4 Showstopping Pivot Door Entrances

Bold examples for a dramatic, modern entry.

An unforgettable entryway welcomes guests and brings out your home’s personality. These four front door entrances feature dramatic glass pivot doors that let in natural light and views while making a bold first impression.

Remember Your Lines

In a Phoenix modern farmhouse by architect Richard Doria, a 5-foot-wide pivot door integrates with fixed windows flanking each side, creating a linear feel that complements a gridded room divider inside the foyer.

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Play the Corners

For this contemporary home in Austin, Texas, architect Brett Ames mirrored a glass pivot door with a fixed window of the same size, creating an airy corner entryway with loads of natural light and two different views.

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A glass pivot door sits at a 90-degree angle from a fixed window the same size.

An aluminum pivot door next to a large, fixed window look out to a lush front yard.

Get on the Green

A huge, fixed window joins a contemporary aluminum pivot door to allow for optimum views of the lush green landscape in this updated 1950s ranch-style home in Beverly Hills, California.

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Stay Glassy

Composed of a central pivot door framed on three sides by fixed windows, a wall of glass greets visitors at the entrance to developer Ben Dusan’s sleek modern residence in Phoenix.

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