30 EXTERNAL WALL FINISHES
Sitting pretty with Feature Beam A 10,000sqft retail development for Sofa specialists CSL has benefited from a crisp finish to the roofline, thanks to the specification of Feature Beam. Working closely with Architects The Harris Partnership at the early design stage of the project, Metalline helped design and produce a striking feature and profile to sit above the timber soffit. Manufactured from aluminium, Metalline supplied in excess of 170 metres of their pressed profile Feature Beam for the retail unit, finished in grey and polyester powder coated for extra durability. Unlike conventional steel beams Feature Beam is not restricted by size or weight. Click here to request literature
New ACA sustainability publication With the idea of sustainability now embedded in the construction industry, designers and clients need access to the environmental credentials of the products they specify. A new publication from the Architectural Cladding Association (ACA) makes this sometimes difficult subject more understandable and accessible by explaining the sustainability benefits of precast concrete cladding. The guide Sustainability and precast concrete cladding, launched at the British Precast Conference in May 2009, has been welcomed throughout the industry. It sets out clearly and in detail the important benefits of precast cladding, with in-depth information on the precast manufacturing process and what ACA member companies are doing to improve the sustainability of their products even further.
Click here to request literature A 5-star facade
Hunter Douglas façades have been used to fulfil the five-star brief of the new Southwark Travelodge in the heart of London’s Bankside quarter. Travelodge architects Dexter Moren Associates set out to achieve a design that would not compete with the award-winning Palestra building next door,
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which would pick up on its scale and nuances to create a landmark building in its own right. As a result, Hunter Douglas’s high quality QuadroClad ventilated rainscreen façade system was specified in combination with fully integrated recess windows and glazing elements, also supplied by the façade and sun control manufacturer. Click here to request literature
Key consideration Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems, with their approved fabricator PAGE Group (Peterborough) Limited, supplied Comar 2 window walling, Comar 5P.i thermally broken windows, Comar 6 curtain walling and Comar 7 doors for this new build Premier Inn Hotel in Cambridge. A key consideration for the project was that acoustic glazing was installed to both the bedrooms and the barrier glazing in the stair towers. A striking glazed façade was created using Comar 6 in the main entrance and stairwell. Comar 6 curtain walling stick build with standard capping, pressure equalised externally glazed was selected.
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Kawneer Systems help Bury’s ranking rise
601 side-hung casement windows and series 190 heavy- duty commercial entrance doors - are being installed by approved sub-contractor SG Aluminium on elements of the 1.6 millionft² retail- led mixed-use scheme for developer Thornfield Properties. Some 120,000ft² of leisure space is anchored by a 10-screen Vue cinema on which Kawneer’s curtain walling and doors feature.
Curtain walling, windows and doors from Kawneer are being installed on a £350 million regeneration project that will see Bury rise from 159th to 59th in the top 100 UK retail town rankings. The Kawneer systems – AA® AA®
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Petrarch proves its colours
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When specialist contractor, Lakesmere Ltd., wanted cost certainty for the cladding design of Liverpool’s Paradise Street development area, CEP Claddings came to their assistance – and identified Petrarch Stone as the most practical solution. The CEP team were able to provide the precise colour and texture of panelling, as envisaged in the architect’s original concept for Paradise Street’s new crèche and apartment blocks, as well as delivering a mechanical secret fix system that would provide a flawless finish. Click here to request literature
Kingspan first to make the grade with LABC
Kingspan Insulation is pleased to announce that its Kooltherm K15 Rainscreen Board is the first insulation board to achieve LABC Type Approval. Kingspan Kooltherm K15 Rainscreen Board is a premium performance rigid phenolic board, designed for use behind rainscreen cladding systems and is used in a range of applications such as offices, schools and hospitals. The LABC certificate eases the planning process projects have to go through.
Click here to request literature Sureclad ceramic granite on ‘Billionaires’ Row’
Shackerley’s Sureclad ceramic granite cladding has been used in an innovative way at a luxury apartment complex in The Bishops Avenue, East Finchley, often dubbed “Billionaires’ Row”. The outer envelope features red brick, terracotta tiling and Shackerley’s large format white- grey ceramic granite facade panels, manufactured and sized to simulate Portland Stone with a contemporary twist. Architects at Scurr & Partners used Shackerley’s panels to change the planarity of the elevations, creating distinct pilasters, boxes and columns. With its flawless consistency and strength ceramic granite proved a cost effective and practical solution to limestone. Click here to request literature
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