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Posted On - 24/10/2023
Dortech Architectural Systems, a leader in the commercial glazing and maintenance services sector, has marked its 30th anniversary. According to Dortech, its strategy of diversification into new markets and sales channels while maintaining focus on its core business, has been instrumental to its enduring success. Dortech Architectural Systems, part of the Dortech Group, specialises in the design, manufacture, and installation...
Posted On - 24/10/2023
Metal Technology’s Passive House products have been specified for the new £65million Currie Community High School in Edinburgh, which will provide 1,000 student places with three floors of teaching blocks. The building has been designed to offer beautiful, light filled and healthy learning places and become a vibrant community hub, with outstanding health and fitness facilities, a Passivhaus swimming pool,...
Posted On - 17/10/2023
The Residence Collection has installed 16 timber alternative windows and two doors in its sage green colourway into a Shropshire countryside property. Partnering with installer, Fairmitre Shropshire Windows and Conservatories, and fabricator, HWL, the new windows come from The Residence Collection’s R9 windows that provide elements of 19th century architectural design whilst also providing modern functionality and energy efficiency. The...
Posted On - 03/10/2023
Modus by Listers has been specified on an 87-plot newbuild development in Essex, thanks to its low U-values and slim sightlines. Approximately 700 Modus windows, in a mixture of white and coloured foils, will be manufactured by Listers and installed by Allglass (Anglia) for a local housebuilder over a 14-month period beginning in December 2023. Listers’ Gallery 44 composite doors...
Posted On - 19/09/2023
Over 90 Optima windows from Epwin Window Systems have been installed in Langton Business Centre which occupies a prominent location in County Durham. Home to around 25 business, the building’s 90 first-generation PVC-U windows had come to the end of their useful life. The landlord wanted to replace the windows to provide a more contemporary appearance and refresh the kerb...
Posted On - 13/09/2023
The Residence Collection has partnered with installer, Fairmitre Shropshire Windows and Conservatories and fabricator, HWL, to transform a residential property in the Shropshire countryside with 16 new windows and two doors. Central to the transformation are The Residence Collection’s R9 windows that were specified in sage green with monkey tail pewter patina handles. The homeowners commented: “Our beautiful home in Shropshire that we love so dearly...
Posted On - 29/08/2023
Quickslide has fabricated Epwin’s vertical sliding sash windows for the restoration of Harewood Estate farmhouse in Chapel Wold in Yorkshire. Developer, Andas Homes, has worked with Quickslide on several premium, heritage projects for a number of years. Andas Homes’ designer Holly Simpson said. “Chapel Wold is a luxury, sensitive renovation, which draws out the character of the existing buildings. We...
Posted On - 23/08/2023
Senior Architectural Systems’ Pure aluminium windows and doors have been widely used across the new Perry Barr residential development in Birmingham, said to be one of the city’s largest ever housing and regeneration projects. Senior’s low U-value Pure systems were specified for three of the four plots that comprise the first phase of the development that is located on the...
Posted On - 23/08/2023
Epwin Window Systems’ PVC-U vertical sliding sash window system is said to be ‘the window of choice’ for Palladian Homes, a developer of exclusive homes in north and east Yorkshire. Simon Gibbons, founder and managing director of Palladian Homes, said: “Epwin’s vertical sliding sash window continues to be Palladian Homes’ first choice for the sash windows we use to add...
Posted On - 16/08/2023
A residential property nestled in a South Yorkshire village has been transformed with high-quality windows from The Residence Collection. The Residence Collection, along with installer K Glazing and fabricator HS Trade, updated the home with 19 new windows and three French doors. The homeowners were said to be looking to refresh and brighten their property whilst replicating the historic timber...
Posted On - 09/08/2023
Pyroguard Protect fire safety glass and the minimalistic Jansen steel framing profile have been specified for a new office development on Dublin’s iconic Fitzwilliam Street Lower. KCC Group worked closely with the architects, design teams, contractors and client to deliver a range of glazing solutions for the project. One of those was the design and installation of fire-rated internal doors...
Posted On - 09/08/2023
Merck, a German science and technology company, has opened a new biotech development centre in Switzerland featuring an Eyrise dynamic glazing facade. Located in Corsier-sur-Vevey on the shores of Lake Geneva, the Eyrise engineering team worked alongside Swiss architect firm Patriarche Architekten from the inception of the project to ensure requirements for sustainability, energy efficiency and optimum use of daylight were achieved. The building features...
Posted On - 09/08/2023
A total of 113 Stellar aluminium flush casement windows have been manufactured and installed in the refurbishment of North East Surrey College of Technology (Nescot) in Epsom, Surrey. The vocational FE and HE college had funds to replace the original timber and aluminium windows in one of its 1980s-built buildings. Upgrading the windows would enhance thermal efficiency, as well as...
Posted On - 18/07/2023
Located on the outskirts of affluent market town Solihull in the West Midlands, Blossomfield Park is an exclusive development of one-, two-, and three- bedroom apartments. The development is made up of contemporary new buildings and a thoughtful conversion of the Grade II listed Tudor Grange with outbuildings, dating back to 1887. With its imposing Victorian façade, the Grange boasts...
Posted On - 28/06/2023
HG Construction’s recently completed £77m Canada Street development in London’s docklands for client Scape is the first large scale installation of Aluk’s new C70S 70mm window system. The mixed-use project includes modern student accommodation in blocks up to 10-storeys high, affordable housing, commercial and health space. It showcases the benefits of Aluk’s new, thermally efficient, slim sightline system and demonstrates...
Posted On - 14/06/2023
A recording studio in East London has been fitted with bespoke acoustic doors from specialist manufacturer, Enfield Speciality Doors. The doors have been specified to provide exceptional acoustic performance while also delivering on fire safety, security, and style at Qube East, which is said to be home to some of the country’s biggest A-list musicians and producers. Located in Wood...
Posted On - 30/05/2023
County Durham-based ATT Fabrications has collaborated with THF Homes to enhance an architecturally led new build design using Sheerline’s range of aluminium windows and doors. This new build project features three sets of Prestige bi-fold doors, two Prestige composite door frames and 15 Classic beadless windows – which were specified in a flush frame with stepped sashes. These products were...
Posted On - 25/05/2023
An integrated package of window and door systems from Wicona have been specified on The Bronze, a mixed commercial and residential development in South London. The glazing package included Wicslide 160 doors and Wictec EL Evo unitised façade system, as well as Wicline 75 and Wictec 50 window units. The Wicline system is said to offer aesthetic flexibility and a...
Posted On - 25/05/2023
Stellar aluminium windows have been used in a refurbishment of Victoria Lodge, a day service for adults with learning disabilities and older people, in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. The windows were fabricated by Stellar fabricator Prestige Aluminium of Bishop’s Stortford. Gavin Taylor, MD of Prestige Aluminium, said: “The team at Victoria Lodge needed to replace the ageing timber windows in their building...
Posted On - 16/05/2023
Award-winning conservatory refurbishment specialist, Apple & Oak, has replaced a tired, 13-year orangery at a 300-year-old oak framed country house in Cranbrook, Kent. Suffering from leaks and a lack of maintenance, the 30ft orangery, constructed in 2010 on the south-facing elevation of the house, was in need of a full renovation. Apple & Oak completed a full external preparation and...
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