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Senior Architectural Systems has played a key role in the creation of a new multi-storey residential development in Birmingham. Located in the heart of the city centre, The Toybox offers luxury student accommodation over 15 storeys and has been designed by Corstorphine + Wright architects. The building’s eye-catching curved facade, which creates a cantilevered canopy over the main entrance, features...
When it comes to designing a bespoke residential property, it’s the finest details which often create the greatest impact. Demanding strict attention to detail, aesthetic excellence must go hand-in-hand with functionality and performance. As Tina Hughan of Reynaers Aluminium discusses with the case of a unique dwelling in Salcombe, the use of aluminium doors and windows in domestic properties supports...
Technal and installer Ravenworth have completed a £2 million systems package to provide high performance windows, doors and curtain walling for Telford Homes’ latest East London residential development, The Forge. Built on the site of the former East London Bus Garage, the new development creates 192 residential apartments clustered around communal courtyards, accessed off a new public street. Designed by...
Senior Architectural Systems’ slimline SF52 aluminium curtain walling system proved just the ticket to create the bright and modern facade of the new-look bus station in Rawtenstall, Lancashire. Built to replace the town’s dilapidated bus station, which dated back to the 1970s, the new £3.5 million transport hub was designed by Day Architects to provide passengers with a more pleasant...
With a strict specification to adhere to, the pressure was on for Rehau fabricator Dessian when they were asked to complete a premium installation in an upmarket Glasgow suburb. Cala Homes (West) approached Dessian for help on its Riverside at Bothwell development, which required Dessian to adhere to stricter than usual residential requirements. Bothwell is located in the heart of...
Carmarthenshire-based Nolan uPVC has fabricated and installed 14 fire doors for the NHS Nightingale Covid-19 field hospital in Swansea. Kier is currently working with Swansea Council and local contractor TRJ to transform the 11,000m2 film studios and former factory into a Nightingale field hospital with 850 beds. With less than seven days’ notice, Nolan and systems company Deceuninck responded immediately...
Atkins has used Kawneer’s architectural aluminium glazing systems on a building that forms a new ‘£27 million gateway’ to a leading UK university. Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained and capped curtain walling forms triangular screens 25m wide and 15m high for the main atrium at Bournemouth University’s 5,000m2 Poole Gateway Building, while Kawneer’s AA720 entrance doors were used throughout the building, and...
Kawneer’s architectural glazing systems are set to be installed on the world’s first Passivhaus leisure centre. The systems – two types of curtain walling, three types of doors, windows and brise soleil – will be installed by Kawneer-approved specialist sub-contractor AB Glass for main contractor Kier at St Sidwell’s Point in Exeter. The 4,850m2 project will replace an ageing swimming...
More than 100 Optima Flush Casement windows, by Profile 22, have been fitted in the first phase of a new residential development consisting of 14 new-build red-brick town houses in the historical Houldsworth Conservation Area in Reddish, Greater Manchester. The new homes, which are situated in a newly designed cul-de-sac off the Harrogate Road, were sympathetically designed to complement the...
The design for the new National Football Development Centre in Wales, which forms part of the Wrexham Glyndwr University campus, usedTechnal’s Elegance 52 curtain wall system, STII doors and Dualframe 75 Si casement windows; fabricated and installed by Westmore Architectural. The main entrance, meanwhile, unites the new structure with an existing building set in a historic location. The development for...
Aluminium fenestration solutions from Senior Architectural Systems have helped create harmony at The Strand Hub, a new award-winning mixed-used scheme in Rochdale. Designed by Triangle Architects, the development has transformed a previously neglected area of the town to create new retail units, residential apartments and various community facilities which include a café, medical centre and housing advice centre. The glazing...
Aluk’s 58BW ST aluminium windows recently replaced the original Crittall windows in a redevelopment project in central Birmingham. Herbert House, a 115-year old 52,000ft2 commercial building in the Colmore business district, has been converted into apartment blocks. Now christened ‘The Lightwell’, it features 316 windows in the 58BW ST system and three suited doors in the GT55 system, all in...
A mixed-use scheme in Cardiff has been given a striking facade thanks to Senior Architectural Systems’ SF52 aluminium curtain wall system. Senior worked with supply chain partner Denval to deliver the curtain wall package for two recently completed seven-storey office buildings: Capital Quarter No3 and No4. Combining slim sightlines and excellent thermal performance, Senior’s SF52 aluminium curtain walling was chosen...
AB Glass has secured a £1.5 million contract to work on a new landmark building being built in Swansea. The company is working alongside ISG to deliver a £39 million student high-rise accommodation block at Mariner Street, Swansea. Reaching 17 stories and 58m tall, the building will house 780 students and be the second tallest in the city. AB Glass...
Wicona’s Wictec curtain walling was used to create a bespoke facade for the refurbished Merrion House, Leeds City Council’s offices. Fabricated by Facade and Glazing Solutions (FGS), Wictec was specified for its slim face width and strength to carry brick slip feature beams with steel frame reinforcements. Located in Leeds city centre, the £42 million refurbishment of the 1970s office...
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...