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More than 300 Optima windows from Profile 22 were installed in a private housing development in Chipping near Preston in Lancashire. The project specified flush casement windows in 7016 anthracite on white, which would provide a classic heritage appearance. The windows needed to have a U-value of 1.4W/m²K for thermal efficiency and meet PAS24:2016 and Secured by Design requirements so...
Technal aluminium curtain walling, windows and doors were specified and installed at Ysgol Penyffordd, a £7 million primary school located in the Flintshire village of Penyffordd, Wales. The school has been constructed to BREEAM Excellent standards. Fabricated and installed by Westmore Architectural, the building was designed by Lovelock Mitchell Architects and constructed by Wynne Construction. The two-storey school features two...
Surrounded by a rural landscape, a self-built family home in Yorkshire was reinvigorated with new aluminium doors and windows. Originally fitted with timber frames when constructed by its current owners in 2006, the windows and doors needed replacing to rejuvenate the building’s aesthetics and frame its surrounding views. Enhancing levels of natural light, connecting inside and outside spaces, elevating aesthetics,...
It was a case of needing to hit the ground running for window fitters and manufacturers Ashmore Glass and Mirrors when they received a special order on the same day they switched to fabricating Rehau products. With only five weeks to complete a bespoke project in the middle of an onboarding process, both companies had their work cut out. By...
Technal and Ravenworth worked together to deliver a £4.2 million project for Telford Homes, including windows, patio and entrance doors, and curtain walling. Telford Homes’ New Garden Quarter takes in some of the Olympic legacy land in Stratford, and features one, two and three-bedroom apartments, villas and sky villas set around a landscaped two-acre garden square. Project architect Eleana Kontou...
Wicona’s Wictec curtain walling, Wicline 75 windows and Wicline 65 Evo door were used for the exhibition, conference and hotel facility, The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA). Keppie Architects headed the design team for the £330 million development, which is predicted to provide a huge boost to the local economy. Aberdeen’s new event complex offers four times the exhibition area of...
Aluminium curtain walling, doors and windows from Senior Architectural Systems have helped transform a derelict Victorian school into a bright and modern place of worship in the heart of Sheffield. The Mission Hub is a part of the Catholic Diocese of Hallam, and the old school building has been reimagined by Jump Architects to provide a flexible and functional space...
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...