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Bellway
Backs Beaufort
Leading
national housebuilder Bellway Homes has chosen Beaufort’s
aluminium system for new apartments at Neptune Quay on the former Ipswich
docks.
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Pilkington
Activ™ is the Clear Choice for U.S. Museum
The
designers of a major new paleontological museum housing one of the world's
largest collections of fossils have chosen, in contrast, one of the modern
world's innovative solutions for the building: Pilkington
Activ™ self-cleaning glass.
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HansenGlass
Glazes Award Winning Pier Project
British
seaside holidays may have changed dramatically over the years, but piers
hold an enduring fascination for the public and one which recently scooped
a coveted award makes extensive use of the glazing products available
from HansenGlass.
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New
Enclosures are the Cat's Whiskers
Listers' new Qristal doors and windows are turning up in some surprising
places these days. Stoke on Trent installer Norman Barker chose Qristal
when he was asked to install first class pet accommodation at Blakeley
Farm Cattery in Staffordshire.
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CAP
Towers at Centenary Plaza
Architectural
glazing manufacturer and installer, CAP Aluminium,
has won accolades for its £3m worth of spectacular glazing systems
on Birmingham’s latest landmark building, £76m Centenary Plaza
for developer Kings Oak (Midlands) and Weedon Partnership architects. Main
contractor was Laing O’Rourke.
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Steel
Curtain Walling System Cuts Contract Time
Significant
time savings have been achieved through the use of an advanced new steel
framed curtain walling system, employed for the main elevations to a three-storey
commercial office development in Munich.
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Richard
Meier's Safety Squared
A
white giant in the modern Spui district of The Hague, Richard Meier's
gigantic complex soars 12 storeys high in his characteristic style - austerely
geometric, quadratic and brilliantly white.
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The
Sage Gateshead £70m Project
The
Sage Gateshead is set to become a landmark, not only in architectural
terms but also in the history of music in the Northern region.
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Blue
is the Colour for Beaufort's Hyder Project
Blue
aluminium doors and windows from Beaufort Secure
Design have provided a strong and stylish solution for the
offices of Hyder Business Services, a market leader in business process
outsourcing.
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'Best
of British' Enhances Home in in Malaysia
When
one of Malaysia's high profile businessmen wanted to enhance his home,
he looked to the 'best of British' to achieve it - making it what is believed
to be the first project of its kind in the Far Eastern nation. The favoured
British method for home enhancement - the addition of a conservatory -
was the solution, fabricated by Bolton based Rooftec.
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Groupco
takes up Residence at Exeter University
Groupco
has supplied a complete package of hardware at new student accommodation
for Exeter University, where Devon-based Aspect Windows (Western) Ltd
has manufactured and installed fully reversible windows and French doors.
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SAS
Makes its Mark on New Build at Manor Park
An
office and warehouse development at Manor Park, Runcorn has been glazed
with a range of Senior Aluminium Systems
products fabricated and installed by Aire Valley Architectural.
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MagHansen
Gives Expression to Greenside Place
A
prestigious new office development in the heart of Edinburgh has offered
MagHansen an opportunity to showcase
a full array of its capabilities in terms of delivering a package of curtain
walling and other high performance glazing solutions.
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Gothic
Realisation in Glass
Stuttgart
is host to the modern age in one of the city’s historical landmarks.
The surprising result of the restoration of the Stiftskirche is the complex
steel and glass construction inside. Light and space await the visitor
within and compel him to look upwards, here the return of the Gothic reveals
itself in symbolic reduction.
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Veka
Products Enhance New lsle of Man Ambulance Station
Veka
PVCu
products including casement windows, residential doors and French doors
have been installed as part of a major new build project for the Health
Services Division of the lsle of Man Government. Fitted by long-time Veka
fabricator Manx Glass and Glazing, the Veka products were chosen as a
lasting, low maintenance solution for the new ambulance station and sheltered
health service accommodation in Port Erin.
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Duraflex
Fabricator Uses the Grey Matter
Long-standing
Duraflex fabricator, Window
Vision based in Cumbernauld, has provided a tailor-made PVCu
solution for a cosmopolitan Miller Homes development in the heart of Glasgow
city centre.
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Pilkington
Activ Provides Winter Cover for Finnish Fountain
Founded in 1778 by Gustav III, King of Sweden, the Finnish city of Tampere,
some 180 kilometres north of Helsinki, has a long association with high
quality design and production. It was inaugurated specifically for the
purposes of industry and commerce, and by the early nineteenth century
had become the largest centre for textile industry in all of the Nordic
countries.
