Architectural Design with Switchable Smart Glass

Priviglaze works with architects, interior designers, and specifiers to bring switchable smart glass into new-build and renovation projects across the UK. Our smart glass and smart film solutions let you specify privacy on demand — glass panels that switch instantly between clear and opaque at the touch of a button, without blinds, curtains, or permanent partitions.

Concept illustration: residential application of switchable smart glass.

This makes switchable glass a popular choice for meeting rooms, boardrooms, healthcare facilities, hospitality interiors, and residential feature walls where natural light and flexible privacy both matter. Unlike traditional film retrofits, our glass can be specified directly into your build, integrated with existing structural glazing, and controlled via wall switch, remote, or app.

How it fits into your project

Smart glass is manufactured with a laminated liquid crystal interlayer sandwiched between two panes of toughened glass. When powered, the crystals align and the glass turns clear; when powered off, they scatter light and the glass turns opaque. This means the same pane of glass can serve as a window, a partition, and a privacy screen, all controlled electronically — useful anywhere a design brief calls for flexible, adaptive space.

Concept illustration: switchable smart glass building facade, transparent (on) vs. opaque (off).

We supply smart glass in a range of configurations — fixed panels, opening windows (top-hung, left-hung, and right-hung), and partition walls — so it can be specified to match the exact opening and hardware requirements of your project.

Working with your practice

We work directly with architectural practices from early concept through to installation, offering technical specification support, sample panels, and CAD/BIM resources to help you integrate smart glass cleanly into your drawings and schedules. Our team can advise on glazing thicknesses, control wiring, and integration with existing building management systems, so smart glass can be planned in from the earliest design stages rather than retrofitted later.