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The Vergence House in Boulder, Colorado was designed by architect firm Arch11, to seamlessly blend luxury living with nature and a sustainable lifestyle in a modern design envelop.

The property owners wanted a garage that was street facing but didn't stick out. It was built under the main structure of the house and has a green roof with grasses plantings to draw a bit less attention.

The bifold garage door was provided by Schweiss Doors. The 17' x 8' door was the perfect fit for a home. The lift strap bifold door doesn't take up any space inside the garage, a must in a structure with little headroom to spare.

The door was mounted flush with the structure and clad in the same acetylated wood slat siding used in other areas of the home. When closed, the bifold door nearly disappears.

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If you visit the Beaverdam Reservoir Park in Ashburn, Virginia during the early evening or on a Saturday morning during the spring, chances are you will see a few rowing boats, or shells, on the water, crewed by several scholastic rowing teams. The 300-acre reservoir has become a popular place for rowers to practice their sport, also known as crew, throughout the warmer months.

As part of the project that created the park, a dedicated building was constructed to provide shell storage and facilities for the athletes. Designed by Studio Twenty Seven Architecture, the building is reminiscent of a lantern. integrated into the building's design are eight, 12 foot 2 ½ inch by 9 foot 3 inch Schweiss Doors lift strap bifold doors.

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When Jeffrey first started contemplating building a garage for his Toronto-area home, he looked into how much a traditional structure would cost. The estimates were more than he had bargained for, and a less conventional idea started to form.

“Shipping containers were something on my mind at the time,” Jeffrey said. “The shipping container looked like a good way to go, because essentially you're getting the structure already kind of out of the box if you will.”

Jeffrey worked closely with the team at Schweiss Doors, to make sure the door was designed to fit his needs. The custom bifold door is 14-feet-and-1 ¾-inches wide and 6-feet-and-5 ½-inches high. Jeffrey also added electric photo eye sensors and a door base safety edge as extra safety precautions.

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Container Doors

Miami Home's Hydraulic Garage Door is a Hidden Treasure. This elegant luxury villa in Miami's Belle Meade neighborhood has a surprising architectural twist. What appears to be a typical exterior wall is a 15-foot by 8-foot Schweiss hydraulic garage door that blends in with the home's façade.

Interior designer and property developer Mirna of Barake Design chose to showcase the hidden garage door's mechanical features. The blonde wood-clad door is hurricane-resistant up to 175 mph and seamlessly integrates with the home's tropical, mid-century style.

Imagine you're building your own dream home. Which kind of Schweiss Door would you choose, hydraulic or bifold?

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Hydraulic Doors

The JPMorganChase 60-story skyscraper headquarters is a stylish modern wonder in the heart of New York City. Designed by Foster + Partners, the tower's unique podium-finish shape offers highly sought-after rooftop spaces to the New York City skyline. It also provides convenient openings for aerial drones, window washing platforms, and other outdoor amenities.

The sustainable tower is covered in triple-glazed panels that integrate with glare-control blinds and HVAC systems for greater energy efficiency. Custom-clad Schweiss bifold and hydraulic doors blend seamlessly with the tower's modern look and feel and offer reliable entry and exit points to the tower's higher floors.

The Schweiss hidden hangar doors ensure smooth and easy-to-use operations. The tower's bifold designer doors are only one of many refreshing features of its flexible design focused on health, wellness, and hospitality, giving employees, clients, and visitors many reasons to come and stay.

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Bifold and Hydraulic Doors

Macanda Mexican Restaurant, nestled along the picturesque shores of Lake Minnetonka, ingeniously incorporated two 12'x4' hydraulic doors to partition the main dining area form their vibrant “HiFi Room” music bar and social space. These sleek, modern doors not only add a touch of contemporary elegance but also enhance the flexibility of the restaurant's layout, effortlessly transforming the ambiance from a cozy dining atmosphere to a lively social gathering spot.