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Stopray
goes Neutral in Tooley St
A
new office building in Tooley Street, London reflects the current trend
for neutral high performance solar control glazing. Glaverbel's
Stopray Safir (neutral with a slight blue tint) was chosen for its solar
control, insulation and light transmission properties. 12,000 sq.metres
were glazed into this distinctive curtain wall.
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Sheerframe
Turns up the Heat
The
first phase of a major window replacement project at Northumberland College
has been completed with the installation of nearly 200 Sheerframe
casement windows, increasing thermal efficiency and comfort.
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Pinnacle
Roof Used In New Flat Development
When
a large nursing home in Sheffield was recently turned into a number of
desirable flats, Darren Holmes Property Care,
based in Leeds, was called in to supply and install two unique conservatories.
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Groupco
Swings into Action
PN
UNI System hardware from Groupco has been specified for replacement windows
for the UK head office of Eschmann Equipment, the market leading hospital
equipment manufacturer.
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Kawneer's
GT70 Windows Mimic Original Steel Fenestration in Grade II Listed Yorkshire
Mill Residential Development
The
sympathetic refurbishment of formerly derelict Woodhouse Mill, a six-storey
Grade II listed building situated on the bank of the Rochdale canal on
the outskirts of Todmorden, features Kawneer's
GT70 windows, which have been installed by SG Aluminium as replacements
for the mill's original steel windows.
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K2
Installer Samrose Provides Food for Thought
Samrose Windows & Conservatories has given its competitors ‘food
for thought’, after recently installing two K2 roof lanterns at the
Morritz Arms Hotel in Greta Bridge, near Barnard Castle.
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Newstead
Supply Octagon Shaped Apartments for Young Professionals
In
1999 contractor Alan S Beardmore Ltd was responsible for building an octagon
shaped block of apartments in Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent. Three and a
half years later the company is building a similar block next door with
plans for a third block underway. Each block contains 11 apartments with
a price range between £65,000 and £95,000.
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Roman
Splendour in the Cotswolds
Quantal
fabricator, Trade Plas, installed
this unique conservatory, perched high on the Cotswold Hills with beautiful,
far-reaching views that can be enjoyed all year round, whatever the weather.
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Fosters
TAG McLaren Group HQ Uses Schüco Facade
The
new corporate and production headquarters for the TAG McLaren Group aims
to redefine the manufacturing workplace for the twenty-first century.
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FGI
Connects with Major Architecural Project
Float
Glass Industries (FGI) has supplied most of the interior processed glass
for Connect House, a multi-million pound development project in Manchester.
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Former
Notts County Chairman Takes the Plunge with Siegenia-Aubi
The
Nottinghamshire mansion of former Notts County FC Chairman now has stylish
new patio doors thanks to a hardware solution from window and door hardware
specialist Siegenia-Aubi Ltd.
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Vodafone
Connection for SE Controls
Automatic
window opening specialist SE Controls
has played an integral role in delivering one of the principal requirements
for the creation of a quality working environment to accommodate up to
3,000 Vodafone employees at its extensive new world headquarters on the
37 acre Old Newbury Showground site.
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Conservatory
Project of Paramount lmportance to Winstanley College
Veka
fabricator and installer Paramount Window Systems Ltd has worked against
the clock to complete a striking 16m long conservatory for Winstanley
College near Wigan, Lancashire.
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Quantal
Combines Structural Integrity with Elegance
The
new structural lintel from Quantal Conservatory
Roofing Systems proved indispensable when Bristol based Quantal
approved fabricator, City Glass, installed a triple-aspect gable conservatory.
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HSHansen
Cops Off in Copenhagen
In
Autumn 2002, HSHansen was contacted by NCC, a Danish Contractor which
was going to build a seventeen-storey (65 metres) copper building on a
main square (Amerikaplads) in Copenhagen.
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Sheerframe
Rises to the Top
Bay
windows from UK systems company L.B. Plastics
have made Swindon's first penthouse apartments the cream of the crop.
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Pilkington
Activ™ used In Bohnymatte Home
It
has been shown that Pilkington Activ™,
the self-cleaning dual action glass, is suitable for traditional buildings.
Kaspar Giovanelli of the Kaspar Giovanelli AG architectural practice in
Frutigen gave the following personal report on the building of the Bohnymatte
family home in Frutigen.
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Glaverbel's
Thermoplus Energy® Enhances The Baltic Centre
The
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art with six levels of open space, restaurants,
bookshops, art workshops, rehearsal rooms, film studios and auditoria
is a stunning re-use of a building known to generations of Tynesiders
– the Baltic Flour Mills.
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‘Brought
to Life’ with Glass
Liverpool
Museum has had a Tuff-X glazed walkbridge
and balconies installed in its dramatic six-storey atrium completed as
part of a major two-year refurbishment project, said to be the largest
cultural investment ever made on Merseyside.
