68
INTERIORS
Mixed material look in luxury vinyl tiles for global law firm
L
uxury Vinyl Tiles from IVC Commercial have been used to give a mixed material floor at the Glasgow office of Ashurst, a progressive global law firm. Occupying its Central Exchange, Glasgow, office since 2013, Ashurst asked Wellwood Leslie Architects to develop a scheme that demonstrated change across three floors. Choosing a minimalist design that was influenced by the history of the building, Nick Roemer, Wellwood Leslie, took to a mixed material look across the 2,780 m2
office: “The client had originally wanted carpet as previously used, but as they wanted to ensure a noticeable change and needed easy maintenance, I recommended Luxury Vinyl Tiles for the majority of flooring within the office. Using wood to give warmth and stone to reflect the history of the building, I chose IVC Commercial’s Luxury Vinyl Tiles as they gave me flexibility to create the Scandinavian influenced design scheme I was after, while delivering on installation, cost and quality expectations.” Wellwood Leslie
selected the warm
and characterful wood of Blackjack Oak, contrasting it with the sleek modern tile of Ceramic across the open plan space. Aiding navigation and defining areas, thanks to the use of IVC Commercial’s Luxury Vinyl Tiles the mixed material layout has transitions without metal profiles for an elegance that is not obtainable with original materials. Yet it is not just a more pleasing aesthetic that makes Luxury Vinyl Tiles ideal for
ADF05_IVC_Interiors - Floors & Floor
Coverings_HPAdv.indd 1 Luceco lights the Department of Public Works in Sharjah
Luceco has supplied energy saving LED luminaires to the Council building for Department of Public Works in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The refurbishment involved the replacement of existing conventional downlights to cost effective, energy effi cient LED downlighters and Platinum from Luceco was chosen as the principal luminaire. Platinum is a high performance 220 mm diameter downlight with an effi cacy up to 130 Llm/cW, featuring a unique swing tab design ensuring installation is quick and easy. Recent enhancements to the recessed Platinum include a further optimised heatsink and a reduction in bezel thickness from 6 mm to 2.5 mm on a standard IP44 bezel as well as being magnetic and available in white, brushed steel and polished chrome fi nish. Platinum also offers an IP65 Anti-Tamper bezel option. Improved refl ectors in matt, gloss and black low glare variants are also available as well as extended swing tabs to suit larger cut outs. Overall, around 1450 Platinum downlighters were installed within the facilities at the Department of Public Works in Sharjah, and the lighting costs, when compared to the original lighting design, reduced by over 60%. An impressive result for this progressive government agency!
01952 238 100
www.luceco.com ADF05_Luceco_Interiors - Lighting_Double
PR.indd 1 Working towards better workspaces
With many companies not demanding a return to the offi ce but conversely trying to remove people from working at home, co-working spaces have proved to be an excellent solution. A good example is here at LUI House in Herford, Germany. Archwerk Architects have developed this four-storey building into a sustainable co-working hub which is fully self-suffi cient using heat pumps and PV cells. Complete with large break-out areas, hot desks and meetings rooms, the building exudes an aesthetic and inspiring ambience with high-quality furnishings and top-class media technology. With large open spaces and hard surfaces, the architects specifi ed ultrafi ne bespoke Troldtekt wood wool acoustic panels in a natural grey. These were then perforated on-site with different sized holes to give an unusual three-dimensional effect. Not only do the high performance panels offer an interesting textural and visual appeal but they absorb the ambient noise created by talking as well as the echoes and reverberation caused by the hard surfaces and large glazed areas. Troldtekt’s natural and inherently sustainable panels are available in a variety of different surfaces and colours and contribute positively to a building’s BREEAM, DGNB and LEED ratings.
01978 664255
Troldtekt.co.uk ADF05_Troldtekt_Interiors_Double
PR.indd 1
WWW.ARCHITECTSDATAFILE.CO.UK 14/04/2022 09:52 ADF MAY 2022 14/04/2022 09:26
a mixed material scheme like Ashurst. Using a 0.55 mm wear layer for long- term durability and with Protectonite®
for
scratch-resistance and easier cleaning, Blackjack Oak and Ceramic also require no specialist maintenance, giving a floor finish that’s tough and easy to care for – no matter what the look.
The floor was installed by Devar Premier Flooring using Flex Pro self-adhesive underlay that makes glue-down
Luxury
Vinyl Tiles like Blackjack Oak and Ceramic faster to install. Specially designed for use with IVC Commercial’s Luxury Vinyl Tiles, the underlay delivers time and cost-saving benefits, while also improving acoustics in use – important for a busy office like Ashurst.
01332 851500
www.ivc-commercial.com 04/05/2022 13:37
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76
