With ever-increasing demands on the performance of glazing and opening vents, Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems have developed and rigorously tested their aluminium window systems to meet the very latest performance and specification demands, ensuring their ...
A new LED gear tray, LINIA FLAT, has been added to RIDI Lighting’s LINIA continuous lighting range. Made from aluminium with varying linear prismatic optical controllers, the gear tray can accommodate LED linear modules and ...
Landmarks (UK) Ltd, a Yorkshire based developer, has used Triton waterproofing systems in the construction of a traditional two storey farmhouse. The property sits on a natural gentle slope, so the basement is fully buried ...
Addressing the challenges of designing solid fuel into the modern built environment, experts from the Solid Fuel Association (SPA) reports on three issues which can leave architects scratching their heads
SALICE’s new Slider S10 two-door coplanar sliding system has taken the UK market by storm, with its combined reliability, streamlined look and ergonomic advantages, having wide appeal with todays modern designers.
Pollard Thomas Edwards architects (PTEa), working with client MacDonald Egan, have been granted planning for a new ‘urban quarter’ in the Blackhorse Lane Industrial area in Walthamstow.
Kingspan Insulation: Ensuring a high level of building fabric performance has become increasingly important in recent years as new regulations and the rising cost of energy lead to a greater demand for more efficient buildings. ...
Architects and designers SHH have transformed ZSL London Zoo’s main restaurant (The Terrace Restaurant), by remodelling and extending the 1920s building as part of a three-year, £4.6m project. The restaurant’s capacity has nearly tripled as ...
When choosing paint for historic buildings, specifiers can choose products that offer a double duty, with high technology flame retardant paints available in historic colour palettes. Debbie Orr, Crown Trade brand manager gives an insight.
A Prince’s Regeneration Trust project to restore a historic pottery in Stoke-on-Trent illustrates the versatility of passive fire protection products from Promat UK. Promat MASTERBOARD® and Promat SUPALUX® are being used to reproduce the effect ...
As leading manufacturers and suppliers within the washroom market, Nicholls & Clarke have launched their new complete Commercial Washrooms Collection catalogue packed with over 120 pages of quality products suited to all projects requirements across ...
The UK’s leading door and window control system manufacturer, GEZE UK, has achieved another international standard, gaining approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for many of its products.
The new Appleton Academy in Bradford is the result of a transformation of two existing schools into one new all through 3-16 academy for 1,300 pupils. A full interdisciplinary BDP design team worked on the ...
Ultra Floor’s contract flooring solutions for sub floor preparation have been used to transform a number of hotels across the UK and continue to be the materials of choice for today’s busy contractor looking to ...
Theft of lead flashings from roofs and concerns over the health and safety implications of working with the material generally has prompted the launch of lead-free solutions. Kevin Ley, technical manager of UK roofing manufacturer ...
IKO Single Ply are proud to announce the launch of their new RIBA approved CPD seminar. Titled Single Ply Roofing – An Innovative Environmental Solution, the CPD presents the polymeric single ply market with the ...
Torshavn gymnasium in the Faroe Islands is a major addition to the existing municipal stadium. Its design by BBP Architects is very simple but also very flexible and transparent. Gyms are often cold, echoing and ...
Accoya® – the modified, highly durable and dimensionally stable certified softwood – is now available from all ten of James Latham’s nationwide distribution sites. Accoya® wood is a perfect solution for exterior cladding, siding and ...
Kalwall® diffused daylighting is playing a major role at Wakefield’s new Sun Lane Leisure Centre designed by the NPS Group and winner of the RICS Pro-Yorkshire Winner in Tourism & Leisure award – CIOB Yorkshire ...
The Veka UK Group has unveiled a new brochure dedicated to the education market, detailing the many products and services available to specifiers and decision makers within this sector.
Geri and her partner live in a traditional Victorian home. Due to the age of the building and the materials used in the original design, data connectivity is a common problem. By installing a Power ...
A major construction and refurbishment programme at Southampton General Hospital has seen a number of key buildings given a fresh outlook thanks to Trespa® Meteon® facade panels.
