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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...
DGlass has recently completed an Ideal 70 installation on the site of a former Taunton hospital. Supplied in anthracite grey on white, the windows and doors have been pivotal in defining the character of the build, the company said. Designed in 1892 by architects Gile, Gough and Trollope, Tone Vale Hospital closed its doors to patients in 1995. Built in...
R9 windows have been specified on a listed building refurbishment project at Scarborough College in North Yorkshire. Scarborough College has been providing boarding and day education in Scarborough for nearly 120 years, and recently had all the glazing and roof replaced as part of a large investment programme. Local companies have been employed on the project that involved the manufacture...
Aluprof profiles were recently specified on Valentine Place, a new-build development consisting of various apartments and mews style houses located in a built-up area within Southwark. The importance of using as much available light as possible led the design team to specify the ‘MB-60 Industrial’ system. Not only does the system offer a slim sight line appearance, but the profiled...
Appearance, quality and low maintenance led Derek Warwick Developments to equip its upmarket development on the Dorset coast with PVCU systems from Eurocell. Designed by architects David James, Durlston Point is an arrangement of five detached houses that occupies a commanding position in Swanage. The houses feature Modus casement windows in moondust grey, Aspect bifold doors and white Eurocell fascias...
Crown Doors and Shutters has completed the installation of curtain walling, windows and thermal door systems as part of the refurbishment and extension of the main Harbour Master’s office on the River Tees. Andrew Mersh from Crown said: “The office stands on one side of the iconic transporter bridge on the river Tees, which made this a particularly high-profile project...
A distinctive mixed use residential project in the rapidly changing Greenwich Peninsula has made expressive use of windows and doors from Wicona, part of the Hydro group. The Fulmar is part of a collection of buildings within an extensive project by property developer Knight Dragon, aiming to create a new and vibrant district on the peninsula. The building was constructed...
Rehau’s Total70 window profiles, installed by Manchester’s Excell Trade Frames, have been chosen for a new free school in Manchester, which will provide education for up to 100 young people in the area with special learning needs. The Pioneer House High School has been built on the site of the former Piper Hill High School in Wythenshawe. The whole site...
The Holiday Inn Express in the city centre features sets of three of Kawneer’s AA540 windows as fixed lights designed in L-shapes within checks of multi-coloured rainscreen cladding by KKA Architecture. The facade of the hotel in Birmingham city centre’s enterprise zone also used Kawneer’s AA110 zone-drained curtain walling with 65mm sightlines and series 190 heavy-duty commercial entrance doors. The...
Windows specifically designed by Kawneer for the healthcare sector are bringing four-fold benefits to a new £40 million mental health hospital, the company has announced. Kawneer’s AA3110HW windows maximise ventilation while minimising the risk of self harming. They feature anti-ligature elements such as a wraparound gasket that breaks into harmless pieces when there is an attempt to remove it, together...
Swish installer Somerglaze Windows has completed a refurbishment project on a home in Somerset. The project was to replace 13 windows throughout the property, along with several doors. Gary Hembrow, director of Somerglaze Windows, said: “The customer had extended the property and we therefore needed to replace the windows throughout the main house to tie in with the new extension....
Designed for key workers in the town, Orbit Housing’s Fordham House in Stratford-upon-Avon aims provide enhanced protection against noise, a superior maintenance and repair strategy, and additional facilities such as secure internal bike storage rooms. Much of the budget has come from the specification of Modus PVCU windows from Eurocell in place of the aluminium frames originally specified. “We saved...
Unique Window Systems recently secured a contract on new-build development in Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire. The project is a collection of two-bedroom apartments being built alongside three- and four-bedroom homes, using the WarmCore system to mirror the project’s contemporary design. WarmCore combines an aluminium exterior with a full-width, thermal PVCU core, and housebuilders including Avant Homes, Bellway Homes, Davidson Homes and...