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there had been a lot of movement in this building. The system also had to be economic, hardwearing, easily cleaned, have low odour during application and chemical resistance, slip resistance and non-dusting.
Sherwin-Williams’ technical flooring experts looked at their diverse range of options for this specific application covering 800m². The system chosen was a multi-coat resin screed incorporating a decorative multi-coloured Resuflake finish, ensuring strong UV stability because of the amount of natural light coming into the area.
SAFETY FIRST FOR BUSY SCHOOL’S NEW
FLOORING A new flooring finish was required for the atrium in the Radclyffe School in Oldham, Greater Manchester, which hundreds of children use or pass through each day. Because the atrium
GROW THROUGH THE COLOURS OF NATURE
WITH ANTRON Grow is one of the defining themes shaping colour in commercial interiors, as revealed in the Global Colour Trend Forecast 2019.
Compiled in collaboration with trend expert Anne Marie Commandeur of Stijlinstituut Amsterdam, a leading fashion, textiles and material agency, the Global Colour Trend Forecast looks at how colour will impact commercial spaces in the forthcoming years. Presenting Grow alongside three other key themes of Play, Primal and Reflect; the forecast is now in its fifth edition, available in hardcopy and digital download from
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Focusing on green, Grow addresses our need to feel closer to nature, tackling the nature-deficit caused by increased urban living through offering
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floods this area of the school with so much light through a Perspex roof, it meant that whatever was chosen had to be UV stable, hardwearing and safe.
With hundreds of children crossing the floor each day, priorities were for an improved decorative finish which was safe, suitable for steps and compatible with existing large expansion joints as
manmade or engineered nature. It smartly mimics botanicals and earth in rich, nature inspired colours, patterns and textures.
Anne Marie Commandeur of Stijlinstituut Amsterdam, explains: “We want to wrap ourselves in nature, especially when living and working in an urban environment. Textiles offer the best possible options to engineer, mimic and replicate nature’s optics and surfaces. They simultaneously add a human touch to textures that are cold by nature: marble, sand and stone imitations, wood, and ore contain this surprising, rare element of natural imperfection, yet can be translated into carpet to create the ultimate comfortable, nature-inspired skin, covering the surface we live on.”
The Grow palette is found within INVISTA Antron Lumena carpet fibre, now featuring 19 new colours driven by the results of the forecast. With more
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The finished surface complements adjacent flagstone areas in the school atrium, and provides a continuous flooring system which is safe, easily cleaned and hardwearing for the long-term. Because the system was applied to a concrete substrate, it also became a part of the building rather than an add-on and meets all original requirements.
than 300 different stain-resistant and fade-resistant colour options, Antron Lumena includes metallic shades in mineral, silver and granite through to vibrant flashes of fuscia, oceanside and citron. Antron Lumena carpet fibre provides carpets with permanent colour through a solution-dyed multi- hollow yarn. With rich and vivid colour, standing up to wear and easy to maintain; Antron Lumena carpet fibre is used in some of the world’s most exclusive carpet designs and performs faultlessly in busy commercial spaces.
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