of window
glass, which is mounted parallel to the similar and usually fixed frame of the
adjacent glass partition. The movable panel slides along a fixed track in a
plane parallel to the adjacent fixed panel.
With a different design, the so-called pocket glass door, the door has
one or more panels that can be moved and inserted into the wall pockets,
completely “disappearing” when the door to the room or to the fresh air is wide
open.
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| Elegant Sliding Glass Door for Office |
A sliding glass door was introduced as an important element of
international style architecture in Europe and North America before the Second
World War. The postwar construction boom in modernist and modern styles of the
mid-century, as well as in suburban ranch-style houses, apartment buildings and
hotel-motel networks, made sliding glass doors a standard element in the
construction of residential and hotel buildings in many regions. They are used
in themed and modern restaurants, residences, Japanese teahouses, and other
situations.
