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The 114,897 square foot San Bernardino Valley College building houses many of the California college's technology programs including automotive, solar, HVAC, electronics, and industrial automation. The building replaced a facility that was over 60 years old and no longer met the needs of a modern college or future workforce.

Assisting in that task are 9 Schweiss Doors lift strap bifold doors, clad in glass and metal ventilation panels, allowing for air movement in the large lab spaces.

The bifold doors are of various sizes, ranging from 10-feet by 16 feet-7 inches to 20 feet by 17-feet-3 ½ inches. They were isntalled by Overhead Door Company of the Inland Empire

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Associated with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York is the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source building, also known as the CHESS building. The Cornell University's CHESS building is a research facility that studies Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental and Material Sciences. The National Science Foundation recently awarded $32.6 million dollars for the expansion of the CHESS building.

The new expansion was designed with a variety of architectural elements, one being a Schweiss bifold door. Wilson West Laboratory went with a custom Schweiss bidold door that measures 13 feet wide by 14 feet tall, offering a unique opening size with its vertical folding design. The door is clad in glass panels, which allows light into the building while keeping the modern industrial aesthetic.

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The Future of Aviation at Lincoln North Star High School! We're thrilled to be part of the new Aviation and Technical Education Focus Program building at Lincoln North Star High School in Lincoln, Nebraska!

With 42,000 kids in the Lincoln school district, this program provides students with exposure to aeronautics and hands-on technical education. It's an exciting before and after-school program that's opening doors to future opportunities in the aviation field!

When it came time to showcase their new building and make a lasting investment in the program, they turned to Schweiss Doors for the most reliable doors on the market. We're proud to be part of this amazing venture and excited for the future of these young aviation enthusiasts!

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Schweiss Designer Door Shines on a CEO's Backyard Hangar. When pilot Don Smith Jr. built his Pennsylvania backyard hangar, he wanted something special. So, he installed a Schweiss hangar door that opens with smooth hydraulic power.

The gabled-roof hangar mixes contemporary forms with brick, stone, and metal materials. A wall-mounted pump hides all door wiring, and light pours through the door to shine on the finished floor. The 41-foot glass hydraulic door turns the hangar into a luxury showroom for Don's plane and cars.

Don's family business, Conewago Enterprises Inc., built the sylishly designed hangar and installed the unique glass door. Whenever they had questions, the Schweiss team answered quickly to keep the project moving.

Are you dreaming of your functional storage or workspace? Comment below with what you would store behind your Schweiss Door!

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Hydraulic Doors

Waxwing Residence was designed by Ancerl Studios to blend modern living with the functionality of a home for a family of seven.

Set on Toronto's lush ravine system, the home was built with the intention of blending th eindoor living space with the landscape surrounding the home.

One key feature helping to achieve the effect is the 35' x 12' bifold door that opens to expand the living room to include the patio and backyard.

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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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Hard Feelings, a mental health counseling organization in Toronto, has taken a bold step in redefining its space with a beautiful custom bifold lift-strap glass-clad garage door. Installed by Prestige Contracting / Schweiss Doors at Hard Feelings' new storefront location on Church Street, it features sleek black lift straps that add a touch of modern elegance to the building's facade.

The Schweiss bifold garage door enhances the aesthetic appeal and provides a welcoming environment for clients seeking mental health support. This collaboration with Schweiss Doors reflects Hard Feelings' dedication to creating spaces that foster connection and healing.

Hard Feelings opened its doors in September 2017. In February 2023, it celebrated a new beginning at 353 Church Street, where it is reconnecting with the community and expanding its in-person counseling services. Hard Feelings' new storefront symbolizes a commitment to reducing barriers and increasing access to mental health support.

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Work meets Wellness: Inside Headspace's Santa Monica Headquarters. When meditation app giants Headspace needed their first real home, they had a straightforward request: make it a place where people love to work. They found their perfect match in Kelly and Joelle Drury of Wolcott AI, who transformed 18,000 square feet into a sanctuary of creativity and calm.

At the heart of it all sits “The Lookout,” a bright, open space where a café meets an auditorium. Two tall trees grow inside the building, while the main stairs can change into row seats for events. People gather here to work, meet, or relax under the leafy branches.

