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By Aluk. The Quadrangle building in the historic heart of Cheltenham, once a 1970s landmark, was transformed into a contemporary mixed-use commercial development featuring Aluk window, door and curtain walling systems. Designed by AWW Architects and completed by Beard Construction, it now features an inner courtyard, ground floor retail space, four storeys of open plan workspace, and the town’s first...
R9 from The Residence Collection was recently installed on a project in Lyme Park in the Peak District, showcasing the system’s heritage credentials. Lyme Park is a large country estate managed by the National Trust with the mansion house designated as a grade one listed building. It sits within the local conservation area, one of 109 in the Peak District...
Stellar aluminium windows and doors from Epwin Window Systems were selected for a complex refurbishment of a grade two listed high-end pool house for a home near Crediton in Devon. The Stellar windows and doors were manufactured and installed by Devon and Cornwall Windows, and owner Adam Page said: “The original pool house had ageing timber windows set onto a...
Jack Aluminium’s JD47 commercial door and shopfront system was specified for the entrance of the Mowgli Street Food restaurant in Cheshire Oaks. After starting in Liverpool in 2014, the chain restaurant has since expanded across the country and opened its latest branch in the Cheshire Oaks designer outlet at the end of June. Merseyside-based fabricator and installer Aluserv fitted the...
Aluminium fenestration products from Senior Architectural Systems, including high-performance doors, windows and curtain walling, helped shape the sports centre at the University of Stirling. Designed by Faulkner Browns and built by Morrison Construction, the newbuild facility was constructed over three levels to complement the existing landscape and maximise the links with the established national swimming and tennis centres which are...
A&D Joinery recently manufactured and fitted 43 new arched Optima windows for the sympathetic landmark refurbishment of Hindley Cemetery Lodge in Hindley, Greater Manchester. The homeowner was keen to preserve the original building architecture and the windows needed to fit into the double-arched stone facade of the building. Following a detailed feasibility study undertaken by A&D Joinery, the ageing timber...
In 2020, Rehau’s Rio Flush Fit window system was selected for a large-scale build at Middleton St George in the northeast of England. The results were so successful that housebuilder Homes by Carlton (HBC) now plans to use Rehau’s product at two other landmark sites. The housebuilder has a long-standing relationship with Chatsworth Windows, the largest in-house manufacturer of windows...
Stellar aluminium windows and doors were installed in a £2.5 million newly renovated property in St Brelade, Jersey. The modern detached four-bedroom home was fitted with 14 Stellar aluminium fully flush casement windows, two sets of Stellar double doors, and two single Stellar doors. All Stellar products were manufactured by Capital Windows of Uxbridge, and fitted by local installer Window...
Over 300 Optima casement windows and 60 doors from Profile 22 were manufactured and installed in a new 85-bed care home and 45 assisted living apartments in Sutton Coldfield. The contract was awarded to Sutton Designs in Kingstanding, Birmingham, with manufacturing undertaken by Central Window Systems in West Bromwich. All windows were fitted with open-out restrictors for the safety of...
Aluminium fenestration products from Senior Architectural Systems were recently installed on accommodation at the Arts University Bournemouth. Senior’s low U-value Pure aluminium windows and Pure Slide aluminium doors were installed alongside the thermally efficient SF52 aluminium curtain wall system, with the scheme achieving a ‘Very Good’ BREEAM rating. Working alongside supply chain partners Morgan Sindall, Design Engine Architects and fabricators...
247 white Spectus casement windows, 25 French doors and 10 residential doors were manufactured and installed on a new 36-home Ashwood Homes development in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. The newbuild contract was awarded to Spectus fabricator Highseal Manufacturing Company based in Scunthorpe. Holly Donaldson of Highseal Manufacturing Company said: “We are committed to quality excellence throughout the business, and our experience and...
Two variants of Kawneer’s AA110 curtain walling system, as well as window vents, doors and roof glazing, feature on the International Convention Centre for Wales at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales. Kawneer’s AA110 zone-drained curtain walling, with 65mm sightlines, was used for most of screens to conference rooms, entrances and circulation areas, while the mullion-drained equivalent was...
Senior Architectural Systems delivered the full aluminium fenestration packages to two new contracts in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The company provided its Pure Slide aluminium doors, SPW600 commercial doors, SPW600 aluminium windows, and SF52 aluminium curtain wall for the new Great Central development. Comprising 131 residential apartments and two commercial units, the scheme ranges from four to nine storeys in height...
Two types of curtain walling by Kawneer met a quartet of criteria for a new building at the gateway to Europe’s largest clinical-academic campus. Kawneer’s AA110 SSG (structurally silicone glazed) and AA100 capped aluminium curtain walling almost completely wraps the new £25 million Citylabs 2.0 development within the Oxford Road Corridor innovation district in Manchester. Citylabs 2.0 is part of...
The Forge is a newbuild apartment complex in Digbeth, Birmingham, which uses Alutech’s aluminium systems for the windows and doors. Fabricated by Tech Aluminium Systems, the steel-framed building features Alutech’s SL160 systems for lift and slide doors, and Alutech’s W72 and W62 window systems. The project was self-managed by the development company, and the specialist trades were asked to design...
A total of 1,667 Optima casement windows and entrance doors from Profile 22 were installed in 170 high quality newbuild homes at Mulberry Park in Bath, Somerset. The new windows and doors completed the third phase of the development. Mulberry Park in Bath is a contemporary development of 700 high-quality homes, community facilities and open spaces delivered by housing association...
Senior Architectural Systems played a key role in the construction of the new Danum gallery, library and museum in Doncaster. Designed by Bond Bryan and built by main contractor Willmott Dixon, the new cultural and learning hub was created following the restoration of four existing buildings. A key focal point of the scheme, and one that looks even more dramatic...
Profile 22’s Optima Fully Sculptured windows were chosen for the refurbishment of 38 properties, consisting of a mixture of houses and flats, in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. The manufacture and installation of the 300 white Optima casement windows was awarded to Walsall-based Select Windows. The project was part of the Nehemiah Housing Project, which is designed to build successful, sustainable and...
A Technal sustainable facade system satisfied the requirement to deliver a sustainable and energy efficient building for the University of Bath’s Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS), a new, world-class automotive propulsion research facility in Bristol, constructed to achieve BREEAM Very Good standard. The 11,464m2, two-storey building was designed by architect Stride Treglown, which partnered with DKA Architects. Main...
Seventy-seven Spectus Vertical Sliding windows were manufactured and installed in the first phase of a new 900-home development in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. The prestigious Holbeach Meadow Development features a mixture of one-to-five-bedroomed homes and is designed and built by Ashwood Homes. The Spectus Vertical Sliding windows were specified for installation in the new executive five-bedroomed detached homes on this first-phase. The...