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Ultraframe has announced its return to FIT Show 2025 with a large 125m2 stand (number Q40) to showcase the latest innovations on its hup! building system, along with developments to its most popular roof systems, and the latest marketing support on offer to customers. The hup! system is designed to offer a speedy solution for those wanting to avoid the...
Fire resistant glazing and fire-rated glass door-sets manufactured by Promat UK have been installed to provide assured passive fire protection whilst maintaining high levels of natural light in key communal areas within a major new build-to-rent (BTR) development in South Yorkshire. Kangaroo Works in Sheffield is a mixed-use development that is a key part of the Heart of the City...
The Residence Collection windows have helped to transform a substantial period property in Oxford. Collaborating with installer Andy Glass Windows and fabricator, HWL Trade Windows, R7 windows were installed in the internal and external colourway grained white to sympathetically upgrade the property. The project with R7 is being done in stages and currently showcase a number of windows and two...
Senior Architectural Systems has provided a trio of products as part of the creation of a new residential scheme located on the former derelict site of Glasgow’s Grade II listed Meat Market. The new affordable housing scheme, which shares its name with the city’s historic market area that dates back to the 1870s, has been developed by housing association Home...
A total of 10 R9 window from the Residence Collection have been installed on a 1930s Tudor-style property in a conservation area in Knowle, near Solihull. In collaboration with installer, Mainstream Windows and fabricator, Stedek Windows and Doors, the windows were finished externally in Painswick and internally in the grained white colourway. For this project, R9 was reportedly chosen for its quality and its perfect fit...
Spectus and PatioMaster from Epwin Window Systems have been used in a new eco-friendly development called Neighbourhood in Salford. The development was a mix of two, three and four-bedroom homes and one and two-bedroom apartments built on two brownfield sites. Sustainability was reported to be ‘front and centre’ of the development. As part of this focus, the choice of windows...
Saint-Gobain Glass has won the Design of the Year Award for its Eden – New Bailey project at this year’s Glass Focus awards. The awards took place in London on Friday 22 November, and The Design of the Year Award (supported by the Glass and Glazing Federation) recognises an amazing feat of flat glass design. The Eden – New Bailey...
Aluminium systems manufacturer, Jack Aluminium Systems, has supplied its JD47 Commercial Door System for a recent replacement project, in partnership with New Fab Aluminium. Located in the Victorian Quarter shopping centre, in the heart of Leeds city centre, Wirral-based supplier, New Fab Aluminium, was tasked with replacing the two main entrance doors with a more modern automatic sliding door that...
Keylite roof windows have been installed on properties in Knights Grove, a Cala Homes development on the edge of historic Newbury Market. Four different house types in the Knights Grove development feature Keylite Roof Windows’ (Keylite) new Fixed Skylights, which have been designed for roofs pitched from 10 degrees upwards, reportedly allowing for up to 44% more daylight than a...
Edgetech’s Super Spacer has been specified in three new highly sustainable buildings. The Hoch Zwei office tower in Vienna boasts a distinctive convex-concave shape, earning nicknames like ‘sails’ and ‘croissants’. This 23-story landmark incorporates 13,500m2 of glass facade, offering a unique blend of transparency, light permeability, and excellent thermal insulation. Doering Glass – an Edgetech customer since 2004 – supplied...
Freefoam Building Products has helped complete the build of a new garage for a crucial lifeboat service in Carmarthen, Wales. Freefoam donated 28 lengths of its Fortex double shiplap cladding in storm grey, with matching trims and fascia, via stockist LBS Builders Merchants. The Ferryside Lifeboat station is one of around 80 independent lifeboats operating in the UK with HM Coastguard to...
Eurocell’s 70mm Logik system was chosen as a more cost-effective and sustainable alternative to aluminium fenestration solutions for the redevelopment of a derelict warehouse, alongside the construction of three new apartment blocks in Leicester city centre. Nu Openings, which was contracted to install the windows and doors, proposed Eurocell’s PVC-U 70mm Logik chamfered system – which can achieve U-values of...
Over 100 Profile 22 windows from Epwin Window Systems were selected for a £3m redevelopment project in Norfolk. Crown House, a prominent building in Great Yarmouth was originally constructed in the 1970s and for many years was home to an Inland Revenue office. With its prime position in the town and views of the river, Norfolk Broads and sea, the...
PVC-U and aluminium fabricator, Tradeglaze, has partnered with property developer, Lindum Homes, on the development of 77 new energy-efficient homes in Waddington, near Lincoln. The project, called Heath View, will set a benchmark in sustainable living with all homes being ‘net zero carbon ready’ in operation. This means each home will generate sufficient energy to meet the demands of its occupants. As...
Eyrise dynamic solar shading glass has transformed a Grade II-listed London building’s new rooftop dome. The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), an independent security and defence think tank, worked with bespoke structure design and build company, Octatube, and solar glazing specialist, Eyrise, to modernise the architecture of its historic headquarters at 61 Whitehall, as part of a wider renovation to improve...
Pyroguard’s toughened Protect glazing system has been specified for the nine-storey Tribe Hotel, set in the heart of Airport City Manchester’s hotel district. Once completed, the nine-storey Tribe Hotel will provide guests and travellers with 412 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar, gym and a crew lounge for airline staff. At the centre of the hotel is a glazed...
Stellar Aluminium windows and doors have been used to great effect by GD Windows in a contemporary architect-designed new build property in Pembrokeshire. Set in a rural location close to Poppit Sands beach, the project offers far-reaching views of the tidal estuary. GD Windows was appointed as the window and door contractor for the build and the Stellar Aluminium system...
The Residence Collection products have been specified on a modern, new build home in Solihull with the installation of 12 Residence2 windows. Partnering with installer, Mainstream Windows and fabricator, Stedek Windows and Doors, 12 R2 windows in the Clay colourway were selected to elevate the property, situated in Solihull. The windows were said to be specially chosen ahead of the construction of the property due to the colour...
Stellar Aluminium and Profile 22 PVC-U windows and doors from Epwin Window Systems were selected for a luxury self-catering holiday home located in the scenic Cardigan Bay, Wales. The high-end property refurbishment was awarded to GD Windows, an experienced fabricator and installer with over 30 years’ experience in private and commercial projects. The Courtyard provides luxurious self-catering accommodation set within...
Over 70 windows from The Residence Collection, have been installed on a housing development in Packington, Leicestershire. Partnering with fabricator and installer Swadlincote Windows, and building contractor Keller Construction, the new windows from The Residence Collection’s R7 window range were installed in seven new-build properties. Across the seven homes, both Eclectic Grey and Painswick coloured windows have been used. The choice of Residence 7 windows...