When it's showtime, a massive screen glides in front of the Schweiss bifold door, while a suspended curtain creates the perfect viewing environment. This flexible space adapts to every need, from company meetings to media presentations.

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Open plan California home with a Schweiss indoor garage door. Check out these must see photos of a fine-looking glass-style door installed by Nor-Cal Overhead Inc. for a San Francisco, California customer! This indoor garage door seamlessly blends into the building's exterior while maximizing natural light with full-view glass paneling.

The flush-mounted door opens the home's entire wall to make the most of the coastal airflow and scenery. Experience style, function, and the beauty of open living with this custom Schweiss bifold lift strap door.

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Introducing the Beck Venture Center at Mines!
The Colorado School of Mines Beck Venture Center, designed by Denver-based OZ Architecture, is a cutting-edge 31,000-square-foot, three-story building designed with a pivotal function in mind to inspire creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

Thanks to a generous lead gift from Mike and Kelly Beck of Sarasota, Fla., parents of two Mines alumni, the Beck Venture Center will be a cornerstone in building a strong culture of entrepreneurship and innovation by Mines' 150th anniversary in 2024.

The Venture Center's first level includes the Janzen Family Pitch Deck event space featuring a Schweiss hangar door lifted open by bifold lift straps. The hangar door can expand the room's seatings for larger events and transform the look, feel, and performance of such a flexible space.

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In the heart of a historic neighborhood, a beautiful 1880s Italianate home has been given a fresh, modern twist by designer architects dSpace Studios. The “escape pod” homeowners wanted to preserve the historic charm while adding a sleek, glass-enclosed space to create a relaxing escape from daily life.

One of the most impressive features is a 17-foot glass bifold door from Schweiss Doors. This door opens to a full view, letting the indoor space flow onto the outdoor patio. The door creates a fantastic view and expands the space.

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Welcome to NAU's Student-Athlete High-Performance Center! Nestled in Flagstaff, Arizona, the Northern Arizona Univeristy Student-Athlete High-Performance Center is a state-of-the-art facility focusing on the development and wellness of NAU Lumberjack student-athletes.

The training complex spans 72,000 square feet over three stories including a grand hall and an impressive nearly 200-seat auditorium overlooking the practice field, campus, and stunning San Francisco Peaks mountain range.

A massive, daylit weight room is at the heart of NAU's performance center. The sleek Schweiss bifold lift strap door is one of the center's many outstanding features. The hangar door connects directly to the practice field, making it easy for athletes to transition between indoor training and outdoor practice.

“This hangar door opens with a big beeper that goes off when it opens. It's like something big is about to happen because it does. When the Jacks roll out of this door, it's game time.” Joey Gatwood, Director of Sports Nutrition, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

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It doesn't really matter at all if the sun is shining or not, this pool house, designed by Gauthier Architects of Brooklyn and built at upstate Accord, New York, makes any day inviting for a quick dip.

Taking up nearly the entire sidewall of the pool house is a Schweiss bifold double-glazed glass designer door that extends 34.4 ft. across and 13 ft. tall. It has an automatic latch system, electric photo eye sensors and black liftstraps. The glazed designer door, trimmed with neoprene and mahogany, gives a nice view of the wooded area outside and around the pool house.

“The homeowners have been using the door for months and absolutely love it. The pool house is a year-round play, swim, exercise, and recreational sanctuary,” said Principal Architect, Douglas Gauthier.

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NY Pool House

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

The Health & Sciences Innovation Building, designed by CO Architects, contains 9 stories with a variety of purposes for each floor. The ground floor, known as the forum, features a stage area with tiered seating.

On the front side of the forum stand three glass hydraulic Schweiss Doors which make up one full wall. The large 26' wide by 17' tall hydraulic window/walls can be opened to the courtyard beyond, creating an expanded indoor/outdoor space which provides an atmosphere of inclusiveness and encourages engagement, interaction and fosters connections.

Architectural Design: CO Architects
Photography: Timmerman Photography Inc.

