An architect puts pen to paper, dreaming up an initial sketch that melds a building seamlessly with its environment, complementing topography, and surroundings. The ability to bring the outdoors in, and for a building to reflect its surroundings, is a hallmark of modern design. Outdoor rooms that flow naturally into interior spaces not only enhance a structure’s footprint, they also provide ventilation, fresh air, and daylight, and connect occupants to nature.

Facilitating the fusion between the interior and the outside is the job of multi-panel door systems. A multi-panel door system is a door or window system with multiple operable panels that open sequentially to create a large opening. Reaching beyond the capability of a traditional hinged door, multi-panel systems don’t just transition between indoors and out. Instead, the wide and seamless opening they furnish blends nature into a room or series of rooms, eliminating the perceived divide.

Not only do multi-panel door systems improve important health metrics, like indoor air quality, as enhancements in manufacturing and technology have augmented door efficiency, these systems can occupy a greater area in the building envelope without compromising overall performance.

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Multi-panel door systems eliminate barriers between interior and exterior spaces, creating a natural and open flow. Aluminum thermally broken folding doors showcase the beauty of surrounding landscaping at this home.