Aluminium in multi-award winning retail development
26th May 2015

Architectural aluminium systems from KAWNEER feature on Trinity Leeds, rated as the UK’s fifth top retail location.
The multi-award winning development has made use of Kawneer’s AA100 capped and SSG (Structurally Silicone Glazed) curtain walling systems with 50mm sightlines and AA110 zone-drained curtain walling with 65mm sightlines on shop fronts and link bridges complemented by top-hung casement and tilturn windows.

The £400million scheme over 817,000ft2 unites three of Leeds’s busiest shopping thoroughfares around a new central space and includes the refurbishment of an existing shopping centre, all to a BREEAM “Excellent” rating and a 28% improvement over Part L (CO2 emissions).

Design and delivery architects Chapman Taylor created a new design for property giant Land Securities that completely modernised and integrated the Trinity shopping districts into an all-year-round late-night venue for fashion, food and film.

The design, although contemporary, echoes the character of the original Victorian streetscape and respects the adjacent 18th Century Holy Trinity Church.

The Kawneer systems were installed on the Trinity West element by approved specialist sub-contractor DML Group and on Trinity East by Bennett Architectural Aluminium Solutions, this project representing a particularly large and prestigious one for both.

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