Glass Display Tower in a Shopping Atrium
A tall glass case standing in an atrium, visible from two floors, built so the bottle rows read as a single column of light rather than as furniture.
What the photographs show
A glass case with a slim frame standing on a stone floor in a tall atrium, pale and almost invisible from the side, with the bottles carrying the colour. People walk past it at eye level and look up at it from the floor above.
What the build had to solve
In an atrium the cabinet is read against daylight for most of the day, so the lighting inside has to work without a dark background behind it. The frame is kept to an 18 mm line, the glass is low-E laminated to cut the glare, and the rows are set back from the glass so bottles do not sit in their own shadow.
What to copy, and what to avoid
Worth copying: a pale frame in a pale atrium. Worth avoiding: chrome against daylight, which turns into a bright line and hides the bottles behind it.
- Frame
- Pale stainless, 18 mm sightline
- Glass
- Low-E laminated, panes up to 2,400 mm
- Setting
- Rows set back from the glass line
- Lighting
- LED, warm white, dimmable separately
- Access
- Hinged leaf on the service side
- Production
- 30 to 40 days, quoted per project
Frame 18 mm · glass panes up to 2,400 mm · scribe 40 mm · door reveal 3 mm · lead time 30 to 40 days, quoted per project · crated to a numbered setting-out drawing
The same scene, frame by frame
Photographs from our project archive, grouped by room type rather than by client. No client and no address is named on these pages.
What clients ask about a room like this one
Will a glass case fade the labels?
Daylight through laminated low-E glass is kinder than direct sun, but a case in an atrium should still have the light dimmed during the brightest hours. The wiring is split for that reason.
Can it be locked?
Yes. The service leaf takes a concealed lock, and the drawing shows which side opens so the lock never faces the walkway.
A room like this one, to your dimensions
Send three photographs of the wall and the bottle count. What comes back is a scheme, a drawing and a fixed price.