This past year Sony unveiled their newly renovated retail stores across the country. The stores’ contemporary design features a Weiland liftslide for the store’s entrance. The location shown above is Sony’s flagship store in Century City, Los Angeles. The black anodized liftslide completely opens the store to the surrounding mall, giving customers easy access to the product displays.
The glass panels slide to open either to the right or left. The flexibility of the entrance is designed to work with the store’s product display arrangement and direct the flow of customer traffic. Weiland’s flush bottom track creates the seamless floor transition that welcomes clients inside. Employees enter through a custom designed pivot door when the main sliding door is locked.
Newly Redesigned Locations In addition to the Century City location that opened in April 2011, the following locations will feature a new Weiland entrance:
Roosevelt Field Mall 630 Old Country Road Garden City, NY 11530
South Coast Plaza 3333 Bristol Avenue Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Doors In Texas
Tuesday, 03 January 2012 00:00
Weiland's liftslide and pivot door are featured at the entrance of the newly updated Sony store in the Houston Galleria. The wide opening and the flush track create a seamless transition, drawing shoppers into the store to view the products on display.
Steinheimer's Lounge, the recently renovated signature bar at The Westin La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, Texas, features a Weiland liftslide and French door. The Weiland system opens onto an outdoor terrace overlooking the resort grounds and pool area. Customers love the new open feel of the lounge.
Hebeschiebe = Liftslide
Wednesday, 31 August 2011 00:00
The term "liftslide door" is a direct translation of the German term "Hebeschiebe Tür". The word "hebe" means "lift" and the word "schiebe" means "slide". Hebeschiebe can be used to describe doors and windows that lift onto rollers when sliding. Other door and window manufactures use terms such as "lift and slide", and "lift/slide", but we feel that "liftslide" is the most true to the original. Weiland has been around since 1984. Our sliding doors are based on European technology, and we want to acknowledge this heritage.
Architect Presentation: The Liftslide
Monday, 29 August 2011 00:00
Last week Weiland gave a presentation about the liftslide door system at Benchmark Direct. Architects from the L.A. area joined us to hear about the history and latest developments of the liftslide. We discussed Weiland's contribution to liftslide history and ended with a question and answer time.
Weiland In The Wall Street Journal
Monday, 08 August 2011 00:00
Weiland's liftslide was featured in a Wall Street Journal article titled 'Growing Panes: Homeowners Go Big on Glass Walls'. Our door can be seen in the WSJ photo gallery. Read the rest of the article here, or view the photo gallery.
Bigger Is Still Better
Wednesday, 03 August 2011 00:00
An article by John Swanson in Window & Door magazine features Weiland Sliding Doors & Windows. Swanson gives insight into the luxury door and window market.
"Manufacturers see continued growth opportunities for high-end products, particularly wide-opening doors." –Swanson, editor and associate publisher at Window & Door magazine.
With liftslide hardware a Weiland door system opens effortlessly.
Evolving Design
Wednesday, 16 March 2011 14:19
This Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis project overlooks Santa Barbara harbor and the Santa Ynez mountains. The shape of the home is a curve, and original plans specified an envelope of large curved liftslide doors to showcase tremendous views. But well into the design process, the homeowner modified the design from using our curved liftslides to using our straight liftslides. Straight glass offers higher performance ratings and a longer warranty. Impressively, lead architect Danny Longwill changed the existing design to incorporate these new specs, while still providing spectacular results.
Olsen and Sons Construction began work right away. The project’s steel was installed while Weiland shop drawings were still in process, so drawings were often reworked as changes were made in the field. It was around this time that wildfires burned through Santa Barbara’s canyons. The blaze destroyed hundreds of homes, but the project survived untouched.
Fires in Santa Barbara are often caused by “sundowners”, gale force winds that come up in the evening and blow down the canyons towards the ocean. One evening a powerful sundowner swept through the windward side of the jobsite and lifted a steel joist up off the ground. The event caused concern about the structural strength of the 12’6” tall Weiland liftslides facing the canyon.
To compensate for the strong winds and provide greater structural strength, Weiland used the same reinforced profiles tested in Weiland’s performance rated 16’ tall liftslides. As a result, the homeowners can now confidently enjoy the 360 degree views whether the doors are open to gentle ocean breezes or closed to protect against strong winds.
