Architectural Pressings
Advanced Glass: Architectural Pressings
Architectural pressings are custom-manufactured metal profiles and trims used to provide clean, precise edge details, junction covers, flashings, and capping within modern building envelopes. These essential components enhance the aesthetic appeal, weatherproofing, and durability of curtain walling, cladding, and other façade systems.
What Are Architectural Pressings?
Architectural pressings typically involve the shaping of aluminium or steel sheets into specific profiles, designed to fit perfectly at façade junctions such as parapets, window reveals, expansion joints, and coping details. These bespoke elements contribute to the seamless appearance of façades, concealing fixings and creating crisp lines.
Key Benefits
- Custom Profiles: Manufactured to exact project specifications ensuring precise fit and finish.
- Material Versatility: Available in powder-coated aluminium, anodised finishes, stainless steel, or galvanized steel depending on design and durability requirements.
- Weatherproofing: Properly detailed pressings reduce risk of water ingress and protect vulnerable junctions.
- Visual Continuity: Matching colours and profiles maintain architectural intent and façade coherence.
- Durability: High-quality metal pressings resist corrosion and maintain finish over time, even in harsh environments.
Typical Applications
- Window and door reveals
- Parapet and roof edge cappings
- Rainscreen panel trims and junctions
- Expansion joint covers
- Soffit and fascia details
- Flashings for curtain wall and cladding systems
Why Integration Matters
When produced and installed as part of a complete envelope solution, architectural pressings deliver enhanced coordination between glazing, cladding, and structural components. This reduces installation delays, minimises site adjustments, and ensures proper sequencing to maintain the building’s weather-tightness and aesthetic quality.
Why Choose Advanced Glass?
As a full façade contractor, Advanced Glass manages the design, manufacture, and installation of architectural pressings alongside our core façade elements, giving clients:
- Consistent quality and finish across the entire envelope
- Reduced subcontractor interfaces and simplified project management
- Traceable documentation and quality assurance for all components
- Expert advice on material selection and detailing to meet specification and regulatory requirements
Looking for precision metal pressings that deliver both function and form?
Contact Advanced Glass to find out how we can tailor architectural pressings for your next façade project.
Frequently Asked Questions
Aluminium windows offer durability, low maintenance, excellent thermal efficiency, and modern aesthetics, making them ideal for commercial applications.
Yes, modern aluminium windows feature thermal break technology to improve insulation, achieving low U-values meeting Part L building regulations and often exceeding it.
Options include double or triple glazing, solar control glass, acoustic glass, laminated safety glass, and enhanced security glass, depending on performance needs.
Yes, commercial aluminium windows can be PAS 24 certified and meet Secured by Design standards with multi-point locking systems with reinforced frames.
When properly maintained, aluminium windows can last 30 – 40 years, due to their corrosion resistance and high-quality powder-coated finishes.
Yes, they are available in a wide range of RAL colours, anodised finishes, and different configurations, including casement, tilt-and-turn, and sliding options.
Aluminium windows are designed to withstand extreme weather conditions, with high wind load resistance and water-tightness ratings to ensure long-term performance.
Minimal maintenance is needed – just the occasional cleaning and lubrication of moving parts is required to help ensure smooth operation and longevity.
Yes, aluminium is up to 100% recyclable, and many modern aluminium window systems use recycled materials, supporting sustainable building practices.
Lead times vary depending on customisation and project size, but standard windows typically take 12 – 16 weeks for design, manufacturing and delivery.
Would You Like To Discuss A Particular Project?
If you’re looking for a specialist curtain walling, facade, or cladding contractor to assist you with your upcoming project, ensuring on-time delivery and a smooth process from start to finish, our expert team are on hand and ready to assist you.
