Editorial

Articles & Insights

Technical insights on engineering, thermal efficiency and acoustics for your project.

The Art of Choosing

The decision map: how to choose the windows your project deserves.

How to buy high-end windows and doors: the decision guide

The decision map for buying high-end windows and doors: the four things that really decide comfort, and how to read a quote like an expert.

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How to measure the opening to replace your windows

How to measure a window opening for replacement: rough opening vs. finished line, why walls are never square, and why the definitive measurement is a technical survey.

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PVC or aluminium: which window to choose (and why)

A brutally honest comparison of PVC and aluminium windows: where each material wins, the price myth, and how to decide by what your project is worth.

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What justifies the price of a high-end window

Why a high-end window costs what it costs: the engineering, the materials and the invisible value behind the price — and when it pays for itself.

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Thermal Insulation

The physics that shields your façade's temperature.

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The anatomy of comfort: what the Uw value means in the thermal insulation of windows

Understand what the Uw value is and why it is the definitive metric for assessing the thermal insulation and energy efficiency of the windows in your project.

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The metal that gives away your comfort: the engineering behind the Thermal Break in aluminium

Understand how the thermal break cancels aluminium's conductivity, ends condensation on the window and shields the comfort of your home.

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The thermal frontier: why the Warm Edge is the detail that changes everything in double glazing

Understand the warm edge spacer: how it cuts the thermal bridge at the edge of insulated glass and why it is decisive against condensation.

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Light without heat: how the solar factor (g) defines the comfort of glass façades

Understand the difference between thermal insulation and solar control, what the solar factor (g) is, and how selective glass stops your home from becoming an oven.

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The summit of efficiency: what the Passive House standard is and why the windows decide the game

Discover what the Passive House standard is, how it revolutionises the comfort of homes, and why the window is the most critical component of that ecosystem.

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Acoustic Insulation

Architecture's next great luxury: silence.

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The luxury of silence: what the Rw index is and how acoustic insulation really works

Discover how urban noise gets into your home, understand the definitive metric of silence — the Rw index — and learn how to choose the right acoustic window.

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The anatomy of silence: why the best acoustic glass in the world does not work alone

Discover why buying only an anti-noise glass is a mistake, and understand how sealing, the asymmetric cavity and the frame form the real acoustic system.

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The invisible silence: why not every laminated glass is truly acoustic

Learn the difference between common laminated glass and true acoustic glass, and discover how acoustic PVB and asymmetry cut urban noise.

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Vacuum glass and noise: why 'vacuum' is not a synonym for silence

Vacuum glass (VIG) looks like the definitive acoustic window — after all, sound does not cross a vacuum. The truth is subtler: understand why VIG is a thermal breakthrough, but not the champion against the city's low-frequency roar.

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Technologies

The engineering behind the windows Brazil doesn't know yet.

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Tilt & Turn: the window that opens two ways (and why Brazil doesn't know it yet)

How a Tilt & Turn window works: the mechanism that swings inward or tilts at the top, and why it's the geometry that seals hermetically against noise and heat.

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Lift & Slide: the engineering behind monumental walls of glass

How a wall of glass weighing hundreds of kilos glides with a fingertip: the Lift & Slide mechanism that lifts, slides and seals — opening an entire façade without losing performance.

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Argon gas vs. dry air: what fills the glass cavity (and why it changes everything)

What fills a double-glazed cavity — dry air or argon gas — and why this invisible choice decides how much heat crosses the glass. The upgrade you feel but never see.

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Cavity width: why a 'wider' double-glazed unit doesn't always insulate more

The gap between the two panes of a double-glazed unit has a sweet spot — go past it and the window insulates worse. Understand cavity convection and how to read an IGU spec.

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Double vs. triple glazing: when triple actually pays off in Brazil

More panes isn't always better. When triple glazing pays off in the Brazilian climate and when a well-specified double is enough — the honest answer, no upsell.

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Design your openings with thermoacoustic efficiency

Enter the Aken Studio configurator and simulate your project's Uw by combining Thermal Break profiles, double glazing, and Warm Edge.