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Atkins has used Kawneer’s architectural aluminium glazing systems on a building that forms a new ‘£27 million gateway’ to a leading UK university. Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained and capped curtain walling forms triangular screens 25m wide and 15m high for the main atrium at Bournemouth University’s 5,000m2 Poole Gateway Building, while Kawneer’s AA720 entrance doors were used throughout the building, and...
Kawneer’s architectural glazing systems are set to be installed on the world’s first Passivhaus leisure centre. The systems – two types of curtain walling, three types of doors, windows and brise soleil – will be installed by Kawneer-approved specialist sub-contractor AB Glass for main contractor Kier at St Sidwell’s Point in Exeter. The 4,850m2 project will replace an ageing swimming...
More than 100 Optima Flush Casement windows, by Profile 22, have been fitted in the first phase of a new residential development consisting of 14 new-build red-brick town houses in the historical Houldsworth Conservation Area in Reddish, Greater Manchester. The new homes, which are situated in a newly designed cul-de-sac off the Harrogate Road, were sympathetically designed to complement the...
Aluminium windows and doors from Gloucestershire-based Cotswold Windows have helped transform a derelict barn into a stylish visitor experience centre, Tower Barn, for the Cotswold landmark, Broadway Tower. The tower sits atop the Cotswold escarpment with views spanning 16 counties. A vision of renowned landscape designer Capability Brown, and completed in 1798, Broadway Tower offers a dramatic outlook across 50-acres...
Systemglas Advenerat from Promat UK met the brief of providing assured fire protection with uncompromising aesthetics for a renovation project at a luxury family home in Surrey. The project to transform the ground floor kitchen of the exclusive property into a stunning new open-plan space for cooking, dining and relaxation, required the integration of effective passive fire safety measures to...
CDW Systems has helped one of its installer customers add the finishing touches to a new car dealership in Cardiff. Glasshouse was chosen to install the main entrance way for the new MG showroom in the Welsh capital. With the brief of providing a smart yet practical entrance for both vehicles and customers, the Glasshouse team liaised with supply partner...
Apeer can now showcase its Lumi window and door system in contemporary and traditional surroundings, and in new-build and retrofit settings, all on one site. When Michael and Emma Leliveld began working with TW-2 Architects to add a contemporary extension to their traditional Hertfordshire home, they chose the Lumi system after seeing it at one of the Grand Designs events....
CDW Systems and Hazlemere Commercial have helped to transform Colchester’s historic Dutch Quarter. Hazlemere Commercial was approached to upgrade the windows of the picturesque area located in the shadows of Colchester Castle, and chose the Gloucester-based fabricator to manufacture and supply more than 300 Smart VS 600 vertical sliding windows. The VS 600 helped maintain and protect the heritage aesthetics...
An exclusive housing development in Derbyshire chose Frame Fast UK to create windows and doors for its bespoke properties in the Peak District. Flush casement windows, bespoke composite doors, and slimline bifold doors were fabricated and fitted by Frame Fast UK for Derby-based Meadowview Homes. A total of 43 homes, which vary in style and size with two, three, four...
A new Newcastle University building, inspired by the shape of a crown, uses Pilkington UK glass to create a striking monolithic structure in the heart of the city’s sustainable Helix development. The five-storey Catalyst building makes use of floor-to-ceiling, grey-tinted glazing, layered with an eye-catching golden diagrid to create a futuristic new fixture on the Newcastle skyline. The 100,000ft2 building...
Energy Saving Double Glazing recentlyfitted six Invisifoldslide andfold windows to the Royal Eastbourne Golf Club. Manufactured in Deceuninck’s chamfered 2500 profile by Tradesmith, the windows fold and slide back to create an unobstructed, panoramic view of the club’s two courses. The biggest window is 3.4m wide, allowing club members to watch players on their first few tees from the comfort...
TuffX has supplied Herefordshire’s Atrium Conservatories with 12 high-quality conservatoryglass panels, specified for a local residential project built by the orangery and conservatory specialist. Each measuring 10.12m2, Atrium installers fitted the panels to create a lantern effect roof above an African Sapele hardwood structure and, having established the building was south facing, worked with TuffX to ensure all panels were...
Victorian Sliders sash windows are gracing the home of ex-Wales rugby coach Warren Gatland. Warren led the Welsh national team to a string of high-profile victories during his 12 years in charge, including four Six Nations titles, three Grand Slams, and two World Cup semi-final appearances. While his next appointment is taking him back to his native New Zealand, Warren...
112 Maxiglaze glazed-in aluminium ventilators were installed at the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. The purpose-built £21million facility provides people in Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, Cambuslang and Rutherglen with the best quality of palliative care. Designed by Ryder Architecture and built by main contractor Balfour Beatty, it is the first hospice in the UK to follow...
The design for the new National Football Development Centre in Wales, which forms part of the Wrexham Glyndwr University campus, usedTechnal’s Elegance 52 curtain wall system, STII doors and Dualframe 75 Si casement windows; fabricated and installed by Westmore Architectural. The main entrance, meanwhile, unites the new structure with an existing building set in a historic location. The development for...
Aluminium fenestration solutions from Senior Architectural Systems have helped create harmony at The Strand Hub, a new award-winning mixed-used scheme in Rochdale. Designed by Triangle Architects, the development has transformed a previously neglected area of the town to create new retail units, residential apartments and various community facilities which include a café, medical centre and housing advice centre. The glazing...
Aluk’s 58BW ST aluminium windows recently replaced the original Crittall windows in a redevelopment project in central Birmingham. Herbert House, a 115-year old 52,000ft2 commercial building in the Colmore business district, has been converted into apartment blocks. Now christened ‘The Lightwell’, it features 316 windows in the 58BW ST system and three suited doors in the GT55 system, all in...
The 8,500m2 former Herman Miller factory on the banks of the Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath has been transformed into a new School of Art and Design for Bath Spa University, with help fromStructura UK. Originally designed by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw in 1976 and Grade II listed in 2013, the architects returned 40 years later to convert the factory...
Architectural glazing systems by Kawneer, including aluminium heritage-style windows appropriate for the conservation area, have helped to transform the facade of an old radio and television factory into the new London Screen Academy. Kawneer’s GT70S slimline renovation open-in windows were the ‘focal new element’ of the renovation of the facade of the four-storey building in Islington, where Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained...
TuffX recently provided glazing for a balcony and balustrades in a new, high-spec Scottish home. The single dwelling set in rural Scotland has a clear glass balcony to the rear of the property, giving uninterrupted views over the surrounding countryside while being tough enough to stand up to the harshest extremes of the Scottish weather. Inside, the minimalist, white and...