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From a bird’s eye view, one of Scandinavia’s most ambitious, spectacular and sustainable buildings looks like a meandering path through a leafy city park. BaseCamp Lyngby is a 415,000ft2 student accommodation block in Copenhagen, Denmark. It’s a winding, undulating structure with an 800m running and walking track, grass, plants and trees covering the entirety of its roof. Made of glass...
An elegant building requires an equally elegant safety glass solution, which is what TuffX recently supplied to a residential complex in Scotland. The client required 15 Juliet balconies to provide both unobstructed views and unrivalled safety from multiple storeys of windows. TuffX supplied 17.5mm toughened clear glass in varying sizes, with an aligned finish and polished edge, to fulfil the...
Demand for TuffX’s Infinity rooflights has been steadily growing thanks to the product’s easy-fit design, the company has reported. Adrian of United Cloud Construction turned to TuffX when he needed a rooflight for a new Brighton-based extension where the homeowners wanted to maximise the natural light in their new space. The rooflights were installed on the low-pitch roof of a...
By HB Fuller | Kömmerling. Ködispace 4SG warm edge system from HB Fuller | Kömmerling was recently used on the Newton project Munich’s Westend, an office property from the TÜV SÜD Gruppe München. What makes its ultra-modern facade stand out, among other things, are the sophisticated cold-bent, double-curved insulating glass units in the roof dome. The glass-roofed hall forms the...
FC Group is lighting up its newly built headquarters with liquid crystal glass, combining innovation, user comfort and sustainability. Looking to increase energy efficiencies with digitally controlled glazing at the six-storey FC-Campus complex in Karlsruhe, Germany, the building technology company partnered with Eyrise to install dynamic glass windows. Specially produced in a variety of organic shapes and in a distinctive blue colour, the windows provide instant solar shading that enhance occupant well-being. FC-Campus is the first office complex to be...
TuffX recently supplied the glass when Planet Roofing recently upgraded its new premises, including all the windows. The new factory premises in Basildon, Essex, was completely refurbished this year, including new windows to the front and side to complement the building’s new black cladding. TuffX’s Ambi Ultra glass was chosen for the windows on the south-facing aspect of the building....
Edgetech’s Super Spacer has played a crucial role in the construction of one of the Middle East’s most spectacular new buildings. The celebrated product was used to deliver the 5,500m2 glass facade of the Qatar National Library. The 42,000m2 structure is home to over a million books, and 500,000 digital editions. The library’s most valuable volumes are kept in a...
Indeglas has completed a £1.04 million contract for Do & Co, a global gourmet entertainment and airline catering company based at Heathrow’s Segro Park. Indeglas designed, supplied, and installed specialist glass screens to meet the demands of hot kitchens, food prep, packaging, cold storage and menu demonstration areas. Jeanette MacIntyre, managing director of Indeglas, said: “Before Covid 19 struck, Indeglas...
Wrightstyle has completed a tourism project in the Kingdom of Jordan. The contract was for the supply of WSL 50 series FR doors and partitions, providing 120 minutes of fire protection. Wrightstyle’s systems were installed in a hotel in Ayla Marina Village, close to the Jordanian city of Aqaba, on the country’s Red Sea coast. The Jordan contract is the...
VetroScreen, the new clamped and free-standing desktop sneeze and cough guard from Bohle, has been supplied to the London Stock Exchange by Abbey Glass. The south Wales glass processor was appointed by the world’s sixth largest stock exchange earlier this year to provide a solution for its central lobby. Angela Worgan, managing director at Abbey Glass, said: “We’ve seen significant...
TuffX recently supplied the finished touches to a holiday cottage overlooking a Scottish loch. The homeowners wanted an aesthetically pleasing balustrade to enjoy the great views from the property, while being assured the elegant finished product also offered the highest level of safety. TuffX fulfilled the brief by supplying around 15m2 of 10mm clear toughened safety glass, with 10mm radius...
Celebrated for his modernist, curved creations, Oscar Niemeyer’s vision for a white concrete and glazed sphere has been realised posthumously with Eyrise dynamic window technology, offering sun protection while respecting the purity of his design. The iconic Brazilian architect was approached by Ludwig Koehne, owner of the Kirow plant in Leipzig, Germany, in 2011 to build an extension of a factory canteen. Following Niemeyer’s death in 2012, his sketches were further developed by assistant Jair Valera. The project was executed by Harald...
The flexibility offered in Bohle’s adjustable Bilbao Premium swinging shower door hinges proved critical in a high-end shower enclosure installation in a former Victorian church. By Bohle. An estimated 20,000 disused churches and chapels have been sold for conversion into homes across the UK in the last 30 years. Combining period character, including stained glass windows, gothic arches and timber...
Eyrise will provide instant solar shading at Bafta 195 Piccadilly, as part of a refurbishment to improve facilities and double the building’s capacity, enabling Bafta to increase its charitable programme. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is installing recently developed smart liquid crystal windows to glaze two restored Victorian rooflights on a newly constructed top floor at its grade two listed headquarters in London. Proprietary Licrivision liquid crystal technology enables Eyrise glass to be tinted to provide solar shading immediately without compromising on natural daylight. The windows will provide ‘lightwellness’ (visual comfort, thermal regulation and colour neutrality) for occupants on demand, while also helping...
FH Brundle hardware products have provided the finishing touch to a £multi-million development. A luxury spa was added to the existing buildings of The Olde Belle hotel and restaurant in Retford, Nottinghamshire, including an indoor-to-outdoor vitality pool. FH Brundle supplied an array of glass spigots and glass stiffeners. “This was a challenging but extremely rewarding project for us,” Brundle national...
Pyroguard’s range of toughened fire safety glass, Pyroguard Protect, was recently installed inside the new Angers Iceparc in Angers, France. Pyroguard T-EI60/25-3 provided 60 minutes of integrity and heat insulation, as well as 1B1 impact classification, UV stability, and strong acoustic performance for the curved interior glass partition. Located near the banks of the River Maine in the Saint-Serge district...
Gx Glass supplied and installed a range of contemporary glass products to Birmingham’s Three Snowhill development, used to create striking effects in the reception area, lift lobbies and washroom facilities. Three Snowhill is the third and final part of the Snowhill Plaza project and the largest of the three buildings on the site. The 19-storey building provides 36,657m2 of office...
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...