Smart Glass Windows Tarzana

In 2026, we installed 50 sqft of smart glass windows Tarzana along a residential corridor running across the front of the home. Two street-facing window openings at different heights — a large picture window at sightline level and a smaller clerestory window set higher on the wall — both facing a stone column at the front entry and the residential street beyond.

The home had herringbone wood floors, recessed lighting, and clean modern wall treatments. The mixed-height window placement was a deliberate architectural choice — daylight from two heights to fill the passageway without breaking up the wall surface — but it left the corridor visually exposed to anyone at the front gate or on the street. Curtains, blinds, or frosted vinyl would have negated the entire design.

What the Client Wanted

The corridor brought a different set of needs than a typical living room or bedroom install:

• Privacy for everyone walking through — the hallway connected to bedrooms and private living spaces beyond. Anyone at the front gate could see straight through and read interior traffic patterns.
• Mixed-height switching that read as unified — the picture window and the clerestory had to switch together so the wall composition stayed deliberate in both clear and frosted states. Switching only one would look like a glitch.
• Single-handed control while walking — no fumbling with a wall plate or pulling out a phone. A wireless remote anyone walking the corridor could tap once to toggle both windows in unison.
• Architectural honesty — keeping the windows as clean rectangles of glass with no rods, tracks, or visible hardware. The whole point of the design was clean planes of glass and wall.

The Solution — Smart Glass Windows Tarzana Install

For this smart glass windows Tarzana install, we applied PDLC switchable smart film to both window openings and wired them through a single transformer driving one wireless remote. One tap from anywhere in the corridor switches the picture window and the clerestory together — never one without the other.

PDLC (polymer-dispersed liquid crystal) film translates a low-voltage signal into instant clear-to-frosted privacy. Because both windows share one transformer and one remote channel, the switching reads as a single unified event — the wall composition never breaks into a half-clear, half-frosted state that would call attention to the system itself.

Install specs:

Spec	Value
Total switchable surface	50 sqft
Windows installed	2 (large picture window + higher clerestory)
Location	Residential corridor / front hallway
Product	PDLC switchable smart glass (film applied to existing glazing)
Control	Wireless remote, both windows switched in unison
Transformer count	1 (driving both windows together)
Project scope	Smart film retrofit on existing windows
Install year	2026

For background on the underlying technology, see our PDLC switchable smart film page.

The Outcome

The smart glass windows Tarzana result keeps the corridor’s architectural intent intact. Both windows read as clean rectangles of glass — clear when the client wants daylight from the street side, frosted the moment anyone needs privacy walking through. The single-remote control means anyone in the home can toggle both windows without breaking stride or reaching for a wall plate.

Because the picture window and clerestory switch in unison, the wall composition reads consistent in either state — no half-private, half-clear awkwardness. The herringbone floors and recessed lighting now sit inside a corridor that performs daylight or privacy on demand, without rods, tracks, or hardware competing with the design.

For another residential street-facing window install with a different room type and a different control system, see our Smart Glass Windows Manhattan Beach project.

Planning a similar smart glass windows Tarzana install?

For other residential window installs — corridors, living rooms, bedrooms, or whole-home retrofits in Tarzana, Encino, Woodland Hills, and the wider West Valley — request a free smart glass quote. We respond within 2 business days.