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Posted On - 19/07/2021
A&D Joinery recently manufactured and fitted 43 new arched Optima windows for the sympathetic landmark refurbishment of Hindley Cemetery Lodge in Hindley, Greater Manchester. The homeowner was keen to preserve the original building architecture and the windows needed to fit into the double-arched stone facade of the building. Following a detailed feasibility study undertaken by A&D Joinery, the ageing timber...
Posted On - 12/07/2021
In 2020, Rehau’s Rio Flush Fit window system was selected for a large-scale build at Middleton St George in the northeast of England. The results were so successful that housebuilder Homes by Carlton (HBC) now plans to use Rehau’s product at two other landmark sites. The housebuilder has a long-standing relationship with Chatsworth Windows, the largest in-house manufacturer of windows...
Posted On - 08/07/2021
Stellar aluminium windows and doors were installed in a £2.5 million newly renovated property in St Brelade, Jersey. The modern detached four-bedroom home was fitted with 14 Stellar aluminium fully flush casement windows, two sets of Stellar double doors, and two single Stellar doors. All Stellar products were manufactured by Capital Windows of Uxbridge, and fitted by local installer Window...
Posted On - 28/06/2021
Over 300 Optima casement windows and 60 doors from Profile 22 were manufactured and installed in a new 85-bed care home and 45 assisted living apartments in Sutton Coldfield. The contract was awarded to Sutton Designs in Kingstanding, Birmingham, with manufacturing undertaken by Central Window Systems in West Bromwich. All windows were fitted with open-out restrictors for the safety of...
Posted On - 10/06/2021
Aluminium fenestration products from Senior Architectural Systems were recently installed on accommodation at the Arts University Bournemouth. Senior’s low U-value Pure aluminium windows and Pure Slide aluminium doors were installed alongside the thermally efficient SF52 aluminium curtain wall system, with the scheme achieving a ‘Very Good’ BREEAM rating. Working alongside supply chain partners Morgan Sindall, Design Engine Architects and fabricators...
Posted On - 10/06/2021
247 white Spectus casement windows, 25 French doors and 10 residential doors were manufactured and installed on a new 36-home Ashwood Homes development in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. The newbuild contract was awarded to Spectus fabricator Highseal Manufacturing Company based in Scunthorpe. Holly Donaldson of Highseal Manufacturing Company said: “We are committed to quality excellence throughout the business, and our experience and...
Posted On - 10/06/2021
Two variants of Kawneer’s AA110 curtain walling system, as well as window vents, doors and roof glazing, feature on the International Convention Centre for Wales at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales. Kawneer’s AA110 zone-drained curtain walling, with 65mm sightlines, was used for most of screens to conference rooms, entrances and circulation areas, while the mullion-drained equivalent was...
Posted On - 08/06/2021
Senior Architectural Systems delivered the full aluminium fenestration packages to two new contracts in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The company provided its Pure Slide aluminium doors, SPW600 commercial doors, SPW600 aluminium windows, and SF52 aluminium curtain wall for the new Great Central development. Comprising 131 residential apartments and two commercial units, the scheme ranges from four to nine storeys in height...
Posted On - 12/05/2021
Two types of curtain walling by Kawneer met a quartet of criteria for a new building at the gateway to Europe’s largest clinical-academic campus. Kawneer’s AA110 SSG (structurally silicone glazed) and AA100 capped aluminium curtain walling almost completely wraps the new £25 million Citylabs 2.0 development within the Oxford Road Corridor innovation district in Manchester. Citylabs 2.0 is part of...
Posted On - 12/05/2021
The Forge is a newbuild apartment complex in Digbeth, Birmingham, which uses Alutech’s aluminium systems for the windows and doors. Fabricated by Tech Aluminium Systems, the steel-framed building features Alutech’s SL160 systems for lift and slide doors, and Alutech’s W72 and W62 window systems. The project was self-managed by the development company, and the specialist trades were asked to design...
Posted On - 12/05/2021
A total of 1,667 Optima casement windows and entrance doors from Profile 22 were installed in 170 high quality newbuild homes at Mulberry Park in Bath, Somerset. The new windows and doors completed the third phase of the development. Mulberry Park in Bath is a contemporary development of 700 high-quality homes, community facilities and open spaces delivered by housing association...
Posted On - 10/05/2021
Senior Architectural Systems played a key role in the construction of the new Danum gallery, library and museum in Doncaster. Designed by Bond Bryan and built by main contractor Willmott Dixon, the new cultural and learning hub was created following the restoration of four existing buildings. A key focal point of the scheme, and one that looks even more dramatic...
Posted On - 06/05/2021
Profile 22’s Optima Fully Sculptured windows were chosen for the refurbishment of 38 properties, consisting of a mixture of houses and flats, in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. The manufacture and installation of the 300 white Optima casement windows was awarded to Walsall-based Select Windows. The project was part of the Nehemiah Housing Project, which is designed to build successful, sustainable and...
Posted On - 28/04/2021
A Technal sustainable facade system satisfied the requirement to deliver a sustainable and energy efficient building for the University of Bath’s Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS), a new, world-class automotive propulsion research facility in Bristol, constructed to achieve BREEAM Very Good standard. The 11,464m2, two-storey building was designed by architect Stride Treglown, which partnered with DKA Architects. Main...
Posted On - 15/04/2021
Seventy-seven Spectus Vertical Sliding windows were manufactured and installed in the first phase of a new 900-home development in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. The prestigious Holbeach Meadow Development features a mixture of one-to-five-bedroomed homes and is designed and built by Ashwood Homes. The Spectus Vertical Sliding windows were specified for installation in the new executive five-bedroomed detached homes on this first-phase. The...
Posted On - 12/04/2021
The newly opened £24 million Torfaen Learning Zone in Cwmbran is a showcase for Aluk’s SL52 capped, mullion drained curtain walling system, complete with punched open-in windows in the thermally efficient Aluk 77IWE casement system. Part of the Welsh government’s 21st Century Schools and Education programme, it is the new home of learning for all those aged 16 and over...
Posted On - 09/04/2021
R7 windows and doors from The Residence Collection were recently supplied by Frametrade and installed by The Nottingham Window Company at Graysford Hall, a new luxury care home in the suburbs of Leicester. The project involved the installation of 130 R7 windows and 30 R7 doors with a Painswick exterior and a clean chalk white internal finish. Both top and...
Posted On - 09/04/2021
A combination of three window and door systems from Deceuninck were used in the Springfield Park development in Maidstone, Kent. Springfield Park, which features 502, one, two and three bed apartments, was completed over several phases and consists of a tower block and three low-rise blocks on a brownfield site overlooking the River Midway The project was completed using Deceuninck’s...
Posted On - 30/03/2021
Wardian in London’s Docklands is being hailed as a landmark in sustainable development for the 21st century, with Wicona glazing systems having been selected to help achieve the twin properties’ aesthetic as well as energy, acoustic and other performance objectives. The development was inspired by the 19th century Wardian case of Dr Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, which botanists used to transport plant...
Posted On - 22/03/2021
More than 200 Elite 70 casement windows and 32 French door sets were manufactured and installed by Spectus fabricator Highseal in a new 32-home development in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. The development incorporated Secured by Design features throughout, including police-preferred specification for the windows and doors. The Elite 70 casement windows were manufactured in anthracite grey on white, and all windows...
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