Terry Frost Building, Leeds
Aluminium solutions from Senior Architectural Systems were used by contractor Elite Aluminium Systems for the Terry Frost Building, a new £30 million student accommodation development in the heart of Leeds’s university hub.
The façade was...
Wicona creates door solutions at Canary Wharf’s tallest residential tower
Wicona has designed a unitised facade system incorporating two new door innovations for Newfoundland Tower, the tallest residential tower to be built within the Canary Wharf Estate.
Newfoundland Tower is the first tall building to be designed and...
Left Bank 2, Birmingham
Building façade products manufactured by Kawneer were specified to handle the challenging wind loads on Birmingham’s tallest exclusively residential tower block, the £30 million 33-storey Left Bank 2.
The manufacturer’s AA100 zone-drained and capped curtain walling,...
Ultraframe Classic in conservatory update
The Ultraframe Classic system was used by Vale Glazing to update a conservatory extension in a 1950s house in South Wales, using the existing footprint and create a new, energy efficient, contemporary living space...
Superspacer helps Økern Portal, Oslo, go for BREEAM
Over 3,000sqm of triple glazing featuring translucent, colour-neutral solar control glass, capable of sound insulation of between 32 and 38dB, and offering U-values of 0.6 or below, using Edgetech Super Spacer T-Spacer Premium, helped...
World class solution for barn refurbishment
Systems from Smart Architectural Aluminium were used in a barn refurbishment for Sally Bigg OBE, formerly Sally Gunnell, 1992 Olympic 400 metre hurdles gold medal winner.
Around the barn, owned by her and husband Jonathan,...
Loch-side views by TuffX
Uninterrupted views from a loch-side holiday cottage were completed with a balcony in toughened safety glass by TuffX
The manufacturer supplied around 15m2 of 10mm clear toughened safety glass, with 10mm radius corners and polished edges.
The...
Sealing the deal for Dublin’s Exchange
Dowsil and Geocel sealant products were selected for use on the cladding of The Exchange Building in Dublin’s financial district.
Cosgrove Properties led the project as developer for IPUT Real Estate, the largest owner of...
Outdoors comes in at McCartney’s LIPA
A 160sqm structurally-glazed rooflight has helped to turn an outdoor courtyard into an indoor performance space at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts created by a multi-million pound refurbishment of Sir Paul McCartney’s former...
Allaying safety fears
Epwin fabricator Mercury Glazing was partner to Droylsden Glass in replacing 75 vertical sliding windows, including two arched, in a commercial building in Stockport where owners had been concerned about the safety of the...
