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Posted On - 07/12/2021
La Samaritaine, one of Paris’s most famous department stores, worked closely with Pritzker prize-winning architecture practice SANAA to create a striking and sinuous modern facade that gives a new perspective on the historic Rue de Rivoli. Glass for the project was supplied by Pilkington Glass Service, part of the NSG Group. The facade is part of a wider 750 million-euro...
Posted On - 10/11/2021
Howells patent glazing was recently used as part of a £38 million upgrade to the Foss Barrier in York. In December 2015 severe floods hit the City of York, and water entered the main control building of the Foss Barrier putting it out of action. Within three months work had begun on a £multi-million improvement scheme, upgrading the Foss Barrier...
Posted On - 09/11/2021
A TuffX Infinity fixed rooflight was recently installed on a flat-roofed ground-floor extension of a property in Ruislip, by HomeWorks Windows. The 1,000mm x 2,500mm standard stock clear glass Infinity fixed rooflight required much less space than a roof lantern, while ensuring the benefits of natural light flooded into the footprint of the building, giving the whole area a well-lit,...
Posted On - 05/11/2021
Pyroguard has helped to combine contemporary aesthetics with fire safety, while blending the old with the new on a regeneration project in Cork, Ireland. Horgan’s Quay is a six-acre mixed-use development located on the River Lee, next to the Port of Cork. Centred around the conservation of the site’s industrial heritage, Horgan’s Quay features three contemporary office buildings, apartments, a...
Posted On - 03/11/2021
Owners of a property in Feniscowles, Blackburn, recently undertook a garden renovation with the help of north west-based installer Windoways who used CRL Spig-Lite Pro to create the dream outdoor space. The garden itself extends over two levels, with a seating area on the lower level and a hot tub above. The family wanted to create a windbreak around both...
Posted On - 03/11/2021
By OnLevel’s Gary Dean. In June 2019 the UK government announced a legally binding target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Net zero carbon is reached when the amount of greenhouse gas produced balances with the amount removed from the atmosphere. The pursuit of a net zero carbon economy has imposed widespread implications on the built environment. As a...
Posted On - 24/10/2021
Owners of a property in Feniscowles, Blackburn, recently undertook a garden renovation with the help of north west-based installer Windoways who used CRL Spig-Lite Pro to create the dream outdoor space. The garden itself extends over two levels, with a seating area on the lower level and a hot tub above. The family wanted to create a windbreak around both...
Posted On - 19/10/2021
Eyrise has transformed a historic Berlin landmark with a dynamic glass facade, using liquid crystal technology to provide benefits during the day and at night. The dynamic glass specialist partnered with Avus Tribüne to glaze a new event centre that forms the centrepiece of a repurposed racetrack grandstand overlooking the A115 autobahn in Berlin, providing instant solar shading during the...
Posted On - 12/10/2021
Framex recently chose TuffX to provide three bespoke rooflights, which were required for a ground-floor residential extension in Rossendale. The customer specifically requested blue-tinted solar glass to maximise the light, comfort and ambient feel of the space by reducing both glare and heat from the sun. “We are seeing more and more customers requesting these flat rooflights to zone up...
Posted On - 06/10/2021
A frameless glass balustrade has given a modern residential building in Pontefract a perfect near-invisible finish, thanks to glass supplied by TuffX. The first floor of the gable-fronted property is set back slightly from the one below, leaving a full length but narrow roof terrace accessible from the upper storey. The customer brief was for a safe, secure yet completely...
Posted On - 06/10/2021
Brownhills Glass, part of the United Glass Group, supplied a mixture of toughened, toughened/ laminated and processed glass panels to West Midland Safari Park to create a new enclosure enabling the Park to house its first ever red panda. Brownhills Glass provided more than 30 glass panels, ranging from 11.5mm to 17.5mm in thickness, to create external glass balustrades and...
Posted On - 30/09/2021
A full-scale 3-D Davros design has been created by lifelong Doctor Who fan, Toby Bateson, using decorative glass products from RegaLead. Davros, the infamous Dalek leader, has seen multiple incarnations across the last 50 years on screen but nothing quite as creative or as unique as Toby’s stained glass creation, which is regularly seen hovering around the streets of Blackpool....
Posted On - 07/09/2021
TuffX recently supplied 15m2 of toughened glass panels for a balustrade surrounding a large, raised terrace, to complete a high-end finish for a residential property in Essex. The home, which includes a sizeable conservatory, required an attractive balustrade to keep occupants on the raised terrace safe, without reducing the light that could reach through to the interior of the property....
Posted On - 19/08/2021
Edgetech’s Super Spacer T-Spacer Premium was used on Norway’s Økern Portal, an 80,000m2 complex in Oslo, which contains office spaces, hotels, shops and restaurants. In 2016, the Norwegian parliament committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2030, and hydropower already accounts for 95% of the nation’s energy, which contributes to the fact that Norway is home to some of the world’s...
Posted On - 11/08/2021
Eyrise liquid crystal glass will provide solar shading for Campus Germany at Expo 2020 in Dubai, which will take place from October 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022. The dynamic glass specialist was appointed a premium partner by the German Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai Consortium, and is responsible for the pavilion’s design, planning and implementation. Expo 2020 Dubai, which was postponed...
Posted On - 11/08/2021
Stowmarket Glass Company has completed a bespoke, frameless shower installation at a residential property in Diss, Norfolk, using Bilbao Premium HD shower fittings from Bohle. The installation incorporated 8mm toughened glass, which was cut and processed in house at Stowmarket, and finished using Bohle’s Duplocoll adhesive tape to seal the gap between glass and tiles. Offering a near invisible sealing...
Posted On - 27/07/2021
A private residence in Great Yarmouth recently required a balustrade for two adjoining outside balcony areas: one large, exposed and sociable open first-floor terrace; and an attached smaller, more private, covered space. A glass balustrade was chosen, with TuffX supplying the glass. TuffX supplied 25 panels of 15mm clear toughened safety glass with dubbed corners for the job. The finished...
Posted On - 08/07/2021
Edgetech’s Super Spacer TriSeal Premium Plus was used on the Curve, a 24,400m2, seven-storey office complex in Saint-Denis, Paris that accommodates more than 1,000 businesses, restaurants, and fitness centres. Considered to be at the forefront of the French capital’s sustainability revolution, Saint-Denis will be the site of the athlete’s village at the Paris Olympics, which is being built to stringent...
Posted On - 28/06/2021
Dylan’s restaurant, in the Victorian Welsh coastal town of Criccieth, looked to maximise the comfort of its seating areas to make the most of its outdoor space as lockdown restrictions eased. Dylan’s added a frameless glass balustrade to the terrace, to protect customers from coastal breezes without negatively impacting on the views; TuffX supplied 30 panels of 15mm toughened safety...
Posted On - 09/06/2021
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...
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