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U of AZ Health Science Bldg

HLW International of Santa Monica, CA, was charged with turning a 1950s-era brick building into the new home of Red Bull Energy Drink. As part of that process, the firm ordered the demolition of a section of the building's original roof to create an interior courtyard, and then constructed within the courtyard a 40'-wide by 250'-long, non-functioning skateboard ramp, which has offices and conference spaces beneath.

With the ramp being the focal point of the 105,000 sq. ft. building, the architect looked for a way to create a seamless connection between the interior of the building and the courtyard space. That was accomplished with a glass bifold door.

Schweiss Doors of Fairfax, MN, manufactured the door, which weighs approximately 10 tons. To operate the door, two electric motors and eight lift straps are used.

Schmidt Construction of Williams, CA, handled the delivery and installation of the door. Inner Space Constructors of Rancho Dominguez, CA, was the project's general contractor and was responsible for demolition and renovation.

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Red Bull HQ

A top of the line Schweiss Hydraulic Designer Door graces this Under Armour storefront.

Schweiss Designer Doors don't get much better than this. Under Armour Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland ordered this very attractive and unique metal perforated hydraulic one-piece canopy door as a showpiece for their store and office building in Baltimore, Maryland. The 28' 10" wide x 12' 140 mph wind rated door features two distinctly lighted Under Armour billboard-style logos which can be seen for miles around.

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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 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

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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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

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

Santa Monica, California's Pen Factory, a former Paper Mate pen factory, was renovated into a 222,000 sq. ft. multi-tenant twin-building creative workplace. This prime real estate in Silicon Beach is an emerging hub for the LA creative class that's home to the latest advancements in technology,
E-commerce, media, and entertainment.

Included on the renovated design is the inclusion of a 8' 9" x 19' 5" Schweiss bifold liftstrap door with glass cladding. It is equipped with an automatic latch system, electric photo eye sensors, a door base safety edge and back-up system that can be used in case of a power outage.

The bifold door is being used by DreamWorks Animation media company to bring larger items in and out of the building.

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Pen Factory

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

As part of its recent Master Plan Update, Metropolitan Community College (MCC) in Omaha, Nebraska strategically created three buildings as centers of specialization.

It's 65,000 sq. ft. Central Main Building included the incorporation of two Schweiss bifold doors. The larger 18.4' wide x 26.5' tall designer door was clad in glass. The smaller 15.6' wide x 18.3' tall door was clad in fiber cement panels. Both doors were powder coated and have electric photo eye sensors, door base safety edges, warning lights and horns, gray liftstraps and emergency back-up systems in case of a power outage.

The larger door is used to bring in equipment and the smaller door gives access to classrooms and opens to a transitional room housing utility components.
Photo by Nick Merrick © Hall+Merrick

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Metro Community College

These four 22' x 22' strap bifold doors were ordered for the Katz family pavilion in Irvine, CA. The glass bifold doors open up to the beautiful Shalom Garden just outside and allow the California sun to shine into the building.

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The new Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center and Vikings football practice facility has two 20' x 14' Schweiss bifold liftstrap doors in the weight room. These doors lead out to the four outdoor practice fields. The weight room spans over 6,100 sq. ft., with scores of racks, weights and other conditioning machines. The campus sits on about 35 acres just south of Interstate 494 in Eagan.
Photos by Bergerson Photography

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Vikings Training Center

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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Residents in the new 272-unit 23-story Soma Towers highrise apartment in Bellevue, Washington now have access to an outdoor piazza via Schweiss bifold designer glass doors.

The largest bifold liftstrap door is 16.5' x 7.9'. A second door has a clear opening of 14.10' x 7.25'. Both bifold doors have automatic latches, electric photo eye sensors, door base safety edges and an emergency backup system in case of loss of power.

This new highrise is one of more than 50 projects constructed by Su Development of Bellevue, Washington in the greater Seattle area.

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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

House of Air is an indoor trampoline park located in a historic airplane hangar at West Crissy Field in the Presidio of San Francisco, California, not far from the Golden Gate Bridge. What used to house high-flying aircraft, now houses hundreds of energetic youth-minded people, some of whom can now exercise a different style of high flight.

