2. 2 AGP Pty Limited Fineline-XTS Series, Lucient Apartments, 430 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Features:
• 12mm toughened or 13.52mm toughened
laminated (high performance) glass louvre blades.
• Frameless glass louvre blade sizes up to 1500mm
wide and 500mm high (subject to wind loads).
• 180 x 60mm RHS aluminium split mullions,
capable of spanning up to 4000mm.
• Specially designed cast stainless steel louvre
arms, which can be electropolished for greater
protection in coastal environments.
• Variable louvre opening angles up to 90˚.
• Any option of fixed and operable louvres.
• Integrated balustrade system to meet
requirements of AS1288. Crowd loaded design
available.
• Remote or automatic operation available.
• Ability to integrate with building management
and fire indicator systems.
3. Fineline Series, The Royal Apartments & York Apartments, Shortland Esplanade, Newcastle East
AESTHETICALLY FUNCTIONAL OPERABLE FACADES
OPERABLE GLASS LOUVRES 3
Custom designed operable glass louvres are an excellent option for building facades,
apartment balconies, internal office screens or partitions, outdoor entertaining spaces and
in public bars and entertainment facilities. With AGP operable glass louvre systems, the
potential applications are limitless.
AGP first developed its frameless glass louvre system for
the Macquarie Apartments project in Sydney, completed in
2001. The architect, Renzo Piano, had a grand vision for a
completely frameless glass louvre facade overlooking the
Royal Botanic Gardens and AGP, in conjunction with Bovis
Lend Lease and Arup, proceeded to redefine the frameless
glass louvre market in Australia.
This project spawned the AGP Fullview Series operable
glass louvre system, which apart from the striking facade it
created, provided wintergarden spaces for each apartment,
giving the occupants environmentally beneficial natural
ventilation alternatives and the ability to use these outdoor
space all year round.
From this initial design, in 2002 AGP developed the more
practical and cost effective Fineline Series louvre system, by
replacing the structural glass fins with aluminium mullions,
enclosing most of the linkage mechanisms, for a more
streamlined system.
Reacting to market requests for a more weather resistant
louvre facade, the Fineline-XT system was created in 2003
and opened up many new applications for frameless glass
louvres, as well as the benefit of smoke ventilation that has
seen it used in many large commerial buildings. In 2007,
the Fineline-XTS system was developed with The Buchan
Group to for the prestigious Lucient Apartments project in
Melbourne.
And most recently in 2012 AGP has created a simpler and
more cost effective frameless glass louvre design, called
Centaline, which can be installed within existing mullion
systems, and can be manually operated or motorised.
4. Fineline Series Fineline-XT Series
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PRODUCT RANGE
Fineline Series
A louvre screen system suitable for apartment wintergardens.
Featuring streamlined aluminium RHS mullions, with the glass louvres
opening up within, and an integrated glass balustrade system.
Fineline-XT Series
A closed louvre system suitable for an extensive range of
applications. The glass louvres close onto bulb seals on the face of
the mullions, with rubbers seals along the glass edges.
Fineline-XTS Series
The newest louvre system, developed with The Buchan Group for
Lucient Apartments in Melbourne. The lower operable louvre opens
down to provide double the clear viewing space.
Centaline Series
AGP’s newest operable louvre system available in manual and
motorised versions. A more cost effective design developed with
Mirvac for Era Apartments in Chatswood, this system features
centre-pivotted louvre blades supported with polycarbonate endcaps.
6. Ephraim Island Apartments, Gold Coast
FINELINE series
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AGP Fineline Series operable glass louvres maximise the amount of
all year round liveable space, with the added bonus of providing a
striking facade presence.
With AGP Fineline louvres the Individual users are able to choose between opening up a space
to the natural environment during pleasant weather, or closing it off when protection from
inclement weather is required.
The operable glass louvres are supported by vertical aluminium mullions that have the
operation mechanisms contained within, for safety and protection from the weather. Hiding the
mechanisms within the mullions also gives the system a neat, clean and attractive appearance.
7. OPERABLE GLASS LOUVRES 7
The Royal Apartments, Newcastle East
King Street Wharf Apartments, SydneyEphraim Island Apartments, Gold Coast
York Apartments, Newcastle East
8. SA Water Building @ VS1, Adelaide
FINELINE-XT series
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The AGP Fineline-XT operable glass louvre system
is a revolution in frameless glass louvre technology,
providing an elegant frameless design that doesn’t
compromise the practical requirements of a weather
resistant louvre system.
Continually looking at ways to improve their operable facades, AGP
has taken the Fineline Series louvres and designed additional weather
protection features to provide a system better suited for protection from
inclement weather.
Developed over many years the AGP Fineline-XT Series is, in our opinion,
the best possible balance of form and function, being as close to
weatherproof as can be achieved with frameless glass louvres. Horizontal
weather protection between each louvre blade is achieved by fitting a
bulb seal to the bottom edge of each louvre blade.
9. OPERABLE GLASS LOUVRES 9
MoVidi Aqui, 500 Bourke Street, Melbourne
New Engineering Building, University of AdelaideBHP Billiton Building, 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
134 Seven Hills Road, Baulkham Hills
10. 505 Apartments, 505 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
FINELINE-XTS series
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A bottom louvre opening in the opposite
direction makes the Fineline-XTS system
ideal for apartment wintergardens.
A variation to the Fineline-XT, the Fineline-XTS operable glass
louvres feature a special mechanism within the mullions that
allows the top operable louvres to open upwards while the
bottom operable louvres open downwards (as opposed to all
louvres opening and closing in the same direction).
This provides a greater clear opening space in the vision area
whilst still providing weather protection.
Lucient Apartments, 430 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
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Era Apartments, 7 Railway Street, Chatswood
CENTALINE series
AGP’s newest operable louvre system suitable
for a wide range of applications and suitable
as a standalone system or integrated into
a building’s curtain wall facade to provide
a seamless, elegent and practical natural
ventilation system.
In conjunction with construction company Mirvac, for one of
their apartment developments, AGP developed a new frameless
glass centre-pivoted louvre system to provide a cost effective
wintergarden screen to some of the apartment balconies.
AGP Centaline uses polycarbonate louvre arms with an external
linkage mechanism. This allows the system to be manually
operated and can be installed off any type of mullion framing
system. Large glass louvre spans up to 1500mm can be achieved
using 12mm toughened or toughened laminated glass.
A motorised version is also available with a linear actuator
mounted off the back of the louvre mullion and connected to the
external linkage mechnanism.
12. AGP Pty Limited
9 Liberty Road, Huntingwood
NSW 2148 Australia
Telephone (+61) 2 9671 0000
Website www.agpgroup.com.au
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Fineline-XT Series, Commonwealth Bank Place, Darling Quarter, Sydney