With the doors in place, patrons can enjoy the serene lake views and dining experience in one moment, then seamlessly transition to the pulsating rhythms and energetic atmosphere of the HiFi Room in the next, creating a dynamic and multifaceted dining destination unlike any other along the lake's shore.

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After seeing a bifold door on a commercial building, an Internet search led Eddie and his wife to Schweiss Doors in Minnesota. Learning more about the options, he decided a one-piece hydraulic door would be the best fit for the house and his car collection. Their beautiful home with its 1,100 sq. ft. garage capable of holding up to six vehicles was built by Kistler & Knapp Builders and has since been featured in Boston Home magazine. LDa Architects and Interiors in Boston assured Eddie the kind of hydraulic door that he has now would give the garage a much cleaner look as opposed to a roll-up or strap style door.

The Schweiss 29 ft. x 9 ft. custom-built hydraulic door was engineered to meet glass deflection for its 12 top-to-bottom windows that allow natural light to enter the garage. “The Schweiss door is by far the coolest part of the house,” exclaimed Eddie. “The way it operates, I've had neighbors stop walking to watch it. Every landscaper in town is constantly asking me questions and commenting on it.”

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Rolls-Royce Garage

Schweiss Doors adds style to the spicy new Sway Thai restaurant in Austin, Texas. The hydraulic door opens to a large communal table area where diners can eat and socialize. “We love the door. It's great and we get a lot of comments. When it's closed, people don't even realize it's a door because aesthetically, it speaks so well to the interior design,” said the restaurant owner, Jesse Herman. Austin is a city of big flavors, but interestingly enough there are few that specialize in Thai food. That's where the long-awaited Thai Restaurant called “Sway,” (meaning elevated, delicious) tops the bill.

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Sway Thai Restaurant

The Carriage House on the lakeshore property of Sid Morris, Cornelius, NC is very likely the most unique in America! It doesn't house horses and horse buggies. It doesn't house antique autos. Instead it houses his R44 helicopter, and that chopper gets to the Carriage House by first landing on a helipad on the end of his 200' dock. A small electrically driven dolly then gently lifts the chopper with operator and guides the chopper to its proper stall inside this remarkable 4-star carriage house.

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Carriage House

Schweiss Doors in Fairfax, Minnesota was called upon by the architectural firm of Muller+Muller, Ltd. of Chicago which excels in architecture, planning and interior designs to provide four Designer Bifold Doors on the stage building and at a concession stand below the guest services building.

The designer style Schweiss Bifold Doors have an exterior cladding of cedar slats 3 1/2" x 3/4," with spaces between them. Extra steel was added at the Schweiss factory for extra support. Pressure treated wood was also added to screw the cedar slats to.

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Riveredge Park

Doc B's Fresh Kitchen in Chicago was established to become an extension of your own kitchen. The Gold Coast location features a 16.2 ft. wide x 7.9 3/4 ft. tall Schweiss hydraulic glass designer door equipped with electric photo eye sensors. The door opens to an outside dining area which seats 20 customers.

“What's unique about the door is when it's open it creates this natural canopy. You can sit right up next to the window. So if its rainy or misting outside you get the benefit of the outside visual and still have the advantage of that outdoor/indoor feel,” explained the owner. “I think we looked at every conceivable door type available. We looked at bifold, horizontal and vertical, scissor type systems, and overhead glass garage doors as well. We mostly wanted a strong connection to the outside street energy of Doc B's.”

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Doc B's Kitchen

The Sacramento Kings Stadium Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento, CA, is nearing completion.

The arena will host concerts, conventions and other sporting events with capacity at about 19,000. The Sacramento Kings basketball team is scheduled to begin using the arena for the 2016-2017 NBA season.

Schweiss Doors engineered and built five bifold/strap latch doors to be used at the stadium entrance. Three of these doors measured 29' x 41' 5" and the other two were 29' 4" x 41' 5". Each door is lifted by three 5 h.p. motors and the liftstraps are 6" width, compared to the usual 3" width. The doors, with glass, weigh in at about 28,000 lbs. each.

