Doors in the FBI office

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tonywayne — 9 years ago(January 30, 2017 04:59 AM)

I feel like the doors & floor-to-ceiling glass 'walls' border on being an optical illusion. Can someone describe if they can tell how the doors latch closed? It often looks like the glass panels are open / angled, so where would the door latch?
I don't know why it bugs me, but hey, we all have things that catch our eye ?

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blackmickey45 — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 10:40 AM)

Hey TonyI noticed the same thing. IMO, due to this being a TV show, I believe there is no locks or latches on the doors. In the "real world" there would be latches on the doors.
I watched a behind the scenes video of how they film the F.B.I. office scenes;the glass walls tilt due to the camera being able to move around to film either Peter at his desk or the conference room when they all gather.

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ManUtdRulz — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 11:42 AM)

Our office has doors like that and they don't exactly "latch"
the hinges are at the top & bottom and the locking mechanism is at the bottom where the bolt goes into a metal groove in the floor.

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TaraDeS — 7 months ago(September 02, 2025 08:03 PM)

tonywayne January 30, 2017 05:59 AM
Member since December 2002
I feel like the doors & floor-to-ceiling glass 'walls' border on being an optical illusion. Can someone describe if they can tell how the doors latch closed? It often looks like the glass panels are open / angled, so where would the door latch?
I don't know why it bugs me, but hey, we all have things that catch our eye… ?
Are there any statistics on how often FBI agents run into glass doors?