Simglas

About Simglas

Simglas films from the SOLYX® Simulated Glass collection replicate the visual characteristics of specialty glass types — ribbed glass, fluted glass, reeded glass, channel glass, and other architectural glass finishes that are expensive to source, difficult to fabricate, and challenging to install. As an adhesive film applied to standard clear glass, Simglas makes these premium glass aesthetics accessible for Philadelphia renovation and commercial fit-out projects where genuine specialty glass is cost-prohibitive or structurally impractical.

For Philadelphia's historic and adaptive reuse building stock — the converted warehouses in Fishtown, the refurbished commercial buildings in Old City, the industrial loft offices in Kensington — Simglas offers a way to achieve the character of period specialty glass without sourcing the actual product. A reeded glass partition in a Center City coworking space that references the building's original industrial glazing can be executed in Simglas film on standard tempered glass rather than sourcing genuine reeded glass, saving both cost and lead time.

In contemporary Philadelphia hospitality design, Simglas is used to introduce period or artisan glass character into spaces that have no historical connection to specialty glazing — creating a sense of material craft and deliberateness that elevates the guest experience. A fluted glass panel in a hotel bar off the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, a ribbed glass screen at the host stand of a Center City restaurant — these details signal the same sophistication as the actual glass they replicate, at a fraction of the cost.

Simglas films apply to interior glass and block 99% of UV. They are compatible with standard residential and commercial glass and require no special mounting hardware or structural reinforcement.