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Success
for AJS at ‘Flagship’ Housing Development
‘St
Crispin’, a major new-build project in Northampton by leading house
builder, Wilson Connolly, has landed West Midlands-based fabricator, AJS
a rolling contract to install PVCu windows and doors on the new properties.
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Kolor-fast-uK
goes Green
Kolor-fast-uK,
the specialist PVCu colour coating company, has provided an award-winning
solution for the Greenside Group. All windows, doors and fascias at the
Group’s head office in Ashton under Lyne have been supplied in Reed
Green to complement the company’s name.
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PollardsFyrespan
Joins the Café SetCentral
to the capital's newest open space, located within Cadogan Estates' redevelopment
of the former Duke of York Barracks, is a stylish pavement café
manufactured and installed by PollardsFyrespan.
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Carpenter’s
Schubert Club Band Shell: ‘Floating like a volume of light on the
Mississippi River’.
The
Schubert Club Band Shell is a tough yet delicate, self-supporting and
free standing sculptural structure of laminated glass incorporating SentryGlas®
Plus ionoplast interlayer. It is located at tiny Raspberry Island on the
Mississippi River at St Paul, Minnesota.
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Spectacular
illuminating staircase lights up Sheffield's newest fashion store . .
An
innovative illuminating staircase, made almost entirely from recycled
glass and designed by Sheffield Hallam student Tim Hubbard, is the centrepiece
of the new Brother 2 Brother flagship fashion store.
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Reflected
Glory at Bradford Factory . .
Spectus
installer Regency Windows of Bradford
has recently completed an installation of reflective glass with Spectus'
Sightline 70 profile at HC Slingsby Plc's factory, colour-matched to Slingsby's
request.
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Masterframe
Classic Windows Installed in Herne Bay
Wholesale Plastics has installed windows from the Masterframe Classic
Collection into a house in Herne Bay, Kent. Although the house is located
outside a conservation area and therefore traditional sliding sash windows
were not formally required by the council, the houseowner wanted to maintain
the original character of the house and opted for the Classic Collection
to reflect this traditional window style.
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Profile
22 PVC-U Windows in Prestigious Chinese Offices
The
mayor of Beijing and several senior politicians have admired the white
PVCu windows, manufactured and installed by a local Profile 22 fabricator,
in a prestigious 13-floor central government building in the heart of
Beijing, China.
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Secure
Windows for Royalty!
Synseal
fabricator and installer Secureseal, has recently completed phase one
of a project for Lord Strathmore, great nephew of the Queen Mother. Eighty-six
of the 258 windows to be fitted at Holwick Lodge in Northumberland, are
now installed.
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Making
a Plain Statement: Tuff-X Doors add Class in a 'Gothic' Setting
Counterpoint
to the heavily carved Gothic exterior of the recently completed St George's
apartments in Castlefield, this unornamented Type B glass door assembly
by the James Price Group reflects the clean lines of contemporary, modern
living.
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Pilkington
Activ™ Keeps the Fairway Clear for Dutch Golfers
The new club house built overlooking the course at the Flevoland Golf
Club at Lelystad in the Netherlands was designed to enjoy a commanding
view over the course and surrounding countryside, a position that the
architects Zanger and Dane decided to take maximum advantage of with a
large glass fascia.
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Masterdor
- The Solution to Fire and Vandalism Problems
Bespoke
external door manufacturer, Manse Masterdor Ltd, has proved to be a valuable
ally to Wolverhampton Council in its fight to quash the anti-social behaviour
and vandalism that is rife in council housing estates across the country.
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K2
Portal Project for Clearview Ltd
Clearview
(Yorkshire) Ltd's
reputation for the quality product and service it delivers, helped the
company to secure a joint venture project with Scarborough based, window
and conservatory company, 1st Choice Window Centre.
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Sheerframe
Prepares to make a Splash at Alton Towers
UK systems company LB
PLastics, contracted by Shepherd Construction Ltd, is hoping
to make a splash when guests come flooding into the famous theme park
in June. Following the success of the installation of Sheerframe windows
at the original Alton Towers hotel, the new Caribbean themed hotel and
water park promises to be every bit as spectacular.
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Principle
Expertise Adds Finishing Touch to Luxury Housing Development
Principle
Fire and Security Ltd has lent its singular design and engineering expertise
to a major residential new build project in Crewe, Cheshire. Large-scale
bespoke conservatories specially engineered and built by the company and
featuring Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass are a design highlight
of Delves Keep, a stunning development of 3 and 4 bedroom detached luxury
homes created by award-winning property developer Countryside Properties
plc.
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