{"id":732,"date":"2018-05-07T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chosenviber.net\/?p=732"},"modified":"2023-08-07T23:37:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T23:37:56","slug":"doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chosenviber.net\/index.php\/2018\/05\/07\/doors\/","title":{"rendered":"Doors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The winners of this year’s A+Product Awards<\/a> have been announced. Stay tuned for the year’s edition of the A+Product Awards ebook in the coming months.<\/em><\/p>\n

We use doors<\/a> every day, but we almost never think about them. How many doors do you open without considering the centuries of technological development that resulted in the modern hinge, the ergonomic care put into designing a handle<\/a> or the delicate finesse with which the door was hung? There\u2019s a lot going on behind this elemental building component, and there\u2019s a lot that architects need to consider.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Garage Museum of Contemporary Art<\/a> by OMA<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Every kind of door has different challenges and opportunities. Often afterthoughts to larger ideas about massing, materials and plan layouts, doors rarely get the chance to sing as design objects, but when designers harness their power, there\u2019s enough in these humble instruments to produce symphonies.<\/span><\/p>\n

As is the case with a lot of building-products, the simplest ones are often the most complicated. A frameless<\/a> and hingeless door might not look too complex, but underneath that clean exterior is a menagerie of mechanisms and channels, all carefully orchestrated to make themselves completely invisible.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pivot door by Anyway Doors made from black anodized aluminium and tempered glass; Image via Anyway Doors<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Materials<\/h2>\n

So what are most doors made of? Solid wood, solid core and hollow core are some of the most common materials used for interior applications while exterior doors are often made of wood, steel, aluminum and fiberglass-composite. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Barnham Road<\/a> by MOCT Studio<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Interior Applications:<\/b><\/p>\n