The Schweiss bifold glass doors will allow the Delta Breeze to serve as a natural cooling system, pulling air in through small vents found under the seats in the stands. The total cost of Golden 1 Center is estimated to be $507 million.

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Golden 1 Center

Jay Stewart and his talented architectural team came up with an idea to add a disguised hydraulic garage with a matching roofline. “I saw a video on the website that showed a front porch and entire deck lifting up on a hangar home. We figured we could do that on a gabled end.” said Stewart. “I'm very happy with it and I know I'm the first one in Charleston to have one and I guarantee I won't be the last.”

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Hidden T-Top Boat Garage

Bikes are taking over America. Major cities like New York, Chicago and San Francisco are launching public bike sharing systems for the first time, joining Boston, D.C. and Denver. In these metro areas most auto trips are two miles or less. Giving up that short trip in the auto saves cash on gas, parking, tickets and time in traffic. It also limits car trips in and out of the city. Schweiss Doors provided the city with three custom made 19' 5.63" x 7' 1.56" straplift bifold glass doors for its bike transit project in Santa Monica, CA.

The bifold doors are put to good use each day. For safety purposes, the doors were ordered with photo eye sensors, door base safety edges and have an emergency backup hand crank should there be a power outage. Galvanized side rails were put on the doors due to their close proximity to the ocean as a rust preventative. City officials said the bike center provided $106,826 in revenue to City Hall just months after its opening.

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California Bike Transit

“Crazy Cool” bifold door sidesteps zoning restriction for unique motorhome garage!

Now you see it, now you don't. Herb Korthuis of Lynden, Washington needed to find a way to be able to garage his 45 ft. motorhome, but a local zoning ordinance prevented him from building a garage with a door higher than 8 feet. It was Schweiss to the rescue with a 16 ft. x 12 ft. bifold liftstrap door, which when in the closed position gives the visual of an 8 ft. door.

Korthuis had a contractor attach a conventional garage door front with windows to the bottom half of the Schweiss doorframe and finished off the top with siding that exactly matched his new home. In the closed position you can just barely see the seams on the door sides. It alleviated the building inspector's concerns.

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Korthuis RV Garage

When Barrel & Bushel, a new beer-centric restaurant in Virgina says “Handcrafted Just for You,” they are referring to more than their location, extensive menu and beverage list, but also to the upscale surroundings in which you can enjoy a place to relax and visit. Barrel & Bushel is located in the heart of Tysons Corner's business district on the Tysons Corner Center Plaza at the newly built Hyatt Regency Hotel at 7901 Tysons One Place.

The bar is large and also opens to outdoor restaurant seating. Two Schweiss custom-made bifold liftstrap glass doors open up to the outside. One door is 24 ft. wide x 7 ft. 1" and opens to an outdoor seating area and the other bifold door, 24 ft. wide x 3 ft. 7" opens to outdoor patrons who can belly up to the bar. The doors are clad in glass, giving an unobstructed view of a plaza and garden area outside in all types of weather and they allow a significant amount of light in to brighten up the bar and dining areas. The bifold doors open to an outdoor seating patio, which now can acommodate an additional 70 people. Both doors have electric photo eye sensors.

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Newmarket, Ontario, Canada is a town projected to grow to approximately 98,000 by 2026. Due to these growing pains Newmarket was overdue for a new municipal operations building.

The new $20.2 million Operations Centre is a 65,000 sq. ft. facility meeting the Canada Green Building Council's energy efficient standards. An aluminum curtain wall on the glass bifold doors was something that they wanted for maximum performance and to look great. The building is heightened by 20 very impressive glazed glass Schweiss Bifold Liftstrap “Green” Doors. Ten doors on each side of the building are designed for easy access and drive-through capabilities. Adding to the attractiveness are large etched numbers on the glass of each door designed for the drivers and others coming to the building to see immediately which bay to go to. They also provide passive ventilation and reduction of the energy load.

