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Posted On - 08/06/2021
Senior Architectural Systems delivered the full aluminium fenestration packages to two new contracts in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The company provided its Pure Slide aluminium doors, SPW600 commercial doors, SPW600 aluminium windows, and SF52 aluminium curtain wall for the new Great Central development. Comprising 131 residential apartments and two commercial units, the scheme ranges from four to nine storeys in height...
Posted On - 25/05/2021
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (Lipa) has created a new performance space by enclosing an outdoor courtyard using a large, structurally glazed rooflight. Established by Sir Paul McCartney and co-founder Mark Featherstone-Witty in 1996, the institute was created following a £multi-million refurbishment of a grammar school attended by the former Beatle in the 1950s, the Liverpool Institute High School...
Posted On - 19/05/2021
A balustrade using glass from TuffX was recently installed on a large split-level terrace on a property in Leeds. The detached property was finished in light rendering with contrasting dark window frames, including expansive glass sliding doors across the rear which open onto a split-level terrace dropping away to the grounds beyond. A solution was needed to make sure the...
Posted On - 18/05/2021
Dudley’s Aluminium has secured projects with a combined worth of over £250,000 with two new clients. The first is the TVR Showroom in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent. TVR is a British manufacturer of high-end sports cars and will produce the Griffiths model at its new home in south Wales. Dudley’s will be working with Jones Brothers (Henllan) on the build...
Posted On - 13/05/2021
Central Window Systems, recently assisted Excel 2000 Windows in a £2.5 million curtain wall installation in Rubery. The two companies worked together to design and manufacture an aluminium curtain walling system for a group of five residential housing blocks, which were previously fitted with open balconies and cladding. Once the original cladding had been stripped off, a curtain wall system...
Posted On - 12/05/2021
Two types of curtain walling by Kawneer met a quartet of criteria for a new building at the gateway to Europe’s largest clinical-academic campus. Kawneer’s AA110 SSG (structurally silicone glazed) and AA100 capped aluminium curtain walling almost completely wraps the new £25 million Citylabs 2.0 development within the Oxford Road Corridor innovation district in Manchester. Citylabs 2.0 is part of...
Posted On - 12/05/2021
The Forge is a newbuild apartment complex in Digbeth, Birmingham, which uses Alutech’s aluminium systems for the windows and doors. Fabricated by Tech Aluminium Systems, the steel-framed building features Alutech’s SL160 systems for lift and slide doors, and Alutech’s W72 and W62 window systems. The project was self-managed by the development company, and the specialist trades were asked to design...
Posted On - 12/05/2021
The redeveloped Mall at Walthamstow includes a £5 million full internal refurbishment designed to update the original 1980s structure to admit more light and create a more relaxing retail experience. The refurbishment, which includes remedial works along with an additional retail extension, follows a fire in 2019 that caused extensive damage. After the fire in the food court, planning was...
Posted On - 12/05/2021
A total of 1,667 Optima casement windows and entrance doors from Profile 22 were installed in 170 high quality newbuild homes at Mulberry Park in Bath, Somerset. The new windows and doors completed the third phase of the development. Mulberry Park in Bath is a contemporary development of 700 high-quality homes, community facilities and open spaces delivered by housing association...
Posted On - 10/05/2021
Senior Architectural Systems played a key role in the construction of the new Danum gallery, library and museum in Doncaster. Designed by Bond Bryan and built by main contractor Willmott Dixon, the new cultural and learning hub was created following the restoration of four existing buildings. A key focal point of the scheme, and one that looks even more dramatic...
Posted On - 06/05/2021
Profile 22’s Optima Fully Sculptured windows were chosen for the refurbishment of 38 properties, consisting of a mixture of houses and flats, in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. The manufacture and installation of the 300 white Optima casement windows was awarded to Walsall-based Select Windows. The project was part of the Nehemiah Housing Project, which is designed to build successful, sustainable and...
Posted On - 06/05/2021
Frithsden Construction completed a Georgian period-style newbuild with heritage vertical sliders supplied by Quickslide. The 5,500ft2, five-bedroom brick-and-block build in Little Gaddenden, Herts, was created over three floors using Flemish handmade bricks for the outer wall: just one example of the attention to detail paid to the design and build by Frithsden Construction’s husband-and-wife team Anthony and Julie Hayes. The...
Posted On - 05/05/2021
The Renshaw family, who live in Lymington, Hampshire, wanted a new living space to blur the lines between their home and garden and add a contemporary twist to their home. Their local Ultraframe Ultra Installer, Forest Edge Home Improvements, is located a stone’s throw from the property and they were able to design an orangery-style extension using the newly enhanced...
Posted On - 28/04/2021
A Technal sustainable facade system satisfied the requirement to deliver a sustainable and energy efficient building for the University of Bath’s Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS), a new, world-class automotive propulsion research facility in Bristol, constructed to achieve BREEAM Very Good standard. The 11,464m2, two-storey building was designed by architect Stride Treglown, which partnered with DKA Architects. Main...
Posted On - 15/04/2021
Seventy-seven Spectus Vertical Sliding windows were manufactured and installed in the first phase of a new 900-home development in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. The prestigious Holbeach Meadow Development features a mixture of one-to-five-bedroomed homes and is designed and built by Ashwood Homes. The Spectus Vertical Sliding windows were specified for installation in the new executive five-bedroomed detached homes on this first-phase. The...
Posted On - 12/04/2021
The newly opened £24 million Torfaen Learning Zone in Cwmbran is a showcase for Aluk’s SL52 capped, mullion drained curtain walling system, complete with punched open-in windows in the thermally efficient Aluk 77IWE casement system. Part of the Welsh government’s 21st Century Schools and Education programme, it is the new home of learning for all those aged 16 and over...
Posted On - 12/04/2021
Victorian Sliders recently provided EcoSlide PVCU sash windows on a project where the owners were torn between traditional timber windows and PVCU casement windows. Tom and Emma’s elegant double-fronted Victorian semi in Whitland, West Wales, dates back to 1902, and had timber windows that were old, draughty, single-glazed, and past their prime. When it came to choosing what to replace...
Posted On - 12/04/2021
SEH BAC recently installed an Ultraframe conservatory for a couple who wanted to extend their kitchen. Mr and Mrs Forrester wanted to extend out from their kitchen and dining room to create a large lounge in which they could relax and entertain. Central to their vision was a space that allowed light to flood in and not make the adjoining...
Posted On - 09/04/2021
R7 windows and doors from The Residence Collection were recently supplied by Frametrade and installed by The Nottingham Window Company at Graysford Hall, a new luxury care home in the suburbs of Leicester. The project involved the installation of 130 R7 windows and 30 R7 doors with a Painswick exterior and a clean chalk white internal finish. Both top and...
Posted On - 09/04/2021
A combination of three window and door systems from Deceuninck were used in the Springfield Park development in Maidstone, Kent. Springfield Park, which features 502, one, two and three bed apartments, was completed over several phases and consists of a tower block and three low-rise blocks on a brownfield site overlooking the River Midway The project was completed using Deceuninck’s...
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