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AGC Glass Europe’s Active Glass business unit has introduced the SunEwat product range, which delivers “affordable energy-saving facade solutions that do not compromise on design, aesthetics, performance or quality”. AGC explained that architects and designers have to comply with increasingly stringent environmental standards and cost-efficiency requirements. “This is especially true for buildings, which account for about 40% of energy consumption...
Cube Berlin is an eye-catching, 11-storey office building located at Washington Platz in the Europacity urban district of Berlin. This 19,000m2 structure, developed by CA Immo, is an example of how innovative architectural design can be successfully combined with the complex technical (structural and energy performance) requirements of an ‘intelligent’ commercial building. Designed by 3XN Architects of Copenhagen, Cube Berlin...
Balustrading from Bohle was installed in a contemporary beachfront installation by Riba award winning architects’ practice. The British seaside. Think promenades, ice creams, fish and chips, and the defining architectural feature: the beach hut. The Beach Houses, Royal Seabathing, Margate, aren’t, however, your average beach huts. First, they’re two storeys high, defined by anthracite-grey floor-to-ceiling glazing and larch cladding which...
Cornwall Glass’s group company chairman Mark Mitchell talks about the impact of lockdown and the path to recovery.
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...
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...
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...
TuffX recently teamed up with Herefordshire’s Atrium Conservatories to create an elegant, custom built orangery at a residential property on the Welsh border. The project required 18 panels measuring 19.92m2 to form a gentle hipped roof, sitting aloft an African Sapele hardwood structure. The glass panels were fitted complete with roof lantern on one side. Situated next to a rookery,...
A comprehensive project to refurbish an open plan, first-floor kitchen and dining space within a luxury Victorian residential property in Notting Hill has used the Promat Systemglas Celare fire resistant glazing system to balance outstanding aesthetics with assured passive fire protection. A floor-to-ceiling glazing element with a butt-jointed corner, specified with a 30-minute (EI30) fire rating, was an integral part...
Edgetech’s Super Spacer has helped make one of the world’s tallest wooden buildings a beacon of energy efficiency, the company has announced. HoHo Wien, located in Vienna’s 22nd district, is an 82m, 24-storey structure, designed to offer a visually distinctive and outstandingly sustainable space for hotels, restaurants, offices, apartments and more. The building’s 1,100 triple-glazed units all incorporate Edgetech’s Super...
More than 140 specialist vision panels from Vistamatic were supplied to Glasgow-based Dorsuite for use on the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children, which will adjoin the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. The new facility, which has a lifetime price tag of more than £500 million, will replace the old Royal Hospital for Sick Children that has been caring for children...
Students at Royal Holloway University of London can now benefit from an architect-designed private accommodation and social hub located in Egham, Surrey. The privately owned facility, called Hox Haus, is in an extended and re-modelled Grade II-listed Victorian gymnasium located a short bus-ride away from Royal Holloway, University of London. The project blends original Victorian brickwork with two new glazed...
Morley Glass and Glazing recently completed a £500,000 integral blind installation at Belfast City Hospital’s new Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit. The £20 million two-storey building now benefits from Morley’s SL20 MB system, which was specifically developed for the project to feature two operating mechanisms – one for the patient to control inside their room, and a key-operated override system...
Promat UK has worked with Doorset Technology to help deliver a safe, calm and naturally lit environment for a specialist healthcare facility developed for mothers who are facing mental health problems. The new Ribblemere Unit, developed by Lancashire Care NHS Trust at the Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital, provides care for women experiencing severe mental health problems or...
The David Tepper School of Business sits at the heart of the university’s campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and aims to facilitate collaboration with academics from across the whole institution, bringing together disciplines that are often kept separate. This meant that fostering a sense of connectedness was a fundamental principle in the design, and glazing has played a key role in...
Nestled amid the narrow lanes and open fields of Dorset lies a coastal oasis for British holidaymakers. Hoburne Park is the latest recipient of high-quality products from glass safety specialist, Tuffx. The brief for the ongoing, phased project has been to supply over 250m² of 10mm toughened clear glass, and 10mm toughened grey glass balustrade panels – installed to provide...
When it came to the construction of a new, single story extension on the back of a property in Sutton, Surrey, one of the most important factors for the homeowners was how best to illuminate their substantial and stylish new living space with enough natural light. The owners were eventually won over by the new aluminium framed rooflights from TuffX...
Pilkington Planar structural glazing system was recently specified on Abbey Wood station. Abbey Wood station is currently served by Southeastern rail services and has been re-developed by Network Rail as part of the Crossrail project. The station will serve the anticipated increase in demand for the Elizabeth line, creating a new pedestrian concourse covered by a zinc-surfaced wing structure. Travellers...
TuffXsupplied 50m2 of laminated toughened glass to a prestigious residential property in the heart of Cheltenham’s countryside. The owners of the property specified a bespoke glass balustrade to maximise the potential of an elevated terrace at the rear of the building, one that commands outstanding views over the surrounding area. The brief for the balustrade, which extends the entire length...
Specialist Glass Products (SGP) recently delivered 12mm-thick 3,200mm by 2,000mm toughened Pilkington optiwhite panels for the front entrance to the ‘Mamma Mia! The Party’ diner located at the O2, London. A specification this size would typically take double the usual time to deliver, but SGP turned it around in just five days. The glass needed to go through an extensive...