The facility received the 2009 Award of Excellence from Canadian Architect Magazine for innovation and cutting-edge environmental features.

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Newmarket Operations HQ

The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame opened its doors with a grand red carpet reception attended by throngs of inductees and sports fans in 2013. The beautiful 27,500 square foot museum is located downtown in the Historic District of Natchitoches.

Two Schweiss custom-made aluminum-framed one piece hydraulic doors, each measuring 15' wide x 11' tall, were made especially for this project. The architects called for a custom fabricated flat hinge design with pleated copper panels that control light. This was in order for the doors to blend into the wall, making it look like there actually wasn't a door there when in the closed position. The exterior doors are opened to bring exhibits in and out of the museum. An emergency battery system was also added to the order in case there would be a power outage.

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LA. Sports Hall of Fame

It seems only fitting that the one-of-a-kind Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN, should have a door just as unique. In the case of the 285,000 sq. ft. Guthrie Theater, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, the door is not really a door. It's instead a 17' x 16' operable window built into the side of the theater's Endless Bridge, an observation platform that cantilevers 178' outward from the theater's fourth floor lobby on the Mississippi River side. It provides spectacular views of the historic river valley, St. Anthony Falls, the Stone Arch Bridge, and the Mill Ruins Park.

To the lower right is an example of the new One-Piece Hydraulic Door that is used as a ticket sales booth at the Guthrie Theature. The modern and simple style of the door camoflauges into the wall when closed with a seamless finish while it functions with both purpose and aesthetics.

The door was designed by W.J. Higgins & Associates of Wausau, WI, and fabricated by Schweiss Doors of Fairfax, MN. It employs groundbreaking hydraulic technology to offer the theater's guests a breathtaking view of the adjacent Mississippi River.

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SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, California, is a non-profit school offering undergraduates and graduate degrees in architecture. SCI-Arc's approximately 500 students and 80 faculty members work together to explore and test the limits of architecture. The school is based in the former Santa Fe Freight Depot in the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles.

The building design included two Schweiss bifold/liftstrap glass designer doors. The doors are 19' 1" x 9' wide and 16' 1" x 8.6' wide. Each door is equipped with autolatches and electric photo eye sensors. One of the glass doors is at the entrance connecting to the new building and the existing shop. Directly over the top of that door they used the second bifold door as a skylight that can be opened up for natural light and occasional ventilation purposes. Special engineering was required in order to have the pitch of the door at a greater slope of 1/2" per foot to match the roof line.

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So Cal Institute of Architecture

When Japanese architectural firm Shigeru Ban set out to create their new Metal Shutter House project in Manhattan, they approached Schweiss Doors with the idea of a “window-wall” that could open up to the beautiful New York City skyline outside. The goal was to create a connection with the city outside and Schweiss Lift-Strap Bifold Doors were the ideal solution to make that vision a reality.

The custom-built designer doors fit seamlessly into the living space and give the owners the ability to change the feel of the room with the push of a button.

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Bifold Doors

Some of the nicest houses you'll ever see are located along the coastline of California. One such construction was completed on a Beverly Avenue home in Santa Monica. This door covers two stories of the home and opens up for a view of the ocean between closely located trees in its backyard.

The Schweiss top-drive bifold designer doors have Organ glass on them that are double-glazed with gas between to make them more energy efficient.

“The whole process of getting the door in place was ‘Egyptian style.’ - We opened the main entry to the house, took the header down and cut the walls to weave the bifold door through the house in two pieces. It took a bunch of heavy-duty dollies and about 26 guys to wheel it through the house so the crane could pick up the door by the frame on the other side of the house. The homeowner loves the door,” said Nir Alon, managing partner of Los Angeles Construction & Development.

