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WarmCore windows and doors were installed on one of George Clarke’s ‘Old House, New Home’ projects, aired on Channel 4 in August. The third episode of the series featured period properties in Wales and Hove, where the WarmCore bifolding door and full-height windows were installed in a renovated kitchen by The Window Workshop, working with Empire Construction Group. The homeowners...
Steel Window Association member Cotswold Casements recently supplied W20 screens and doors for the extension of a cafe and food store in Longborough, Gloucestershire. The company worked with local builder Nathan Clarke, carrying out the design, manufacture and installation of three screens at the Cotswold Food Store, the largest measuring just over 3m wide by 2.2m high. With the central...
Whisky production has returned to the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow for the first time in 100 years with the completion of the new Clydeside Distillery, which features aluminium curtain walling and commercial doors from Senior Architectural Systems. Designed by Hypostyle Architects to combine historical character with contemporary architecture, the new distillery is located within a converted pump...
EYG Commercial recently completed a new-build affordable living rental project with Hull City Council, which contract involved the installation of 40 casement windows and 14 composite doors in seven new two-bedroom bungalows built to the Lifetime Homes Standard. The seven new bungalows were designed to provide flexible living space for carers to stay at the bungalows and provide long-term care...
Indeglas was specified by architects Page Park to develop the design, then carry out the supply and installation of internal glass screens and fully glazed doors at St Cecilia’s Hall, the University of Edinburgh’s music museum and teaching space in the heart of the city’s Old Town. The restoration of St Cecilia’s Hall recently won a RIAS award, as did...
Thames Valley Windows recently updated the Creative Designs Kitchens and Bathrooms shopfront in Fleet, Hampshire with help from CDW Systems. Paul Schofield, design director at Thames Valley Windows, said: “The team at Creative Designs Kitchens and Bathrooms wanted to remodel the existing shop front to make better use of the space. “We wanted to give it a modern look in...
Bennett Architectural has completed work on the John Taylor Free School in Burton on Trent. The new £30 million project is the first secondary school to be built in Staffordshire in 20 years. Bennetts was commissioned to supply and install Kawneer AA720 architectural windows, doors and curtain walling as well as brise soleil, working with Seddon and Glancy Nicholls Architects....
DGlass has recently completed an Ideal 70 installation on the site of a former Taunton hospital. Supplied in anthracite grey on white, the windows and doors have been pivotal in defining the character of the build, the company said. Designed in 1892 by architects Gile, Gough and Trollope, Tone Vale Hospital closed its doors to patients in 1995. Built in...
The new, 22,000-seat Banc of California Stadium, located in Los Angeles, has used glazing systems from CR Laurence to increase safety, security, and function. The stadium will host Major League Soccer (MLS) games and be the home of the Los Angeles Football Club. It’s the former site of the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, and represents the first open-air professional...
R9 windows have been specified on a listed building refurbishment project at Scarborough College in North Yorkshire. Scarborough College has been providing boarding and day education in Scarborough for nearly 120 years, and recently had all the glazing and roof replaced as part of a large investment programme. Local companies have been employed on the project that involved the manufacture...
Architectural aluminium glazing systems by Kawneer have helped a new hub building set a benchmark for the design of future developments in Europe's first science park. Kawneer's AA100 SSG curtain walling, with AA720 doors and open-in side-hung vents, form the main structure to the two main facades of the £20 million John Bradfield Centre at the 151-acre Cambridge Science Park,...
Teal Products recently had its highline manual Teleflex system installed across 193 opening vents by Austrian facade manufacturer CIG Fassaden in The Big Data Institute at Oxford University. Sam Yiend, director of Teal Products, said: “We are delighted to have contributed to the completion of such a vital development for Oxford University. Our larger 380mm chain openers were perfect to...
Profile 22’s products have recently been used to help transform a commercial and retail block in Redditch, Worcestershire into 14 one-bedroom apartments. The project was undertaken by Framexpress and its installer Goldstar Windows. The project required new curtain walling and casement windows as part of the wider refurbishment, and the products chosen were Profile 22 curtain walling SK200 and Optima...
Bennett Architectural has been chosen to provide glazing solutions for the new Superbowl UK, based at Linkway West in St Helens. Bennetts will work alongside Orbit Developments which is the architect and contractor for the project, supplying and installing Kawneer windows, doors and curtain walling for the 24,000ft2 complex. Lionel Grant, managing director at Bennett Architectural, said: “Our team are experts...
Kent-based Adeva Home Improvements has completed a large-scale commercial window installation with a triple glazing retrofit for a sheltered housing scheme in Whitstable, involving 279 casement windows in the Veka 70mm fully sculptured system. Veka supplied the wind load calculations, essential for installations at such height, with other technical support by Glazerite. Director Geoff Dwyer said: “The technical support from...
Aluprof profiles were recently specified on Valentine Place, a new-build development consisting of various apartments and mews style houses located in a built-up area within Southwark. The importance of using as much available light as possible led the design team to specify the ‘MB-60 Industrial’ system. Not only does the system offer a slim sight line appearance, but the profiled...
The inherent strength and slim sightlines characteristic of W20 steel sections have enabled a member of the Steel Window Association to create a large screen with two sets of double doors, forming the entire gable end to a north London period property’s new extension. Steel Window Service and Supplies, based in London N4, carried out the design, manufacture and installation...
A member of the Steel Window Association, which specialises in the restoration of old metal windows, has completed a phased, five-year involvement with the refurbishment of Hackney Town Hall. The building is a Grade 2, art-deco style building and one of the capital’s most recognisable municipal properties, whose repair and modernisation has taken nearly a decade since planning permission and...
Astraseal recently partnered with Barker and Cresswell Glass on a new-build development. The property in Hertfordshire benefitted from Astraseal’s large span glazing products, including a 7.5m Visoglide Door and EcoFutural tilt and turn windows, both designed by Smart. The products were customised with RAL 9001, a cream colour and one of 150 shades in the RAL range of colours offered...
The University of Lincoln has invested £19 million in the construction of the Sarah Swift Building, which is now home to the Schools of Health and Social Care and Psychology. Working with BAM Construction North East and Glasshus, Technal has supplied its MX Visible Grid curtain walling, PY 55 doors and FY 65 windows to the project. The new five-storey...