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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...
Profile 22’s Optima sculpturedwindows were specified and commissioned for 39 new build homes in Snedshill, Telford. The window specification was for a sculptured profile that could achieve an overall U-value of 1.4W/m2K. Secured by Design accreditation was a requirement as was PAS24/Part Q compliance. The site’s location near a busy road meant acoustic glazing was required on some elevations. Trickle...
The design team responsible for the visually striking redevelopment of three redundant gasholders in the Kings Cross area of London used a unitised version of Wicona’sWictec system for the facades to the apartments created. Dating from the 1880s, the ‘Triplets’ are a trio of interlocking skeletal drums that once held supplies of town gas, which have now been relocated to...
Architectural glazing systems by Kawneer, including two types of curtain walling, two types of window vents and two types of entrance doors, feature on a multi-award-winning new headquarters for the UK Hydrographic Office. The aluminium Kawneer systems were installed by specialist sub-contractor Dudley’s Aluminium for main contractor BAM to a design by AHR global.
A Victorian property in Minchinhampton, central Gloucestershire, required specialist needs during its renovation, particularly when it came to the windows and doors. In order to achieve a traditional appearance with modern performance the owners called on fabricator Roseview and Glassier Window Systems to provide high-quality and easy-to-maintain windows that would complement the traditional aesthetics and Victorian feel of their family...
Two types of curtain wallingand entrance doors by Kawneer, including the first use in the UK of a new severe duty welded door, feature on an award-winning building at the heart of the dynamic redevelopment of Cardiff’s Central Square. Kawneer’s AA100 capped and zone-drained aluminium curtain wall, complemented by its structurally silicone glazed and mullion-drained sister product, have been used...