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Santa Monica Glass Wall

This premier Schweiss hangar home door, better described as a hydraulic moving porch, has been featured on many television shows because of its unique design. The one-piece door was built and designed by Schweiss Doors. When strong Schweiss cylinders open this big door, it lifts an entire patio deck with it. It also has a walk-through door with a stylish window. Schweiss engineering specs called for a 120 mph wind endurance criteria. Schweiss specialty doors and designer doors are being requested often and nobody makes them better than Schweiss Doors.

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Moving Porch Door

Nine Fine Irishmen is a Las Vegas southside strip-located pub of epic proportions. It has a great location just across from the MGM Grand Casino. The pub's interior features a grand Victorian-style bar. It was entirely handcrafted in Ireland by a variety of local tradesmen using authentic Irish materials.

A unique kiosk with a spectacular 360 degree view of the Las Vegas Strip opens up outside to the public with four Schweiss hydraulic designer doors. The year-round outdoor patio and bar kiosk has ample seating for about 100 people. It features two custom made Schweiss hydraulic designer doors 15' x 4' 4" which open at the sides and two 8' x 4' 4" hydraulic doors opening at each end. A unique feature for this is the use of only one hydraulic pump for all four doors, with four separate key stations to open and close the doors. When the doors are open they provide shade to the area around the bar. When closed, they provide a tight seal and security to the contents inside.

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Nine Fine Irishmen

Among the glass walls that comprise the perimeter of Kenyon College's $80 million Center For Fitness, Recreation and Athletics is a 25'-wide by 14'-tall glass bifold door, manufactured by Schweiss Doors of Fairfax, MN, and installed by ASI Limited of Indianapolis, IN.

The 130,000 sq. ft. building is located on the school's campus in Gambier, OH.

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Kenyon College

Founded on the campus of Stanford University in 2002, the Carnegie Institution's Global Ecology Center was created to study the interaction between the earth's various ecosystems.

Given the department's nature-intensive mission, the presence of three bifold doors at the Center's perimeter seems appropriate. In the closed position, these 9'-tall glass doors - two of which are 14' wide while the other is slightly larger - bring natural light into nearby interior work spaces. And when opened, they literally connect the indoors and out, thus bringing researchers a little closer to the work they've dedicated themselves to. The doors were manufactured by Schweiss Doors of Fairfax, MN, and installed by Rudolph & Sletten Contractors of Foster City, CA.

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Bifold Doors

Gene and Carol Buboltz are the owners of this residential 4' x 6-1/2" x 6'7" custom “One-Piece®” Hydraulic Door which is located on the back side of their lake home. This custom, classy wall-door is unnoticeable when closed while the outside door trim matches a seamless finish to the house's exterior. This makes a nice hidden entrance to their basement for whatever possibilities they wish to use it for. When garage space is limited; such an opening to a basement makes it possible for storing lawnmowers, ATV's, jet-skis, and plenty of other common equipment. One of the greatest qualities of the door is the remote controlled handicap accessibility.

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Buboltz Basement Door

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located in Batavia, Illinois, 40 miles west of Chicago, is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics.

As part of the Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program at Fermilab a 20.10' x 23.9' bifold liftstrap door was installed in the new 4,500 sq. ft. SBN Near Detector Building.

The door features gray liftstraps, electric photo eye sensors, warning lights and horns, a top-drive motor, automatic latching system and an emergency back-up system. The door is clad with glass on the bottom quarter and high performance light transmitting Kalwall® panels covering the top three-quarters of the door, both to identically match the adjacent east wall of the building.

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Fermilab

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston has added a new expansion of its artistic programming across Boston Harbor to the East Boston Shipyard and Marina. It presents artwork and public programs in a newly renovated 15,000 square-foot former copper pipe and sheet metal factory.

