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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...
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...