Exhibition Centre, Liverpool
2nd August 2016

Architectural glazing systems from KAWNEER feature on what is said to be the only purpose-built arena, convention and exhibition centre in Europe.

Kawneer’s AA100 mullion-drained curtain walling and 451PT thermally-broken framing system, both with narrow 50mm sightlines, are complemented by AA720 HI tilturn windows on the £66+ million Exhibition Centre Liverpool and Pullman Hotel development.

The exhibition centre, which links to the existing BT Convention Centre and Echo Arena via a 35m sky bridge, incorporates a 216-room four-star Pullman hotel, the group’s first new-build in the UK and its first hotel outside London.

The 87,000ft2 steel frame exhibition centre, which has more than doubled existing capacity at ACC Liverpool, features a Kawneer-glazed public atrium with views across the River Mersey and the UNESCO World Heritage site.

The 116,000ft2 Pullman Hotel has been designed as three feature tubes which reduce the overall mass of the building. Here there is extensive Kawneer glazing and a spacious double-height atrium at its lower levels.

The Kawneer systems were installed by approved specialist sub-contractor Bennett Architectural Systems for design and build contractor ISG.