Convenient for this purpose were two very unique Schweiss bifold designer doors positioned at opposite ends of the building. The doors are each 15.9' wide by 19' tall. The bifold doors in this project are unique in that the top half of the doors is emblazoned with the ICA Watershed logo which overlaps the bottom half and still remains visible with the door partially opened. Translucent polycarbonate cladding also gives the door a glow allowing colors and light from inside the Watershed to show through.

“The doors were big with very robust frames, that's why we chose Schweiss.” said Nick Winton of the architectural firm of Anmahian Winton Architects. “We wanted to use a lightweight cladding material that was inexpensive and handled daylight well.”

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ICA Water Shed

When you think of top quality car lines, Mercedes-Benz is one of the first to come to mind. When you think of top quality in bifold and hydraulic doors, it's a big ditto for Schweiss.

When Mercedes-Benz of St. Louis built a new building and parking garage on Hampton Avenue it was a Schweiss bifold glass designer door that was incorporated at the new dealership. The Schweiss bifold liftstrap door measures 24' x 9.4' and equipped with electric photo eye sensors, manual latch system, a door base safety edge, black liftstraps and a top drive motor.

The Schweiss bifold system is just like an aluminum frame system like the rest of the building, only with a steel frame. It really gave them the same, consistent look and still be operable for the owner to get their cars in and out.

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Mercedes-Benz Dealership

Sam's Tavern, a new Pike Street, South Lake Union bar and restaurant in Seattle, WA has been described as a “Woodsy, Whimsical” bar. USA Today hailed it as one of the top seven places in the U.S. for a spectacular Bloody Mary.

Two Schweiss hydraulic doors open to an outside courtyard giving the establishment additional seating. The hydraulic doors are clad in glass and can be opened even on rainy days to keep patrons dry while enjoying the outdoor patio area. Each custom-made door is 11' 9" wide by 9' tall and has electric photo eye sensors. The hydraulic pumps that run the strong Schweiss cylinders are mounted inside the building near the doors.

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Sam's Tavern

This awe-inspiring Los Altos, Calif. Luxury home will be featured in the Silicon Valley Modern Home Tour, June 9th. The Great Room of the home features a Schweiss 36' x 23' tall glass hydraulic curtain wall door. The entire façade of the home can be opened like an aircraft hangar door. The center of the Great Room has a circular glass-floored dining area cantilevered over a 60 ft. long indoor swimming pool that looks out over the scenic bay.

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Luxury Los Altos Home

Guide Dogs of America (GDA) unveiled its latest expansion in Sylmar, Calif. The new 16,000 sq. ft. building celebrated the dedication of the Macki and Phil Singer Visitor and Education Center.

Its mission is to provide professionally trained guide dogs free of charge to blind men and women across the U.S. and Canada and to graduate more guide dog teams and instruction in their use.

Schweiss Doors provided the new facility with a 41' 10" x 11' 2" bifold liftstrap glass designer door. The door is fitted with photo eye sensors and is powered by two top-drive 3 h.p. 460v electric motors.

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Guide Dogs of America

Nothing says summer like tacos and tequila. Chicago's newest sprawling Federales Tequila & Tacos restaurant and bar in the West loop of Chicago is a great neighborhood bar with incredible food.

Federales vacation atmosphere features a fully retractable roof and two Schweiss bifold liftstrap 14' 3" x 14' 8" designer doors that open to their beer garden.

They like the look and feel of the doors, as well as how open the space feels when they are in use, not to mention the 154 additional seats in the Tequila Garden. They open them when it's warm enough to have outdoor dining and drinking.

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Federales Restaurant

This 1956 Greyhound Scenicruiser bus was hoisted up to the Bobby Hotel rooftop in Nashville. Two Schweiss hydraulic doors open up the side and back of the bus. It was totally renovated inside by Hemphill Brothers Coach Company.

A Schweiss dual-pump system with electric motors were placed 60 feet away inside the swimming pool mechanical room to operate the hydraulic cylinders on the 18' 6" x 8' side door and 8' x 9' rear bus door. The doors can be opened and closed with handheld remote openers.

