As part of the BBC DIY SOS build to support the Grenfell community, Structura UK is proud to announce it has helped to realise the ambitious project to build a new Community Centre and a replacement Dale Youth Amateur Boxing Club –…
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Inspired by the aesthetics of the historic towns of northeast Scotland and the performance of traditional Scottish slate roofing, CUPA PIZARRAS’ Heavy 3 slate has been specified and installed by three housebuilders for the roofing at Chapelton – a new…
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Marley Eternit’s Western Red Cedar Shingles have been specified as both an internal and external building material for an award-winning music therapy centre that is helping to make a real difference to people of all ages. Created near Penrith in the Lake District, the Sunbeams…
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Ian Ritchie Architects’ ingenious project for the Royal Academy of Music in a particularly challenging historic London location is defined by its roofline of Nordic Blue copper, a material that the architects have been exploring for over a decade. Hidden…
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A more visionary approach to external wall applications on offices and commercial buildings, has led architects and designers to source a wider selection of decorative natural facade finishes for their projects. In response to this Metalline one of the UK’s…
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Marley Eternit has launched its new Lead Replacement Roll, Flexfast, which can be used to create a water-tight seal and effective flashing at all abutments, including walls, chimneys and dormers. The new Lead Roll, which has similar aesthetics and rigidity…
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Concrete roof tiles from Wienerberger’s premium concrete range were selected by WDH to give a new lease of life to one of their social housing developments in Featherstone, West Yorkshire. Sandtoft concrete roof tiles provide an unmatched level of quality…
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Upgrading the energy performance of residential properties can be problematic for a number of reasons, including internal space constraints and the unique requirements of historic buildings. The variety of Spacetherm formats available can help to overcome these challenges. Spacetherm is…
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Woodlands Academy is a special educational needs (SEN) school in Scarborough for pupils aged 2-16. The two-storey building on campus had previously been refurbished using Sika Liquid Plastics’ Decothane Ultra 25-year cold-applied roofing system. With an additional four buildings on…
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Marley Eternit’s Western Red Cedar Shingles have been specified as both an internal and external building material for an award-winning music therapy centre that is helping to make a real difference to people of all ages. Created near Penrith in…
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A series of Nordic Royal copper cladding and stone fins enables the complex to be very ‘open’ when viewed directly, whilst appearing solid in oblique views. Nordic Royal is a golden alloy of copper with aluminium and zinc, giving a rich golden through-colour that is very stable….
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WS Dunsire have chosen CUPA PIZARRAS natural slates again for two new rural developments, Kame Steading and Stonvar, located in the Scottish Highlands, less than an hour drive apart. The developments include six large detached, four to five-bedroom family houses…
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White Rose Shopping Centre south of Leeds is one of the UK’s premier retail and leisure destinations. Its owner, Landsec, has recently completed and opened a 65,000 sq ft leisure extension to the scheme named ‘The Village’, incorporating a wide…
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From the company’s beginnings in 1928, manufacturing ice cream and chill cabinets, Hemsec Panel Technologies has developed one of the most technologically advanced ranges of food safe, fire rated, structural, insulated composite panels for use in internal applications and external…
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Kalwall® translucent cladding is the architectural focus of the new £55million development of Benenden Hospital in Cranbrook, Kent. The scheme, designed by architects C A Vaughan Blundell with assistance from SR Architects Ltd, has created a wonderfully light and airy…
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