With all the activity going on in this building, it's nice to be able to open the doors for some fresh or cool air. A 41' 6" x 19' 3" custom made Schweiss bifold liftstrap glass designer door is installed at the entrance to the large hangar building. Not only does the glass door open for ventilation purposes, but it gives those inside and out a beautiful view when open or shut. It's also quite convenient for moving equipment in and out of the building. The door is equipped with electric photo eye sensors and a door base safety edge.

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House of Air

This isn't one of those places that puts up a couple Irish flags and call themselves an Irish pub. Their atmosphere is much more Irish than other “pubs” in the Fargo, Moorhead area. It features a Stone Courtyard Bar area that seats 70 people with three 19' 4" x 7' 11" Schweiss bifold glass doors that can be opened, rain or shine. Connected to the Courtyard is a patio area that seats another 60 people. The Mezzanine Level on the main side of the building, just a short step up, has seating for 20 people and offers a grand view of the entire main bar. Total seating is just under 300.

They open the doors nearly every day in the Spring, Summer and Fall. Another nice benefit, as opposed to a garage style door, is the way they open outward providing an awning. When it rains outside, it doesn't rain in the building.

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Blarney Stone Pub

Superba Food + Bread, which bills itself as an industrial-chic café and bakery offering Californian fare, rotisserie dishes and keg cocktails, likes to try new things and break some rules.

Part of trying new things included placement of a Schweiss bifold glass door at the front of the restaurant. They wanted the space to open up entirely to the exterior and maintain the open structure of the ceiling. The bifold door allowed them to do this better than a typical garage door that would have conflicted with lighting hung from the ceiling.

Superba decided on a custom-made 14' 4" x 9' 9" glass-clad bifold liftstrap door with black straps, electric photo eye sensors and manual latches. When they open for business at 7 a.m. they also open their Schweiss glass bifold door to welcome diners in from the sidewalk.

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Superba Restaurant

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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Every architect commissioned to design a mountain location retreat, in this case, GLUCK+, based out of New York, faces a challenge of how to come to terms with the elevation, rock formations, climate, slope, trees and especially the vista.

This also held true for door installers who were faced with the task of providing two Schweiss bifold straplift glass designer doors at the residence of an art studio in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

Forming a glass corner in an open two-story space are two 23' x 15' 2" straplift bifold glass-clad doors that have electric photo eye sensors, door base safety edges and black liftstraps and quiet, fast opening top-drive motors. The up/down door control is located 60' away from the doors.

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Blue Ridge Art Studio

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

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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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

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

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

Schweiss Doors now has many more friends in high places. A prime example of this is a luxurious residential project completed in downtown Minneapolis, where a Schweiss liftstrap bifold glass designer door was installed on the 19th floor of the Soo Line Apartment building.

So how do you go about getting a 2,300 lb. custom-made 20' x 11' 6" bifold door up 19 floors? It takes a tall twoer crane. The classic 20 ft. x 11.6 ft. Schweiss bifold door has electric photo eye sensors and had to be engineered to meet glass deflection. It opens up to a pool and skypark where any of the residents of the 254 units can utilize the patio space at their leisure.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the building received the National Association of Home Builder's Green Building Standard designation and was named a finalist for the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's Best in Real Estate award for 2014.

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Soo Line Apartments

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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Hydraulic Doors

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

This custom set of Schweiss bifold doors was the perfect solution for TGI Friday's of Dallas, Texas to provide a unique dining experience for their patio bar customers. The two strap bifolds create an awning over the bar area when open.

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TGI Friday's

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

Supplying doors for military bases is nothing new for Schweiss Doors, they've been doing it for years. Although Canadian Forces Base, Borden didn't have a need for specialty blast-proof doors like other military establishments, a recent building expansion project for its Ontario training school called for the use of Schweiss hydraulic and bifold liftstrap doors.

The seven-door order of Schweiss hydraulic and bifold doors was for a new 16,000 sq. ft. Mechanical Engineering and Training Building at the base, which has a tank display school for training mechanical and electrical engineers.

They chose four identical 18' 10" x 14' 5" bifold liftstrap doors and three hydraulic doors; one of which was 18' 3" wide by 8' tall and two that were 17' 11" wide by 8' 3" tall. The bifold doors are clad with glass and equipped with automatic latches, emergency backup-hand crank, remote openers, weatherproof electrical and door base safety edges.

