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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...
Wilburn Basin is a new housing development of nearly 500 homes in four blocks ranging from eight to 21 storeys around the historic River Irwell Basin, Manchester. 1,200 windows, including stacked/ribbon windows, plus 440 sets of French doors were specified in PVCU by main contractor Renaker. High levels of acoustic glazing were required on elevations that were located next to...
A £multi-million office space, recently developed in central Reading as part of a scheme to replace a 1980s five-storey building with a new Grade A commercial building, used systems from Hueck. The new build development attains a BREEAM excellent standard for sustainability, it has been designed to blend with adjacent structures of historic significance. After being appointed by John Sisk,...
Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained curtain walling and series 190 heavy-duty commercial entrance doors were used on the £20 million new global headquarters and R&D, training and production facility for Rayner Intraocular Lenses in Worthing, West Sussex. Rayner designs and manufactures intraocular lenses (IOL) and proprietary injection devices for use in cataract surgery, which are available in more than 80 countries. Its...
The preservation of original window features in listed buildings, and those within conservation areas, is closely monitored by local authorities – and planning regulations often stipulate the like-for-like repair, refurbishment or replacement of timber frames. Once it was thought that only timber frames could achieve this appearance. But thanks to advancements in the design of PVCU windows, particularly vertical sliders,...
Jack Aluminium Systems’ products have been used as part of a full renovation of the Lamborghini Showroom on Old Brompton Road. Fabricated and installed by IDF Aluminium, the project was completed in late 2017 and Jack’s systems were chosen because of their security benefits. Both the TD68 Jack Door and the JD47 non-thermal system were used as part of the...
The Radisson Blu Edwardian Hampshire Hotel, which overlooks Leicester Square, is a five-star, 127-bedroom building features bespoke Crittall steel products, designed and supplied by Lightfoot Windows (Kent). The screens and doors are constructed from W20 double-glazed, polyester powder-coated components. The inherent strength of the steel makes possible the slimmest of frames and glazing beads to ensure the maximum amount of...
Synseal fabricator Network Upvc Systems is supplying products for fully functional homes built out of storage containers, in a third of the time of a typical new build. The idea was devised by Michael Philpot at VRC Homes, who uses a hybrid modular system based around a galvanised steel frame to build affordable homes, which can help developers use their...
Rebecca Cope, Reynaers’ marketing manager describes how, on the edge of open countryside with stunning panoramic views, a stone-built farmhouse uses a number of the company’s products. Thanks to a variety of aluminium window and doors, large expanses of glazing blur the transition from interior to exterior spaces of Burnedge Barn, offering a feeling of freedom and a connection to...