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Profile 22’s Flush Tilt and Turn windows were used in the construction of flats for 244 students at the University of Derby. The design, manufacture and installation of the windows on the project was undertaken by Profile 22 approved window contractor Kingfisher Windows. The Flush Tilt and Turn Window from Profile 22 was the best choice for optimum ventilation and...
Profile 22’s Optima casement and tilt and turn windows, along with matching PVCU doors, were specified in the refurbishment of two tower blocks in Walsall, West Midlands. WHG, owners and managers of the Little London and Wood House tower blocks, specified Profile 22’s Optima suite for the installation of 960 new external windows and 130 balcony doors. The installation contractor...
Architectural glazing systems by Kawneer were specified for a transport hub at the heart of the regeneration of an area of Gloucester. Kawneer's AA100 zone-drained curtain walling, AA720 thermally superior doors, and two types of windows – AA540 fixed lights and AA3110 horizontal sliders – were selected by regular Kawneer specifiers BDP architects for the £6.6 million ‘futuristic’ new Gloucester...
Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained curtain walling and three types of doors were selected by CPMG architects for the £12.5 million Aerospace Integration Research Centre (AIRC) at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire. Cranfield is the only university in Europe to combine major aerospace research facilities such as the AIRC with an operational airport and runway. The Kawneer curtain walling panes of 3m x...
A full suite of Jack Aluminium Systems’ products was used in a £2.59 million revamp of Strood Railway Station, part of the National Station Improvement Programme (NSIP). The 37-week refurbishment programme was part of Medway Council’s plans to regenerate the area and the new station is a bright, modern building with a new larger waiting area and booking hall. Essex-based...
Work has just begun on the installation of architectural glazing systems by Kawneer on the second of three buildings at Bournemouth University. Approved dealer Leay is installing Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained capped curtain walling, along with AA541 fixed light windows and two types of doors on the 5,000m2 Fusion 2/Poole Gateway Building designed by Atkins architects. Leay’s team of up to...
Mercury Glazing has manufactured and supplied 204 windows for the refurbishment of Cliff House, an iconic former hotel in Felixstowe, into 24 one and two-bedroom luxury seaside apartments. Working with main contractor and developer Dragon Wood Homes, the 12-month project involved Mercury manufacturing and supplying 204 bespoke windows, which included a mixture of arched top vertical sliders, bowed vertical sliders,...
Crewe-based Spectus installer South Cheshire Glass has completed the first phase of transforming a substantial residential property in Nantwich, Cheshire. Graham Saunders, general manager at South Cheshire Glass, said: “With a palatial property like this one we needed to source a premium quality product. The Spectus Elite 70 suite of products gives us exactly what we need for such a...
Rehau windows and doors have been installed in a luxury houseboat in Belfast, providing a clean and bright finish to the Scandinavian inspired boat, while keeping it cosy and warm inside. Now listed on Airbnb as one of the top featured properties in Northern Ireland, the boat – affectionately known as Nolly – was once destined for the scrapyard. She...
A new University Technical College in the East End of London, specialising in the creative and health industries, is making full use of the performance benefits and design flexibility offered by the Elegance 52 curtain wall system, together with Dualframe Si 75 windows, both manufactured by Sapa Building System. Mulberry UTC was constructed by Wates, with the London-based office of...
A new and detailed Planning and Conservation Guide has been published by The Residence Collection for trade partners, installers, architects, planners and homeowners, covering all aspects of timber casement alternative window design and specification. Conservation areas, listed buildings and Article 4 directions are defined, as are the dimensions of Residence 9, which replicate those of traditional 19th century windows. An...
A £4.2 million school project in Derby has highlighted the major advantages that developers can benefit from when working closely with a conscientious systems house, according to Liniar. Family-run construction firm GF Tomlinson completed building work on Akaal Primary School, Derby’s first Sikh school, in the summer 2018, which opens its doors to pupils in September 2018. The new building...
Spectus fabricator Eco Windows recently completed a design and installation project for a homeowner in Halifax. The project involved the manufacture and installation of bespoke arched windows and doors throughout the property. Steve Ryan, director at Eco Windows, said: “The property was of a very high specification and the windows and doors needed to be of a similarly high standard....
Aluminium curtain walling and windows from Sapa have been used in constructing a new school in Cambridgeshire as a result of the manufacturer’s national supply chain agreement with Kier, and the main contractor’s past experience of working with the fabricator. Godmanchester Bridge Academy, which was completed in time for the start of the current academic year, provides space for 420...
A new-build property in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, was given a splash of colour when it was kitted out with Rehau’s Total70 window and door system in chartwell green. All profiles used for the installation by Authorised Partner Tradeline Scotland had a chartwell green exterior using Rehau’s foil finish system and a white interior. Tradeline Scotland chose Rehau Total70 profiles as...
Modular or off-site curtain walling by Kawneer played a key role in a building which forms the centrepiece of Imperial College London’s new White City campus. The bespoke, twin-skin and triple-glazed ventilated curtain walling, based on Kawneer’s unitised AA201 system, features on the main south elevation of the Molecular Sciences Research Hub (MSRH) in the college’s first new campus in...
Nottingham-based Paradise Windows recently installed Rehau Total70 windows into a period country home. Located in the heart of the Nottingham countryside, Felley House is set in two acres of private land. Complete with an indoor pool room, five bedrooms and many additional reception rooms the property boasts over 100 windows. Paradise Windows replaced the old windows with Rehau Total70 chamfered...
A new curtain wall facade has been installed by Aluprof customer Britplas at Jodrell Bank Observatory. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation has set up its new global headquarters at the world-famous location. The £1.2 million installation was designed by architects Hassell and constructed by Sir Robert McAlpine. Working in conjunction with the University of Manchester, the new radio telescope...
WarmCore windows and doors were installed on one of George Clarke’s ‘Old House, New Home’ projects, aired on Channel 4 in August. The third episode of the series featured period properties in Wales and Hove, where the WarmCore bifolding door and full-height windows were installed in a renovated kitchen by The Window Workshop, working with Empire Construction Group. The homeowners...
Whisky production has returned to the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow for the first time in 100 years with the completion of the new Clydeside Distillery, which features aluminium curtain walling and commercial doors from Senior Architectural Systems. Designed by Hypostyle Architects to combine historical character with contemporary architecture, the new distillery is located within a converted pump...