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Custom Aluminum Solutions for Your Design Needs

Achieve your design goals while improving efficiency and reducing HVAC costs with Unicel Architectural’s customized aluminum solutions, including skylights, solar shading, curtain walls, railings, and trellises.

Light up your space, distribute light more evenly, and facilitate an open and inviting feeling with high-quality and energy-efficient skylights. Turn your exterior envelope vision into reality with aluminum curtain walls featuring the highest possible wind, water, daylight and sound performance. Reduce glare, improve overall comfort, and add style to atrium skylights, walkways, and welcome spaces with Unicel Architectural’s aluminum solar shades.

All of Unicel Architectural’s aluminum solutions help contribute to LEED certification. Combine them with our specialty glazing (IGU) products, such as Vision Control® integrated louvers or ViuLite® integrated blinds, to combine functionality with the highest standards of building efficiency and aesthetics.

Skylights and Curtain Walls – System Features

  • Internal guttering system featuring pressure-equalized rain-screen technology that incorporates the industry’s largest water infiltration and condensation guttering solutions
  • Notched rafters and coped purlins that join seamlessly to accommodate gutter continuity and thermal expansion
  • Can be augmented with special features such as integrated Vision Control® louvered glazing panels that enable the control of light and heat into the building

Solar Shading – System Features

  • c6063-T5 aluminum alloy extrusions
  • Hardware fits aluminum blade solutions
  • Custom colors in painted or anodized finishes
  • Fixed or mobile blades
  • Available in vertical, horizontal, and cantilevered configurations

Key Benefits

  • Skylights or curtain walls with motorized louvers optimize solar heat gain while providing dazzling natural lighting
  • Skylights or curtain walls with Vision Control® advanced louvered glazing technology or aluminum sun shading help earn LEED credits
  • Skylights and curtain walls engineered for extreme climate conditions: Outstanding water management, condensation control, and thermal movement accommodation
  • Skylights available in several shapes, including single and double pitch, pyramid, continuous dome, extended pyramid, and segmented dome
  • Solar shading enhances any structure’s overall design while reducing glare and optimizing solar heat gain

See it in Action

The Canadian Grand Prix
SKYLIGHT-AWS-Partner
SolarDecathlonChina
Préfontaine Metro Station, Montreal