Aluminium curtain walling by Kawneer has helped the National Automotive Innovation Centre (NAIC) achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating. The centre – a partnership between the University of Warwick, Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Motors UK – is one of the largest of its kind in Europe, and features Kawneer’s AA110 mullion-drained curtain wall. The curtain […]
Liniar windows and doors were recently used on a contemporary cedar-clad project in Kent. “The original concept from the planning architect featured very slim profile windows in order to achieve a contemporary finish,” Toby Blythe, founder and owner of Hursley Developments, said. “When we were looking at products to specify, we had to take into […]
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 […]
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
