Zero sight line door and window

A window for a building exterior, the window comprising:

• a glass assembly having a plurality of glass lites and lateral edges, adjacent glass lites of the plurality of glass lites separated by spacing bars at a periphery of the glass assembly;
• a frame that surrounds the glass lateral edges, the frame comprising:
• an interior-facing leg, configured to extend from one of the plurality of glass lateral edges toward an interior portion of the glass assembly;
• and
• a lateral leg, substantially orthogonally extending from an edge of the interior-facing leg and facing the lateral edges of the glass assembly, the lateral leg having a lateral leg thickness;
• and
• structural glazing tape having inner and outer sides, the inner side of the structural glazing tape is affixed to an outer side of the interior-facing leg at an intersection of the interior-facing and lateral legs and the outer side of the structural glazing tape is affixed to an inner side of the glass assembly, the structural glazing tape configured to completely overlap the spacing bars and terminate prior to a free end of the interior facing leg,
• the frame and the glass assembly configured so that when the window is mounted to a building, the lateral leg thickness is the only visible part of the frame when viewed from the building exterior.

A method for assembling a door or window, the method comprising:

• laying a frame having an L-shaped cross section, a top, and a bottom opposite the top on a horizontal surface, the frame comprising a first leg having a first leg surface in contact with the horizontal surface and a second leg having a second leg thickness substantially orthogonally extending upward from an outside edge of the first leg, the first leg surface being intended to face a building interior and the second leg thickness being intended to face outwardly from a building exterior when the door or window is mounted;
• applying a first side of a structural glazing tape to the first leg, the structural glazing tape being in contact with an intersection of the first and second legs;
• resting a glass assembly having a top and a bottom within the frame onto a second side of the structural glazing tape such that gaps between sides of the glass assembly and the second leg are the same, the glass assembly having a plurality of layers separated by spacing bars between edges of adjacent layers, the structural glazing tape configured to completely overlap the spacing bars and terminate prior to a free end of the first leg;
• installing a plurality of setting blocks between the bottom of the frame and the bottom of the glass assembly;
• applying a sealant in gaps between the first leg and a surface of the glass assembly facing the first leg, and the second leg and lateral edges of the glass assembly.