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Posted On - 17/05/2022
Staffordshire-based Target Windows has partnered with property maintenance company, Novus Property Solutions, to transform five blocks of apartments owned by Bromsgrove Housing. The project, which started in March 2022, will see Target Windows fit energy efficient windows to around 75 apartments. The works will also alter the aesthetics of the apartments turning the window frames from white to grey. To...
Posted On - 17/05/2022
Senior Architectural Systems has completed work on the new Arc Cinema in Daventry. The new cinema’s frontage has been created using a combination of Senior’s thermally-efficient slimline SF52 aluminium curtain wall system, alongside the company’s SPW5021 aluminium commercial doors and low U-value Pure Slide doors. Senior’s fenestration package was fabricated and installed by supply chain partner, Acorn Aluminium, for main contractor, Willmott Dixon. The...
Posted On - 20/04/2022
Senior Architectural Systems has delivered its third contract for the University of Stirling, following the completion of the University’s new Campus Central development. Designed by Page and Park architects, the new scheme marks the University of Stirling’s largest ever investment in its infrastructure and sees the creation of a multi-functional community hub which brings together student services, study areas, cafés...
Posted On - 12/04/2022
Over 500 Spectus casement windows and 100 French doors were specified and fitted in a new £10m flagship New Build Social Housing development. The new 75 residential properties providing a mix of one, two and three-bedroom homes in Blackpool are situated in Troutbeck Crescent on Mereside. Formerly the site of 81 run down flats built in the 1960s, the...
Posted On - 12/04/2022
When Mere Sands Wood, a nature reserve in West Lancashire, decided to create a new visitor centre and café, minimising its impact on the local wildlife was top of its list of priorities. Minimising the risk of bird strikes to the new building’s glazing was of particular concern. Birds in flight are unable to use visual signals such as window...
Posted On - 25/01/2022
Multiple Epwin products have been used in a project near Shrewsbury, where an ageing outhouse was replaced by a new build extension using a combination of Optima and Stellar solutions. The contract was won by Oswestry Window and Doors. Owner, Matthew Dunne-Smith, commented: “The homeowner wanted a new extension across the back of the home to open up the space...
Posted On - 17/01/2022
Technal’s curtain walling and Stormframe STII aluminium doors have been used to create an impressive, light-filled entrance to the Silverstone Interactive Museum building. A 6,000m2 motorsport exhibition located at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, the £22m Silverstone Interactive Museum building, comprises a fully refurbished WWII aircraft hangar and a new two storey extension, which serves as the entrance to the...
Posted On - 17/01/2022
Senior Architectural Systems has supplied a full aluminium fenestration package for a new retirement village in the West Midlands which comprises 261 one- and two-bedroom apartments for the over 55s. Designed by architects Nicol Thomas, the new complex has been created following the redevelopment of a former office block in Shirley, Solihull. The scheme features Senior’s SPW600 aluminium windows, SPW501...
Posted On - 10/01/2022
Pilkington Planar has been specified for a wall of structural glass along the outward facing side of a property overlooking a fjord in Norway. When the owner of the property was discussing designs for the building with their architect, maximising sight lines to make the most of its stunning setting was top of the list of priorities Architect, Per Oscar...
Posted On - 10/01/2022
TuffX has supplied a total of 76 individual panels of 21.5mm toughened and laminated glass – each with polished edges and dubbed corners – for an office refurbishment in central London. Due to the nature of the project, the entire 95m2 order of glass was heat soaked for additional strength and quality, greatly reducing the possibility of unforced breakage and...
Posted On - 10/01/2022
High-performance Super Spacer T-Spacer SG from Edgetech has helped revitalise three historic features of the New York skyline. 660 Fifth Avenue, Two Bryant Park and the Summit at One Vanderbilt have all undergone extensive refurbishment work involving the Edgetech technology. Built in 1957 on the site of a mansion designed for multimillionaire William H. Vanderbilt, the first of this trio...
Posted On - 10/01/2022
A property in Ludlow, Shropshire, has benefited from the installation of a PatioMaster triple-track sliding door and adjoining Optima tilt and turn windows to create a 7m expanse of glass that delivers panoramic views of the Shropshire Hills. The owners of the property wanted to make the most of the vistas from their newly constructed garden room as their view...
Posted On - 05/01/2022
Morley Glass is starting 2022 on a high by re-introducing 10-12 day lead times on its full range of integrated blinds. The Morley Glass team has worked hard to get back to business as usual despite a challenging 2021 caused by an unprecedented combination of supply problems. These included the impact of a tornado flattening the ScreenLine blind systems factory...
Posted On - 05/01/2022
Lincolnshire manufacturer, Tradeglaze, has been selected as a finalist in the ‘Product Supplier of the Year’ category in the 2022 Greater Lincolnshire Construction and Property Awards. Organised by the Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce, the annual awards bring together the best of the construction and property industry in Greater Lincolnshire every year to celebrate businesses with ‘vision, innovation and support’ for...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Vista Panels worked on a £9.8 million development in South Ayrshire, Scotland’s largest social modular housing development to date, helping to deliver new affordable housing in the area. Working with Riverside Scotland, the UK’s largest social housing landlord, and Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group, Vista supplied its GRP composite door for all of the factory built homes....
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Products from Senior Architectural Systems were specified on two new buildings as part of the wider redevelopment of the University of Leicester’s Brookfield campus. Senior’s aluminium doors, windows and curtain wall systems feature on the newly developed east wing of the university’s iconic Percy Gee Building, which houses the student union, and the new School of Business. The new four-story...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
Tyrone Spence recently converted three rooms in his Leighton Buzzard detached property to create a large, open-plan kitchen. He chose Sheerline Classic aluminium windows to create a light-filled area, selecting RAL 7039 Quartz Grey to match his newly installed kitchen and to create a cohesive, sophisticated look throughout his home. “I discovered Sheerline aluminium windows and doors by chance, but...
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 - 07/12/2021
R9 windows in Silvered Oak from The Residence Collection featured on a large home renovation project in Essex, which involved two-storey building works to the front and rear elevation of property. Installed by Belgrave Windows and Doors, the windows featured both top and side openers and a large, fixed light in Silvered Oak to the outside and Grained White internally,...
Posted On - 30/11/2021
Deceuninck Aluminium customer Glasshouse fitted three sets of Decalu88 bifolds in one day, on a single project. Glasshouse managing director Shaun Armstrong said the installation, which included two sets of three-pane doors, plus a dual pane, was made possible thanks to Decalu’s co-extruded gasket, a feature that has been designed to reduce glazing times to ‘a matter of minutes’. “Switching...
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