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Posted On - 20/05/2019
Architectural glazing systems by Kawneer feature on what is now Hampshire’s biggest building: the £30 million new exhibition centre at Farnborough, home of the world-renowned international airshow. Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained and facetted curtain walling and two types of entrance doors – the thermally superior AA720 and heavy-duty series 190 doors – have been used on the new Hall 1 at...
Posted On - 17/05/2019
London City Airport, which serves over four million passengers every year, called on Newview as principal contractor to install nearly 750 windows in 240 flats across the three buildings, plus a further 360 flats in various other blocks and roads around the airport. Acoustic insulation was a vital consideration on this project – the flats aren’t just in very close...
Posted On - 17/05/2019
Recent redevelopment of the food court at Kings Mall Shopping centre, on a five-acre site in London’s Hammersmith area, exposed some interesting and complex challenges. As part of the ongoing development, the new residential apartments above the shopping centre were adversely affected by light pollution and lack of privacy from visitors looking through the food court atrium. To solve this...
Posted On - 17/05/2019
Profile 22’s flush tilt and turn windows have been selected for a £24 million project to build new accommodation for 735 students at Sheffield Hallam University. The project was undertaken by Profile 22 approved window contractor Polar Windows. The client was Victoria Hall Management, a specialist UK developer and operational manager of student accommodation. While aluminium windows were specified for...
Posted On - 15/05/2019
Wrightstyle is supplying advanced glazing systems to a major regeneration project in the heart of old Edinburgh. The company is supplying EI60 curtainwall screens and doors to its client Abbey Glass UK for the 7.5 acre New Waverley project in the city’s Old Town. Already partially complete, New Waverley will consist of shops, restaurants, several hotels, 148 apartment and penthouses,...
Posted On - 08/05/2019
Architectural glazing systems by Kawneer were used inside Icon Outlet at The O2. Two types of Kawneer curtain walling – AA100 zone-drained and SSG (structurally silicone glazed) – feature alongside series 190 heavy-duty commercial entrance doors on the 210,000ft2 premium urban outlet inside The O2 on the Greenwich Peninsular in London. They form the shopfronts within the £69 million complex, which...
Posted On - 08/05/2019
An unloved and uninspiring 1970s office block in Bristol’s Redcliffe harbourside conservation area was transformed into a stylish contemporary apartment development featuring Aluk’s 58BW and 58BD window and door systems. The project at Redcliffe Place in Bristol is part of an award winning scheme by Change Real Estate, which has also included the refurbishment of six adjoining Georgian townhouses, previously...
Posted On - 17/04/2019
By Wojciech Brożyna, Aluprof UK managing director. Unitised curtain wall is normally associated with new high-rise buildings, but in Belfast, Aluprof systems are being used to help transform an existing office block with a completely new building envelope. Located at Wellington Place in the heart of Belfast, the Merchant Square Office Development will offer over 200,000ft2 of Grade A office...
Posted On - 16/04/2019
Work has started on site on the installation of two types of curtain walling from Kawneer on Newcastle University’s new building. The £40 million scheme will provide teaching and learning facilities for Sport and Exercise Science, Human Nutrition and the School of Psychology, as well as specialist facilities for the School of Medical Education. The Kawneer AA100 and AA100 SSG...
Posted On - 16/04/2019
A faceted on-plan curtain wall completed in Aluk’s SL52 system is the centrepiece of the two-storey community hub known as The Curve in the newly opened Bryn Gaer Place housing development. Aluk’s technical team worked with commercial fabrication partners Vellacine to design the curtain walling for the project in Newport, which also required an external canopy to be attached to...
Posted On - 16/04/2019
The Window Company (Contracts) has completed the second and final phase of the CIF (Condition Improvement Fund) funded replacement scheme at Hatcham College, a school for 3-18 year olds in south-east London, after previously completing phase. As previously, The Window Company (Contracts) fitted bespoke timber vertical sliding sash windows on the front elevations of the building to meet the requirements...
Posted On - 16/04/2019
Weather has had a greater effect on sales than economic numbers, according to former John Lewis managing director Andy Street, alluding to the longstanding challenge for British retailers to keep shoppers coming out on cold, wet and windy days. At one shopping centre at the heart of a Devon town, the solution is architectural: enclosing the previously open-air pedestrianised street...
Posted On - 03/04/2019
Eurocell’s Modus slim sash windows were chosen by sustainable housebuilder when sourcing windows for its new housing development, Artworks in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. The Artworks development was built on the site of the former Hertfordshire Arts College includes 75 stylish one- and two-bedroom apartments, 10 spacious three-bedroom homes and a landscaped courtyard. “Artworks has been an enormous success for Unique Window...
Posted On - 03/04/2019
A contract to replace timber box sash windows in the heart of London’s Soho conservation area gave commercial installer The Window Company (Contracts) the opportunity to show off the bespoke nature of its business. Working on behalf of main contractors Osborne Property Services, The Window Company (Contracts) sourced 58 double glazed windows from Dempsey Dyer to replicate the 19th century...
Posted On - 03/04/2019
Welsh aluminium fabricator Dudley’s Aluminium has secured a major contract to support the construction of a new home for the School of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Wolverhampton. Dudley's is teaming up with ISG after securing the contract worth almost £1 million earlier this year. The fabricator will install both Kawneer standard and fire-capped curtain walling, windows...
Posted On - 03/04/2019
Norfolk installer Amber Home Improvements has blended with British multinational coffeehouse, Costa Coffee, for the high-profile installation of a maximum comfort conservatory for its Meadow Centre branch in Stowmarket. The company, which is part of the Conservatory Outlet Network of retailers, was approached by Costa Coffee to quote on the project and beat off tough competition from other local companies...
Posted On - 02/04/2019
K2 Aluminium Systems and fabricator The Glazerite UK Group have worked together on a commercial project aimed at rejuvenating an area of Liverpool. The window installation at Phoenix Place, two purpose-built blocks of student accommodation, is part of a £multi-million redevelopment project in the heart of the city. Commissioned by contractor Nobles Construction, the rendered apartments have been given a...
Posted On - 26/03/2019
The complete range of architectural glazing systems from leading UK manufacturer Kawneer feature on a flagship building for the University of Warwick. Kawneer’s AA100 curtain walling, AA541 windows, AA720 doors and AA100 slope glazing have been used on the Mathematical Sciences Building on the university’s main central campus on the outskirts of Coventry. The zone-drained curtain walling with 50mm sightlines,...
Posted On - 26/03/2019
Curtain wall engineer and Kalwall distributor Structura, has recently completed a challenging but fascinating replace and refurbishment project at Heathrow’s T4. The project proved so successful that main contractor Balfour Beatty named Structura as its ‘Most Promising New Supplier 2018’. Replacing ageing glass rooflights originally installed in the 1980s, 1750m2 of Kalwall Skyroof cladding was used above the Terminal’s International...
Posted On - 26/03/2019
CDW Systems has helped one of its customers complete a successful installation at a car dealership in Guernsey. The Window Service Centre, which has been operating throughout Guernsey for 25 years, was tasked with upgrading the main showroom entrance at its local Hyundai dealership. CDW Systems supplied both Hawk commercial sliding doors and Sapa’s 202 Ground Floor Treatments. Designed for...
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