Connection without comfort isn’t design — it’s distraction.
Discover what’s possible with Solera Reserve™
For over 30 years, Solera® has been trusted by leading firms to transform museums, schools, airports, cultural landmarks, and more into not only iconic beacons, but also spaces that promote health, wellness, increased productivity and enhanced learning.
Now, by demand, Solera® is being introduced to the world of refined residential design — a new option for creating better buildings. Solera Reserve™ brings aesthetic freedom, thermal comfort, and performance without compromise.
Better homes carefully manage the connection between the interior and exterior. This is challenging with conventional building materials.
THE PROBLEM WITH OPAQUE
Brick, concrete, cladding — these protect us from the elements and offer great insulation and privacy. But when we use too much opaque, we end up creating a home that looks and feels dull and ordinary; dark and cave-like.
SO WE ADD CLEAR GLASS
Big glass looks spectacular and brings in views and connection to the outside. But it also comes with excessive heat, painful glare, a lack of privacy, and ultimately, blinds.
THE RESULT
Wouldn’t it be great if a glazing material could make you feel connected to nature, while diffusing harsh sunlight into gentle, comfortable light — eliminating glare, protecting your views, and removing the need for blinds altogether? And what if it also gave you complete privacy, so you and your family could live freely without being on display?
We now have a building material that bridges the gap between Transparent and Opaque to create better homes for people and the environment:
Introducing a third option
Translucent Glazings
Translucent glazings convert harsh, direct-beam sunlight into gentle, diffused daylight, deep into the space.
This eliminates glare, hot spots, and often the need for blinds, allowing you to preserve your views while creating the most comfortable interior.
Strategically place vision glass where you want clear sightlines and connection to the outdoors — not excessively, as too much leads to glare and hot spots.
Place translucent glazings above, below, or beside the vision glass to bring in abundant, glare-free daylight — protecting your views and eliminating the need for blinds.
Add opaque building materials where you don’t need views or daylight — structure, privacy, and insulation where it counts.
The result is a better home that not only looks amazing inside and out but also feels great to be in — beautifully connected to nature, comfortable, and with unobstructed views.
When designing your dream home, you will want it to look and perform the way you designed it, for as long as possible. Many homeowners also want to avoid materials that have a negative impact on the health and well-being of their family as well as the environment.
Your choice of translucent glazing material has a direct impact. This is why it’s so important to understand your options.
Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (FRP) and Polycarbonate systems were pioneers in the world of translucent glazing, offering strong light diffusion and respectable insulation values. However, as plastic-based products, they fall well short of today’s environmental standards. Prone to UV degradation, discoloration, and leaking, they often require replacement within 10 to 20 years — making them, in essence, a form of architectural single-use plastic.
Acid-Etched Glass and White Laminate Glass offer longevity and visual appeal due to being glass-based. However, their performance stops at the surface. These materials lack the ability to diffuse light properly to mitigate glare or eliminate hot spots, and their low insulation values can result in uncomfortable interiors — too hot in summer, too cold in winter.
Solera Reserve™ isn’t just glass. It’s a signature — a mark of distinction.
Solera® offers a clean, simple, elegant aesthetic for the exterior, while flooding the interior with soft, gentle daylight. This creates a home that not only feels amazing to be in, but also benefits your family’s health and wellness.
Your home will glow like a beacon, making it stand out from every other home on the street, all while maintaining complete privacy.
Comfort, sustainability, and serenity — all in one material.
Solera® allows you to design with an abundance of glass, while completely controlling glare and solar heat gain, which means less reliance on HVAC systems.
Thanks to the excellent insulation options available (up to R25) and the light diffusion power of Solera®, the temperature of your home can stay comfortable, without constantly having to adjust your thermostat.
Natural diffused light can reduce your reliance on artificial lighting.
Solera® harnesses the power of the sun to deliver soft, evenly distributed daylight, spreading it deep into your space. This means you will find yourself not needing lights on during the day.
Whether it’s due to construction, noisy neighbors, or simply an urban location, now, you can let the light in and keep the noise out.
Despite what’s happening outside, Solera® helps you maintain peace and serenity inside with the help of the excellent acoustic insulation (Rated STC 48).
Solera® delivers full-spectrum natural daylight — unlike artificial LEDs — supporting human health in ways that matter.
By aligning with the body’s circadian rhythm, it fosters healthier living and working environments. Studies show that access to full-spectrum daylight leads to measurable improvements in focus and test scores in school-age children. At home, Solera® reduces the need for electric lighting while preserving a refined, architectural aesthetic — proving that wellness and beauty can coexist.
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LISTEN NOWSolera® empowers architects and homeowners to design with freedom and intention. It makes it possible to embrace large expanses of glass while maintaining full, glare-free daylight and soft, ambient interiors.
Solera® preserves privacy without the need for blinds or curtains, supports clean, uninterrupted lines, and helps reduce noise pollution — all while elevating the overall design aesthetic.
The result is a space that feels calm, private, and beautifully alive with light.
Solera® is true glass — engineered to last the life of the building. Fire-rated to meet residential code, it offers exceptional durability, impact resistance, and maintenance-free performance.
Trusted for decades in high-profile commercial projects and cultural institutions, Solera® brings that same proven reliability to refined residential design.