Castlerock Asset Management, which undertook the adaptation, wanted “to create an immersive hotel that feels like the quintessential Nashville experience and mirrors musician's life on the road.”

“We wanted to create a unique experience on our rooftop different than any other hotel in Nashville,” noted Castlerock Vice President Ray Waters.

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Bobby Hotel Bus

The Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows - Corona Park, Queens, New York is one of the world's largest public tennis facilities and home to the U.S. Open, and its centerpiece arena, Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Three Schweiss bifold liftstrap designer doors were part of a USTA $550 million renovation. Each door, measuring 25.8' x 9.10', has an automatic latching system, stainless steel side and wind rails and warning lights and horns. The custom-made doors are all clad in glass.

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Bifold Doors

Crowne Architectural Systems Inc. out of New Jersey installed a 9' 6" x 15' hydraulic display window into this New York City Museum.

The custom installed - all metal window frames are clad with glass and powered by a hidden hydraulic pump to run the hydraulic cylinders.

The window has electric photo eye sensors and a door base safety edge.

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Hydraulic Doors

Housed inside a Los Angeles 50,000 sq. ft. building, dubbed “The Tin Can,” a nickname referring to the pre-engineered metal Butler Building type, are photography studios that at times like to make use of available natural light. This light filters down through the building via rooftop custom-made Schweiss bifold skylight doors.

Two of the liftstrap skylight doors are 24' x 15.2' and four others are 23.5' x 14'2". In addition, two other 23.6' x 15' bifold doors were placed on the side of the building. The skylight doors have weatherproof electrical components and 1" thick clear glass panels to keep the elements out of the building.

The ground-level doors can be opened out to a small patio surrounded by a planter wall, creating a nice indoor-outdoor space.

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Tin Can Project

Schweiss Doors was approached to replace existing roll up doors at Cafe Intermezzo in Atlanta, GA. The old doors were failing and the top pivoting rods were broken.

The three new 14' 6" x 8' lift-strap bifold doors act as a large glass storefront system, an awning for diners when and security gates when closed.

The custom-made bifold designer doors have hurricane wall pins, manual latching systems and top-drive electric motors.

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Bifold Doors

This privately-owned helicopter hangar in rural Purcellville, VA recently received first place 2017 Building of the Year award in the category of “Commercial Buildings under 5,000 sq. ft.” The owner, Chuck Kuhn and Fuog/InterBuild designed the post-frame barn-style hangar that really stands out with a Schweiss hydraulic one-piece 55' x 16' designer door. A Stronger lift system was incorporated for the additional 7,100 pounds of wood cladding on the door. The vaulted ceiling has 1 x 6 tongue and groove woodwork. A high loft with four windows brings maximum amount of daylight into the hangar.

Garland LaRue, Project Manager for Fuog/InterBuild, Inc. said he discovered Schweiss Doors for the first time through a Schweiss Door internet search and said the hangar owner loved the hydraulic door. “I think the quality of construction of the hydraulic door is wonderful. We definitely would use it again and recommend it to others. It was also easy to install, the shipping of it and customer service was great on all points, Brent and Jeremy at Schweiss were very helpful,” said LaRue.

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The hydraulic glass designer door on this rental home allows fresh air into the living room. The modernistic rental home, located just blocks away from the Venice Beach Boardwalk and Marin Del Rey, CA, is available for $11,000/month. This 2-bedroom split level home offers 1,530 sq. ft. with a glass-clad 14' x 11' Schweiss Window Wall that opens one end of the home to the beautiful California sunshine.

Architect and owner, Matthew Roynce, says the door is well built and brings natural light into the home. When he goes to show the home to people the door makes for a great rental point. People love it because no one has ever seen anything like it on a house.

