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900 Optima windows and doors have been fitted in a development of 82 new-build houses to the north of Glasgow named The Orchard. The brownfield site was acquired by Keepmoat Homes for the development and the contract for the windows and doors was awarded to Glasgow-based Profile 22 approved window contractor, Gold Seal Windows. All 900 units were installed on...
Architectural glazing systems by Kawneer were specified for their “robustness and quality” for two linked 16-storey apartment blocks on the last plot to be developed at Erie Basin in Salford Quays. Kawneer’s AA100 curtain walling features as strip curtain wall to copper-coloured rainscreen areas of the £37 million build-to-rent towers, a stone’s throw from MediaCityUK, Manchester. In addition, the manufacturer’s...
Dortech has installed Technal’s MX52 curtain walling system into a refurbishment project to upgrade and reconfigure an office building located close to Manchester Airport. Now known as The Landing, the building was acquired by The Property Alliance Group to extend its ownership of the Trident Business Park; offering new tenants 18,000ft2 of grade A space, as well as access to...
More than 300 Spectus Elite 70 System windows have been used in the construction of a new-build retirement village in Chorley town centre. Chorley Council commissioned the 65-apartment retirement village to provide those aged 55 and above with an independent living space with access to care and support. The development is part of the Council’s strategic masterplan for the town...
Located in the 22@ district of Barcelona, the Luxa building has been designed by Batlle i Roig Arquitectura to reflect the city’s modern and vibrant place on the world stage, comprising twin towers embellished with silver and gold Wictec curtain walling, as well as other systems from the Wicona range. The Luxa building consists of two adjacent but independently functioning...
Senior Architectural Systems helped breathe new life into the recently refurbished Grantley Hall in North Yorkshire. The grade two listed building has been sympathetically repaired, renovated and extended to provide luxury hotel accommodation and a new build spa and wellness retreat. The prestigious contract, which is one of the largest engineering projects to be completed in the north of England,...
Two high performance fenestration systems, available under the Technal brand, were used on a new student accommodation complex taking shape on the north side of Lancaster city centre. Caton Court, part of the wider Lawson’s Quay site, is currently being built by Eric Wright Construction for the developer Hines UK, while Preston-based LDG Contracts is the specialist fabricator that chose...
Profile 22’s Optima windows were specified in the development of 26 one- and two-bedroom apartments in a retirement development in Upper Norwood, London. Lewis House is a development from McCarthy and Stone, and included 97 windows and 26 door and sightlight combinations. The project was undertaken by Newview Homes, and the windows were manufactured by Emplas. The window specification required...
Eighty-eight of Kawneer’s AA100 SSG parallel opening vents were used as concealed windows within AA100 mullion-drained curtain walling and AA720 doors on the new £40 million London headquarters of the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. The Kawneer systems were specified by architects Penoyre and Prasad as they were a “cost-effective” solution to their needs and enabled them...
Technal’s MX curtain walling was recently used across the elevations of a landmark residential project in the heart of Birmingham. Completed on a restricted site and to an unusually rapid construction programme, the project used an offsite manufacturing solution to reduce time on site. Wolverhampton based Breakwells Glass was awarded its £1.2 million contract to design, supply and install the...
The project team responsible for a striking residential property in the Channel Islands used Technal’s Dualframe 75 windows and the Elegance 52 curtain wall system, supplied by Pallot Glass and Windows, to complement the property’s modernist styling, as well as provide outstanding weather performance in a very exposed situation. Island based Pallot Glass and Windows, a long-time user of the...
County Windows has completed the installation of 26 Optima windows, two sets of Optima French doors with side screens, and a single Optima residential door in a new-build detached property in Herefordshire. Mitch Luckman of County Windows (which has been a Profile 22 installer for over 15 years) said: “It was a one-off development from local developer SA Lancett Carpentry...
Bretton Architectural is celebrating 25 years of working with Hydro Group and its Technal systems through its involvement on Phase II of an architecturally acclaimed student accommodation development in Liverpool. Constructed within the Mossley Hill Conservation Area, the parkland surrounding the University of Liverpool’s Greenbank student residences was gifted to the university by the Rathbone family in 1939; still offering...
A Norfolk couple are the first people to have Rehau’s Rio flush fit windows installed in their home, fabricated by Climatec and installed by Tim Whipps Windows. Mr and Mrs Farrell were originally looking to replace their old externally beaded PVCU windows with a like-for-like replacement. However, after looking at the options for the standard casement windows, both Tim and...
Architectural glazing systems by Kawneer were specified as a ‘key aspect’ of the new regional head office of British Sugar’s parent company, Associated British Foods (ABF). CPMG Architects selected products from all of Kawneer’s portfolio for the building on a 4.5-acre site at Cygnet Business Park, Hampton, Peterborough, which would enable the relocation of almost 400 people from ABF businesses...
Rehau products installed at a new residential home The Cedar Views, on the south-western fringes of Woking, had to be in-keeping with the nearby The Strawberry Tree, a popular period property in the area. This included the windows, which needed to provide period aesthetic appeal while providing the convenience and quality of new, modern products. Mark Wright, owner at MA...
Dortech recently specifiedTechnal’s MX62 curtain walling system for the University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC). Dortech is providing a design, manufacture and installation package for all of the curtain walling on the five-storey structure. Throughout the project Dortech faced a number of technical challenges including: the building’s proximity to a very busy roundabout; the floor-to-floor heights; physical...
Fully compatible curtain walling, window and a variety of door systems from Sapa were installed on a home in Cheshire to create a seamless appearance. This contemporary style, five-bedroom detached house has a floor area of 10,000ft2 and includes an indoor swimming pool, gym and leisure facilities. The property has been constructed on raised land that slopes down to a...
200 Spectus flush tilt andturn windows were specified and installed in the construction of 44 high quality social housing properties for Crawley Borough Council. The properties are situated in a high-profile location where the aesthetics of the development were vital. Spectus-approved window contractor Jade Window and Door Specialists was appointed to manage the fabrication and installation of the 200 anthracite...
More than 500 Profile 22 Optima flush casement windows have been installed on a private housing development in Whalley Range, Manchester. The main contractor for the project was Lane End Group and the contract for the windows and doors in the development was awarded to Profile 22 approved contractor Kingfisher Windows. The site was on land formerly owned by the...