Author Archives: Jason Orrock

Olympia Car Park : STEREO-KINETIC® Facade Olympia Dundee A massive, continuously moving, kinetic artwork partially covers the East facade of the five-story Olympia car park in Dundee. The design, which incorporates hundreds of freely-moving stainless steel tiles, is said to create the impression of waves blowing over a metallic field of grass. Gusts of wind [...]

Stereo 3 Panels in Manchester University - Grating Panels Stereo 3 panels of open mesh grating were used to clad the four sides of a multi-storey car park for Manchester University.  The panels with a 63x132mm mesh were fixed to the concrete structure, providing light and ventilation, and to secure the openings within the prominent [...]

Ventilation Screens by Lang+Fulton - Ikea Coventry The architectural philosophy of Ikea reflects its Scandinavian origins and is expressed as ‘effective and honest use of materials combined with simple and careful detailing’. The new store at Coventry was built using environmentally sustainable building materials. As the first city centre store, it also provides contained parking [...]