Victoria Plumb, the UK’s leading online bathroom retailer, is now making life easier for those customers creating a new bathroom from scratch, with its new Bathroom Suite Bundles.
Award-winning lighting manufacturer, MHA Lighting, is helping a leading independent service station to slash its lighting energy bills by 50% with British designed and manufactured LED lighting.
Baxi Commercial has supplied Andrews Water Heaters solar water heating system and a high efficiency, condensing gas-fired water heater to provide domestic hot water at Oswestry Leisure Centre, a new state-of-the-art leisure facility which opened ...
Freefoam Building Products are delighted to announce that the new Fortex Clic Cladding was featured on prime time TV show ‘Double your house for half the money’ with well know TV presenter and property guru ...
In this age of sustainability requirements and cost effective refurbishment solutions, designers can now offer their clients the opportunity to transform their existing furniture and fittings by way of a dramatic makeover thanks to Interior ...
Vistamatic® vision panels are the most specified secure glazed observation units on the market with manufacturing facilities in the UK and USA. They are the only manufacturer of a triple glazed privacy vision panel to ...
Stannah Lifts: has carried out a major turnkey lift refurbishment on behalf of Hall Green Secondary School, a co-educational Academy in Birmingham with a reputation for inclusion.
The LG brand is one of the most powerful and fastest growing brands in the world. In the UK, David Clouting Ltd is LG Hausys largest distributor of surface materials including an innovative range of ...
A desire by homeowners to reduce their fuel bills and make their homes more energy efficient has led to an increase in demand for Styroloft loft boards from Panel Systems.
Yeoman Shield, the UK market leader in wall and door protection has been supplied and installed at The Sutton Academy, Merseyside.
Kährs new Harmony Collection reflects the key trend for rustic natural surfaces with subtle design features. The cost effective range includes fourteen designs, each crafted in Sweden from sustainable European oak and ash. Hand-brushing removes ...
A prime example of design, sustainability, energy efficiency and a high standard of contemporary living combining to make a big impact is Central Park – a complex of 30 two-bedroom and six one-bedroom apartments, near ...
Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) systems are becoming more commonly specified in a growing number of new build properties. As a result, the manner in which they are installed has been subject to greater ...
A London academy has put its faith in Tarkett after the company expanded its range of vibrant sports flooring colours. Tarkett has extended its Omnisports collection by adding 13 new bright and engaging colours to ...
International vinyl and linoleum flooring specialist Gerflor is launching a new guide to its best-selling ranges to help architects, specifiers, end users and contractors pinpoint the right product for their project building needs.
For 20 years now, Axor, the designer brand of Hansgrohe SE has been developing alternative visions for the bathroom as a living space. “In this regard, the focus is not primarily on the products, but ...
Global advertising agency, Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) London HQ has been redesigned and refurbished from a conventional office layout into an inspiring and welcoming open plan studio space designed for creativity. Central to the redesign ...
Specification of accessible toilets is now available with just a mouse click through innovations at Clos-o-Mat. The company, the UK”s leading provider of disabled toileting solutions, has added a full Changing Places accessible toilet CAD ...
TW Construct Ltd, a respected construction company in the South East, in conjunction with Airtech Air Conditioning Services, asked Dröm UK to design and install a sauna in their prestigious mews house refurbishment in Belgravia, ...
As an architect you’ll know how important it is to really impress your clients. Each aspect of a project is as crucial as the next.
Passmores Academy in Harlow is using a natural ventilation system from leading smoke and natural ventilation specialist, SE Controls, to provide a comfortable and stimulating learning environment for pupils while helping to reduce the school’s ...
Over this summer, timber engineers James Jones & Sons Ltd, Timber Systems Division have been involved in the supply of the roof structure at Dundee University’s innovative Macro Micro Studio project, based at the city’s ...
The Hive is Europe’s first joint university and public library, a unique academic, educational and learning centre for the City of Worcester and its University. The ‘BREEAM Outstanding’ project was designed by architects Feilden Clegg ...