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Armed Forces School

An approximate $11 million 47,000-square-foot facility will steer high school students onto the road of success. Bordering the north side of the Lone Star College-Kingwood campus in Porter, Infinity Early College High School (IECHS) in New Caney, Texas, is an innovative high school that allows students least likely to attend college an opportunity to earn a high school diploma and either an associate degree or at least 60 college credit hours toward a baccalaureate degree in the time it takes to graduate from high school.

Included in the building project are three Schweiss bifold designer doors with glass cladding. They range in size from 11.6' wide to 9.3' and all have clear opening heights of 7.75'. The liftstrap doors, powered by top-drive motors are equipped with electric photo eye sensors, door base safety edges and manual side latches.

The purpose of these doors was to separate the main area of the school from the kitchen. The doors are located completely inside the building.

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New Caney College/HS

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

The garage on Leo Kingston's Oklahoma City 4,200 sq. ft. single level home is something to behold. The glistening epoxy floor is something you might expect to see inside the home's entrance and the contemporary look of the walls and ceiling surround a very nice looking Schweiss hydraulic glass designer door.

The Schweiss hydraulic door has a clear opening of 15.3' x 7.1' and is equipped with electric photo eye sensors and a remote opener.

In order to give extra stability to compensate for the extra weight of the glass-clad door, Kingston ordered it with a freestanding header that attaches to I-beams at the side and header of the door. He also lifted the ceiling in his garage from 9 ft. to 13 ft. in order to put a stackable car lift inside.

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Kingston Garage Door

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

One of Brooklyn, New York's newest restaurants specializing in Italian food is 76 Ainslie. The restaurant has a Schweiss 31' x 14' bifold liftstrap door clad in glass that opens to an outdoor backyard patio with trees.

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Ainslie Restaurant

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

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

The Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake is a four-season star among vacation destinations on the southern shore of Lake Erie, near Geneva State Park in Ohio.

The designer glass hydraulic door that connecting the indoor pool to an outdoor pool deck accents what is already a perfect location for family fun, meetings, lakefront weddings, celebrations and much more.

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Geneva-On-The-Lake

Jeff LeVie of Mount Holly, NC was planning on installing a Schweiss bifold door on his garage but decided he liked the look of the Schweiss one-piece hydraulic door even better. He decided to cover the 25' x 14' door with polycarbonate windows to highlight the great view outside. “I was sitting in the garage looking out the hydraulic door (with no cladding on it) and thinking ‘This is a great view, maybe I should try to preserve that.’”

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Hydraulic Doors

Sounds like something out of a James Bond 007 movie. Spy Hop digital media arts group in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a student learning center that works with about 100 kids at a time and sees upwards of 18,000 kids a year.

The event stage at the top of the building, appropriately called “The Rooftop” has a Schweiss bifold door that opens the whole indoor space to the patio performance area outside as well as a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains.

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Spy Hop

The Public Safety Building & Emergency Operations Center in Martinez, California is the new essential service facility that houses the office of the County Sheriff and Command Staff. The building is a public training and lecture hall set up to support media briefings in times of emergency. The glass hydraulic door opens to allow for more seating on the outdoor patio.
Photo Copyright: Kyle Jeffers Photography

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CA Emergency Ops Center

The Memorial Stadium Performance Center at University of Illinois just got three new Schweiss glass-clad designer doors. The doors act as the entry point for their second floor offices, meeting rooms, coaches lockers, lounge, and main auditorium. The doors lead outside to a patio with its own mini golf course. The largest door is a 22' x 11' bifold liftstrap door with two more 10' x 11' doors on either side.

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U of Illinois Stadium

Here's a 18' x 8' glass Hydraulic Garage Door at a very happy customers home in Pennsylvania! “Everyone who walks by the garage asks about the door. it makes the building stand out. Especially when it is fully open.”

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Glass Garage Door

Schweiss listens and answers the challenge to design unique custom-made hydraulic doors. This glass clad designer hydraulic door in Denver, Colorado opens up to a large patio outside.

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Glass Patio Door