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The Residence Collection has supplied a contemporary Shropshire home with 20 Residence 7 windows in the new ‘noir’ colourway. Collaborating with installer, RS Burgess & Sons and fabricator, Stedek Windows and Doors, for the project, the noir finish was said to be preferred over black aluminium because of its smooth texture. It also ensured a contemporary look that contrasted with...
Quality Trade Windows, a family-owned window supplier, has transformed the energy performance of a historical luxury residential property in East Kilbride, Glasgow, while retaining its original gothic aesthetics. To meet the private owner's expectations, bespoke heritage vertical sliding windows were fabricated for the project. Based in East Kilbridge, Scotland, Quality Trade Windows is a long-established window fabricator. In April 2022,...
A large gothic window of the Grade One listed Rochdale Town Hall has been given a 21st century fire protection upgrade using Promat Systemglas as part of a multi-million pound restoration project. The window is a key feature of the newly created Bright Hall, a new community space on the second floor of the 19th century building. It features the Promat Systemglas Ligna fire...
A new-build development in Hertfordshire has been supplied with 250 Residence 7 system windows in the grained white colourway. In collaboration with installer, HBD Systems and fabricator Window Tech Trade, 20 homes and two apartment blocks were fitted with the Residence 7 range, which were manufactured with Timberweld joints. Most of the windows were designed as double side-hung casements, featuring...
The Residence Collection has had its Residence 7 windows installed into a 1970s property, using its corse lawn and chalk white colourway. Partnering with installer, Andy Glass Windows, and fabricator, HS Trade, the Residence 7 range was manufactured using the Timberweld jointing method and installed throughout the property, including a bay window. The Residence 7 range provides flush windows internally...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...