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Venice Beach Rental Home

Wayne Braun, now retired in Houston, Texas, is more than satisfied with his 21' x 10' Schweiss bifold liftstrap door. “The door is hidden under the siding, matching the rest of the house. The door is designed as a ‘flush overlay door’ and gives very few clues as to its existence and how the door might work,” noted Braun. “The way the door is designed gives it the capacity to carry the weight of the siding on the face of it without me having to do anything else special to it.”

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Braun Garage Door

PLANTA, a brand-new 100% plant-based vegan high scale restaurant located in West Palm Beach, Florida opened this Spring. Known for its chic and sophisticated interiors, the eatery offers an elevated dining experience with an innovative 100-percent plant-based menu. With seating for 200, it now has three Schweiss bifold glass designer doors that open to additional outdoor seating of 50 customers. It is also the very first outdoor bar using a Schweiss bar top outside serving window.

Two of the restaurant doors are 8.10' x 11.5', another is 8' x 11.2' and the smallest is 8.11' x 5.10'. Each door is equipped with manual latch systems and all four control panels are wall-mounted at one location.

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PLANTA Restaurant

The newest Solis Luxury Apartment complex in Seattle is the largest Passive House Certified multi-family building in all of Washington. The 45-unit complex has two ornate 12.10' x 15.7' Schweiss bifold liftstrap doors at the ground floor entrance leading into some shops within. The Passive House standards have better air and temperature control that is fresh filtered 12 times a day.
Photo Copyright: Meghan Montgomery

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Solis Luxury Apartment

There's no hiding this 37' x 10' Schweiss engineered hydraulic designer door that was recently installed in an extensive Boulder, Colorado commercial remodel project. The radiant multi-colored glass exterior cladding on it certainly gives it a one-of-a-kind standout appearance.

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Colorful Glass Hydraulic Door

Three beautiful glass designer bifold doors were recently installed on Genentech Pharmaceuticals newest building in San Francisco, CA. The doors are in the cafe area so they can open them up and have outside dining. “The install was easy; everything went in fine.” said Jeff Garmeson, the Senior Project Manager.

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Genentech Pharmaceuticals

This customer wanted a large porch and walk-through door on the front of their hangar house but didn't want to lose the functionality of their hangar. As always, the ingenuity of Schweiss pulled through and delivered. With the push of a button, a seemingly simple and charming front porch turns into a fully functional hydraulic door! To see more of what Schweiss Doors has to offer you or your business.

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All-around handyman Dennis Scearce - nicknamed “Odd Job Johnny” - needed a door for his new garage in Mooresville, NC. He didn't want it to look like a typical garage door, in fact he didn't want the door to be seen at all when closed. He decided on a Schweiss 25' x 9' hydraulic door. “Everybody that comes by gets faked out. All the neighbors think it's just unbelievable...” said Scearce.

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Odd Job Johnny

This beautiful double garage in Los Altos, California has two Schweiss bifold liftstrap doors. The 11' x 7.5' wood clad doors are equipped with automatic latches and photo eye sensors.

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Bifold Doors

The Surf Club in Surfside, FL used fancy metal clad doors as security gates for their parking garage. Perfection Architectural out of Florida installed the five Strap-Lift Doors. There are many ways to uniquely clad bifold doors to add style to your new construction project.

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Bifold Doors

To meet North Oaks, MN residential zoning restrictions requiring garage doors not exceed certain heights, Jay Hare found a solution with Schweiss Doors. The finished door is a 12' x 16' strap bifold door that opens to 14' but gives the appearance of a door half that size.

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Hidden RV Door

This cedar clad 15' x 6' Schweiss Hydraulic Door adds a beautiful and functional finishing touch to this log cabin in Bend, Oregon.

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Hydraulic Doors

Here is a great example of what is possible with Schweiss Designer Doors. This nightclub building in Washington D.C has two custom-made 32' 6.5" x 12' hydraulic glass skylight doors on its roof. There is also a 26' 4" x 8' 10" bifold lift-strap ground level door on the building.

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Hydraulic Doors