Custom Steel Doors & Windows in Chicago, Illinois
Designed for Chicago's modern residences, renovated classics, and architectural homes. BlackFramed creates custom steel doors and windows around your exact opening, with European-engineered systems selected for performance and proportion.
Explore Steel DoorsChicago, framed differently.
From contemporary residences in Lincoln Park and West Loop to renovated homes in established neighborhoods, steel doors and windows create openings that feel architectural rather than ordinary.
BlackFramed brings that same approach to every project: custom dimensions, refined steel profiles, architectural glazing, and finishes selected around the home.
The Chicago Brief
Chicago architecture has always balanced structure with light, proportion, and material.
Modern Residences
Large openings, minimal sightlines, and expansive glass for contemporary homes.
Historic Renovations
Steel doors and windows that introduce modern performance while complementing existing architectural character.
Indoor–Outdoor Living
Large sliding and French door configurations that connect interiors with terraces, gardens, and courtyards.
Statement Entries
Custom steel entry and pivot doors designed to become part of the architecture—not simply an entrance.
Steel openings for every room.
BlackFramed offers custom steel doors and windows for both exterior and interior applications.
European steel systems. Specified for your opening.
Every BlackFramed opening begins with a carefully selected steel profile system.
We work with premium European manufacturers including Secco, Ottostumm, Forster, and Welser, allowing architects and homeowners to select the system, configuration, glazing, and finish appropriate for the project.
Thermal performance matters in Chicago. Our thermally broken steel systems can help create high-performance openings suited to demanding climates while maintaining the slim architectural profiles steel is known for.
ItalyUltra-slim steel systems for architectural doors and windows — OS2-75, EBE 65, EBE 85.
Explore Secco
Swiss–ItalianRefined steel systems with timeless proportions and detailing — W40 and W50 TB.
Explore Ottostumm
SwitzerlandEngineered steel systems designed for strength, versatility, and performance — Unico and Presto.
Explore Forster
AustriaPrecision-formed steel profiles for contemporary architectural applications.
Explore Welser
Built for cold-weather performance.
Chicago's winters make the performance of an exterior opening especially important.
BlackFramed helps projects balance architectural design with thermal considerations through:
Thermally Broken Steel
Reduced thermal transfer through the frame.
High-Performance Glazing
Glazing selections can be specified around the project’s insulation and energy requirements.
Low-E Glass
Available glazing configurations can help manage heat transfer and solar performance.
Custom Fabrication
Every opening is manufactured around the approved dimensions rather than forcing a standard size into the architecture.
From opening to installation.
Five steps, from the first conversation about the opening to delivery at the project site.
Consultation
Tell us about the project, opening, dimensions, and design goals.
System Selection
We recommend the appropriate steel profile, glazing, configuration, and finish.
Shop Drawings
Your opening is documented and reviewed before manufacturing.
Fabrication
Your steel doors or windows are custom manufactured to the approved specifications.
Delivery
Your completed openings are prepared for delivery to the project site.
Chicago questions.
If your question isn't here, send us your plans and we'll answer it against your actual openings.
Ask Our TeamYes. BlackFramed doors are custom manufactured around your project’s dimensions, configuration, glazing, and finish.
Yes. BlackFramed offers thermally broken European steel systems suited to projects where thermal performance is a priority.
Yes. We offer fixed, casement, awning, picture windows, and larger window-wall configurations in steel.
Yes. BlackFramed works with architects, builders, interior designers, and homeowners throughout the United States.
BlackFramed supplies the custom doors and windows and provides installation guidance and project documentation. Installation is coordinated separately by the project team.
Also serving Chicagoland.
Your Opening Is the Starting Point.
Whether you're designing a new residence, renovating a Chicago classic, or creating a contemporary addition, BlackFramed can help you specify the steel opening around the architecture. Let's build something exceptional.