Campus Scoops Top Honours in Brick Awards
A flagship educational campus in Surrey has won the award for the best brickwork in Britain. The new educational campus in Guildford beat off hundreds of competitors to take the prestigious 2009 Brick Awards, held at the Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel in London on 4th November. The Brick Awards is one of Britain’s most respected design competitions. Organised by the Brick Development Association, the annual contest provides the definitive showcase for what brick can do. This year, there were a record number of entries.
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Unsurpassed in Appearance & Believability
your every need. We work with Architects, Interior Designers, Engineers, Main Contractors, Builders and the general public. Our products vary in thickness from 30mm to 70mm.
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Century Stone are
distributors of manufactured and natural stone facing nationwide. Our vast product range in partnership with Eldorado Stone - the American market leader with nearly 40 years experience, is both unsurpassed in appearance and believability. Whether you are building, remodelling or designing your dream project Century Stone has the perfect profile to fit
Blackdown Install Green Roof at 1 New York Street
combining an extensive Sedum Plug and Hydroplant system, bio-diverse brown roof and wildflower turf area which will develop and flourish over time.
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Green Roof specialists
Blackdown Horticultural
Consultants of Somerset have installed sustainable Green and Brown roof systems at 1 New York Street – Manchester’s most impressive new development – contributing to its BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’. The incorporation of a green roof was part of a carefully considered design package to ensure that construction was executed as ecologically as possible. Blackdown installed 361 m2
Throwing Light on Providing Something for Everyone
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Charles Church’s Fairhills Point in Irlam, Manchester includes homes for first time buyers through down-sizers to large families and families with disabilities; of the 67 homes on the site, 11 include Glidevale’s Sunscoop tubular rooflights, supplied by FGF in Manchester. The 250mm dia domed Sunscoops help flood the stairwells of the three-storey, four/five bedroomed ‘Turnbury’ properties with natural light, increasing the feeling of space and light in the open plan home. Vicki Hammond for Charles Church commented, “The Sunscoops bring tons of light into the Turnbury homes- yet use no electricity in the process, so give buyers of that house style an additional, environmentally friendly benefit.”
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