Window assembly having frameless appearance and removable glass panel

A method of installing a window assembly into a window framing of a wall of a building, the window assembly comprising:

• a window frame which mounts in a window framing, the window frame having a plurality of frame members including a head member, a sill member, and a left side member, which form a perimeter of the frame, each of the frame members having a respective full length from a first end to a second end thereof;
• each of the frame members having an interior portion and an exterior portion, each of the interior portions and each of the exterior portions extending substantially the full length of the respective frame member, each of the interior portions configured to be positioned at an interior side of a glass panel when installed in the window frame and each of the exterior portions configured to be positioned at an exterior side of the glass panel, each of the respective interior portions connected to a respective exterior portion;
• each of the interior portions of the head member and sill member having a respective gasket disposed on the respective interior portion for contacting and retaining the glass panel,
• each of the exterior portions of the head member, sill member, right side member and left side member having a respective exterior retainer attachment;
• respective exterior retainers removably attachable to the respective exterior retainer attachments, each the exterior retainers having a gasket for contacting and retaining the glass panel,
• each of the interior portions of the right side member and left side member having a respective interior retainer attachment;
• respective interior retainers removably attachable to the respective interior retainer attachments, each of the interior retainers having a gasket for contacting and retaining the glass panel;
• and
• wherein the window frame assembly is configured such that when the window frame is installed in the window framing and finish surround is installed around the installed window frame assembly, the window frame assembly has a frameless appearance, and the window frame is configured such that the glass panel is installed into the window frame, there is an edge space between a top edge of the glass panel and the head member allowing the glass panel to be moved planarly upward to remove the glass panel from the window assembly without removing finish surround installed around the head member and sill member,
• the method comprising:
• installing each of the frame members of the window frame in the window framing;
• positioning the glass panel into the window frame;
• attaching the exterior retainers and interior retainers to corresponding exterior retainer attachments and interior retainer attachments, respectively.