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What's your challenge?
Design with glass

From anti-reflection to color tints, modern glass enhances design in many ways.

Build with glass

Whatever the construction challenge, we have the glass to help meet it.

Glass for your home

See how the correct choice of glass can help transform a home – and even our wellbeing.

Highlights
122 Leadenhall - The Cheesegrater

The 75,000 square metres façade features a curtain wall that is double glazed to allow for a high solar protection on neutral-looking glass.

Fruit and Wool Exchange

The new-build façades are predominately brick-faced, with punched windows to reflect the surrounding context.

Caudwell International

Curved glass, punch windows and precast stone panels make up the envelope on a figure-of-eight footprint.

Discover our showcase projects, captured through the lens of professional photography.

Explore Guardian Glass projects in your area and beyond with Google Street View and be inspired by the possibilities.

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Our story

Just as we were in 1932, we're ready to meet the challenges of now and the future

Environmental Stewardship

Find out more about how glass can support sustainable design

Quality control

We strive for quality in everything we do

Glass functions

  • Solar control

    Solar control glass lets sunlight pass through while reflecting a large part of the sun’s heat.

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  • Sound control

    Acoustics matter for the wellbeing of people. From traffic and neighbors to construction and airports, sound control glass offer protection against noise.

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  • Thermal insulation

    That’s U for U-value, or how the thermal insulation performance of a glass is measured. Guardian Glass offers a wide variety of solutions to help improve the energy efficiency of your home.

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  • Safety

    Safety glass is designed to help protect building occupants from injury or loss due to accidental or natural causes.

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  • Security

    Security glass typically refers to laminated glass designed to withstand complex loads and high impact forces from intentional threats.

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  • Glare control

    The right glass for glare control can allow abundant light into a space while helping to create more pleasant, practical and comfortable environments.

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