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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...
The newly opened £24 million Torfaen Learning Zone in Cwmbran is a showcase for Aluk’s SL52 capped, mullion drained curtain walling system, complete with punched open-in windows in the thermally efficient Aluk 77IWE casement system. Part of the Welsh government’s 21st Century Schools and Education programme, it is the new home of learning for all those aged 16 and over...
R7 windows and doors from The Residence Collection were recently supplied by Frametrade and installed by The Nottingham Window Company at Graysford Hall, a new luxury care home in the suburbs of Leicester. The project involved the installation of 130 R7 windows and 30 R7 doors with a Painswick exterior and a clean chalk white internal finish. Both top and...
A combination of three window and door systems from Deceuninck were used in the Springfield Park development in Maidstone, Kent. Springfield Park, which features 502, one, two and three bed apartments, was completed over several phases and consists of a tower block and three low-rise blocks on a brownfield site overlooking the River Midway The project was completed using Deceuninck’s...
Wardian in London’s Docklands is being hailed as a landmark in sustainable development for the 21st century, with Wicona glazing systems having been selected to help achieve the twin properties’ aesthetic as well as energy, acoustic and other performance objectives. The development was inspired by the 19th century Wardian case of Dr Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, which botanists used to transport plant...
More than 200 Elite 70 casement windows and 32 French door sets were manufactured and installed by Spectus fabricator Highseal in a new 32-home development in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. The development incorporated Secured by Design features throughout, including police-preferred specification for the windows and doors. The Elite 70 casement windows were manufactured in anthracite grey on white, and all windows...
One hundred and thirty Spectus Vertical Sliding windows were used in the refurbishment of a grade two listed building in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Sovereign Park House is set in a conservation area and had previously been converted into 11 apartments. As part of a wider programme of refurbishments on the property, 130 Spectus Vertical Sliders new windows were specified. The...
Technal aluminium window, curtain walling and doors were specified and installed at Heathervale House, transforming the outdated office development. Situated in the centre of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Heathervale House is a commercial property, which has been used as an office space for decades. Originally clad in brick, slate and hung tile, the building had started to show signs of disrepair,...
Architectural glazing systems from Kawneer met the criteria for the £50 million award-winning redevelopment of two existing commercial office blocks into premium student accommodation. A large part of the facade at Crown Place, formerly St Stephens Towers, in Norwich, features Kawneer’s AA100 curtain wall system with 50mm sightlines and AA720 top-hung glazed-in and AA720 standalone windows. Two types of Kawneer...
Sussex-based Nuglaze Home Services recently completed a replacement window and door project with Residence 9, in a period home with Tudor detailing, including leaded top lights, structural corner posts and two oriel bay windows, all in the No.10 Black finish. In years gone by such installations were the domain of timber only and it is only with the introduction of...
Bespoke curtain walling by Kawneer was chosen for an 11-storey office building at the heart of London’s architectural sector. Kawneer’s AA265 unitised system was adapted by the company for the commercial element of the £200 million Atlas building; at 40 storeys the tallest tower in London’s Tech City area, at 145 City Road, Clerkenwell. Concept-designed by Make architects and delivered...
Senior Architectural Systems provided a high-performance fenestration package for a new residential development in Nottingham. The Waterside Apartments scheme on the banks of the River Trent comprises a mix of luxury residential accommodation, with 121 individual apartments and duplex penthouse developed over 11 storeys, with office and leisure facilities to the ground floor. The project is a key part of...
300 Flush Tilt and Turn Windows were specified in the development of 22 one-bedroom and 16 two-bedroom flats in Cricket Hill Road, Sheffield. Formerly the site of a social club, the site was secured for a development of a social housing apartment block. The development required 300 windows, all with demanding specifications due to the hilltop location. The contract for...
The owners of a refurbishment in Whitstable Kent were right on trend when they chose the colours for the Aluk windows and doors which have been installed throughout. Ultimate Grey and Illuminating Yellow have been declared the Pantone Colours of the Year for 2021, and that grey and yellow combination was used to create a striking contrast with the contemporary...
R Bell Construction recently completed its first Stellar installation at a large domestic property in Surrey. Stellar is an aluminium window and door system from Epwin Window Systems. Owner Roy Bell said: “We’ve installed aluminium windows and doors for many years but Stellar is the first aluminium system we have fitted with knock-in beads. The products were so easy to...