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Tru Plastics transformed a home in Coalville, Leicestershire using Freefoam Fortex Double Shiplap cladding, in Sage Green. The couple had lived at the property for more than 10 years, and had both recently retired. They wanted to improve the look of the house and install insulation but also wanted a low maintenance solution. They researched various cladding options online and...
Quickslide recently supplied heritage windows and doors for the redevelopment of the historic Featherstone Hall, the last of four great houses that once dominated the Yorkshire village of North Featherstone near Pontefract Over the past two years, Featherstone Hall and its surrounding grounds have been transformed into 15 contemporary family homes, each reflecting the prominence and grandeur of the historical...
Aluminium fenestration products from Senior Architectural Systems were recently installed on accommodation at the Arts University Bournemouth. Senior’s low U-value Pure aluminium windows and Pure Slide aluminium doors were installed alongside the thermally efficient SF52 aluminium curtain wall system, with the scheme achieving a ‘Very Good’ BREEAM rating. Working alongside supply chain partners Morgan Sindall, Design Engine Architects and fabricators...
Ultraframe recently supplied a Classic Roof as part of a modern conservatory extension to a thatched property in the Surrey countryside. Since the existing property was an unusual building, it was crucial that whatever new space was added would complement the existing home, as well as being a light and airy space that linked the home with the surrounding countryside....
247 white Spectus casement windows, 25 French doors and 10 residential doors were manufactured and installed on a new 36-home Ashwood Homes development in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. The newbuild contract was awarded to Spectus fabricator Highseal Manufacturing Company based in Scunthorpe. Holly Donaldson of Highseal Manufacturing Company said: “We are committed to quality excellence throughout the business, and our experience and...
Two variants of Kawneer’s AA110 curtain walling system, as well as window vents, doors and roof glazing, feature on the International Convention Centre for Wales at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales. Kawneer’s AA110 zone-drained curtain walling, with 65mm sightlines, was used for most of screens to conference rooms, entrances and circulation areas, while the mullion-drained equivalent was...
Saint-Gobain Glassolutions recently supplied glazing panels to the University of Sheffield as part of a sustainable modernisation programme. New spaces at the faculty of engineering at the University of Sheffield were opened in the spring of 2020, bringing together modern laboratories, offices, lecture halls and communication facilities. As the centrepiece of the new Engineering Heartspace, a central atrium was created...
FH Brundle recently supplied decking and balustrading to what was once the beating heart of industrial Britain: a 127-mile artery bringing commerce and prosperity to businesses across northern England. More than a century on from its Victorian heyday, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is more about leisure and tourism than heavy industry, and the customer’s vision was for lush, landscaped...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...