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The new innovative industrial collection by Cosentino and Daniel Germani

Thursday, 28th September 2017

The global leader in the production and distribution of surfaces for the world of architecture and design, the Cosentino Group is delighted to introduce the Industrial collection for its ultra-compact surface brand, Dekton®. Composed of four innovative, urban and ecological... View Article

Joseph Walsh unveils Magnus Modus sculpture

Thursday, 28th September 2017

Irish studio workshop Joseph Walsh Studio has unveiled its latest commission, a 7 metre tall sculpture made of multiple layers of laminated olive ash wood that will be joining the National Gallery of Ireland’s permanent collection. Magnus Modus, currently displayed... View Article

Tenant announcement set to kick off development at 3 Arena Central

Monday, 25th September 2017

The Cabinet Office has announced that they will be taking a long-term lease at Make’s third building designed for the Arena Central development in Birmingham. The 239,000 ft2 office building was granted planning consent in December 2016 and was shortlisted as... View Article

Zumtobel special luminaires for unique stadium façade

Thursday, 21st September 2017

Zumtobel special luminaires for unique stadium façade More than eight years after the official opening of the stadium, the WWK Arena in Augsburg finally gets a new and impressive façade. For this purpose, Zumtobel has developed “light tubes”, a special... View Article

See the affordable aluminium clad timber window system at Timber Expo

Thursday, 21st September 2017

Joinery manufacturers and fabricators looking for a low cost, aluminium clad timber window system, should visit the AluWood Windows stand, T438 at Timber Expo, part of UK Construction Week from 10-12 October. AluWood’s aluminium clad timber window and door system... View Article

Hull’s C4DI gets innovative with Encasement

Wednesday, 20th September 2017

Hull’s landmark Centre for Digital Innovation (C4DI) is using ‘Polyma’ GRP column casings from Encasement to conceal external structural steelwork at the building, which forms the centrepiece of the 2017 European City of Culture’s £15 million @TheDock development. Designed by... View Article

Ellipse: Arquitectonica’s first Jersey City project

Tuesday, 19th September 2017

Named for its oval form, Ellipse stands apart from its contemporaries along the Jersey City waterfront with a distinctive elliptical shape and glass façade. Drawing inspiration from its idyllic location on the Hudson River, Arquitectonica designed the building to maximize... View Article

Sustained support for aluminium glazing systems

Saturday, 16th September 2017

Mark Robinson of Sapa Group puts the case for aluminium as one of the most versatile as well as sustainable materials available to specifiers, explaining why the metal is increasingly featuring on the UK’s cutting-edge architectural projects. ‘Chain of custody’... View Article

Hermann Kamte & Associates unveils PIXA: flexible, modular structure entry to Sunbrella Future of Shade competition

Thursday, 14th September 2017

PIXA is a flexible and modular tool or structure which can be easily assembled to create a tiny, large and largest structure by replication using a single unit. The Interior space of the steel structure is defined by two abstract... View Article

Changeable weathering forecast

Wednesday, 13th September 2017

Ian Sutherland from Benchmark by Kingspan discusses how the use of corten steel can create a facade that will change over time to provide visual interest for years to come. Controlling the interaction between the natural world and the built... View Article

“Visionary architecture and engineering” – the GAGAs reward excellence

Wednesday, 6th September 2017

The annual Galvanizing Construction awards, better known as the GAGAs, were held at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London on 29 June, with 100 industry professionals from across the UK and Ireland in attendance. The organisers said: “The entrants proved... View Article

Comment: Metal gutters fit for the future

Wednesday, 6th September 2017

Carlton Jones of the Metal Gutter Manufacturers Association (MGMA) explains the improvements brought by a new standard for metal guttering in the context of climate change. Extreme weather is now an all-year-round likely occurrence in the UK, ranging from flash... View Article

Metal in Architecture Supplement 2017 – Editor’s comment

Tuesday, 5th September 2017

The primary job of a building’s facade is to protect the building it covers, and therefore the occupants inside, but for many years, the aesthetic properties of functional metal facades such as curtain walling were arguably not universally appreciated. However... View Article

Mustang(r) Seamless Aluminium Guttering for Social Housing Project in Wakefield

Tuesday, 29th August 2017

Wakefield District Council determined that Mustang(r) Aluminium Seamless Guttering was the best choice to replace the existing plastic guttering on over 500 properties that were in their re-roofing and new build programme. Chosen because it is a high-quality aluminium gutter... View Article

PIR insulation in conjunction with aluminium composite material with limited combustibility filler passes full-scale BS 8414 fire test

Wednesday, 23rd August 2017

In the latest test results issued by DCLG, PIR (polyisocyanurate) insulation in conjunction with a wall cladding system, consisting of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) with a limited combustibility filler (category 1 in screening tests) has comfortably passed the full-scale BS... View Article

British-designed 365m Küçük Çamlıca TV tower construction is underway

Tuesday, 8th August 2017

Construction of Istanbul’s 356m high Küçük Çamlıca TV Tower (KCTV), with facades devised by UK building engineering designers Newtecnic, has commenced. When the futuristic building is completed the £36m structure will be the city’s tallest replacing several unsightly existing broadcast... View Article

Alingsås district court shortlisted in international architectural competition

Monday, 7th August 2017

Tengbom designed the Alingsås district court’s zinc-clad extension with respect both to the people and to the democratic rule of law. Now the building has gone through to the next round in the prestigious WAF Awards, competing against projects from... View Article

RKW Architektur + exceeds specification goals of Stadion Energa Gdańsk with Trimo’s Qbiss One

Friday, 4th August 2017

The Stadion Energa Gdańsk, previously called the Baltic Arena and PGE Arena Gdańsk, is a football stadium designed by RKW Architektur +. It was built as one of the designated venues for the finals of Euro 2012 football championships, but... View Article

Steel stockholder reports another outstanding year

Thursday, 3rd August 2017

National steel stockholding company, AJN Steelstock Ltd, which has sites in Newmarket, Suffolk and Henstridge, Somerset, has reported another outstanding twelve month trading period as the company continues to go from strength to strength. AJN Steelstock’s turnover for the year... View Article

Aluprof on Refurbishment

Wednesday, 2nd August 2017

Back in the late 1960’s, Architect Richard Rogers designed and completed ‘22 Parkside’ with his then wife Su Brumwell, he considers this residential project to be one of the best examples of his early work. He links it to a... View Article