Suffolk New College: Micro-15 Rooftop Screening Suffolk New College is a further education college located in the centre of Ipswich. The College prides itself on the exceptional facilities offered at its modern campus. Lang+Fulton supplied panels of Micro-15 open mesh grating with a small 76x15mm aperture to screen the extensive amount of rooftop service plant. [...]
Category Archives: Projects
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Apr
Apr
Grating as Brise Soleil and Service Walkways The Institute for Pharmacy and Biomedical Science at Strathclyde University benefits from an arrangement of suspended horizontal grating panels on the south-facing facade. DemiMetro-33 pressure locked grating with a bespoke 33x66mm aperture was recommended as the most suitable product as it would perform the dual function that the [...]
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Mar
Mar
Frogston Primary School & Early Learning Nursery - Siena Steel Railings Frogston Primary School and Early Learning Nursery have been built to meet the demands of new housing and an increased population in the South-East of Edinburgh. Outdoor space within a safe environment is a core value in the City of Edinburgh Council’s Vision for [...]
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Mar
Mar
Siena Railing Fence for St John’s RC Primary School & Treverlen Park The significant size of the site for the new St John’s RC Primary School allowed for the inclusion of the first new park in Edinburgh for a generation, providing amenity green space and and play areas. Holmes Miller Architects were selected for both [...]
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Feb
Feb
Bellevue Colonies, Edinburgh – contemporary railing fence In 1861 a small group of stonemasons formed the Edinburgh Cooperative Building Company to create affordable homes, by and for workmen, to escape from slum landlords. Typically, the terraced houses were arranged back-to-back with individual gardens: the ground-floor front doors facing one direction and first floor front doors [...]
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Feb
Feb
Canaan Lane Primary School, Edinburgh: Italia Eurobin Stores Canaan Lane Primary School has been built within the Grange Conservation Area in Edinburgh, an affluent suburb of early Victorian villas. The context of the project therefore called for thoughtful consideration of the neighbouring buildings and the use of a natural palette of materials. The bin store [...]
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Dec
Dec
Terra-34 Architectural Grating used as facade for new extension at Donegal Garda Station The new extension for the Donegal Garda is a prominent feature utilising materials that respond to its topology and enhance the building’s civic presence in the town. The dark coloured brick plinth of the semi-basement grounds the building while the upper floors [...]
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Dec
Dec
Terra-25 Anti-Climb Grating Fence for Rokeby Secondary School in Canning Town, London Rokeby School benefits from a generous outdoor space incorporating an all weather multi-use games pitch, a fitness trail and outdoor dining area. Lang+Fulton supplied a Novara-25 perimeter fence to secure the boundary. Novara-25 has an extremely narrow aperture. This delivers excellent anti-climb properties, [...]
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Dec
Dec
the highest quality stainless steel louvre as a street front cladding
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Nov
Nov
Feature open mesh grating for plant housing at Hilton Hotel rooftop bar Lang+Fulton supplied the bespoke cladding of open mesh grating for the roof terrace of the Hilton London Tower Bridge Hotel. The terrace is an important asset for the hotel providing the SkyLounge rooftop bar with an outside seating area and sweeping views over [...]
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Sep
Sep
Corten Louvres used as Cladding and Brise Soleil at Residential Property The National Policy Planning Framework occasionally approves applications for the building of homes within rural areas which display exceptional design. Fuggles Pocket in Worcestershire met the criteria of a positive aesthetic, by referencing the local Hop kilns, and by emphasizing the use of materials [...]
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Aug
Aug
Spitalfields Market – Pedestrian Grating Lamb Street in Spitalfields Market is a popular route for visitors to walk along with small retail and food kiosks. The area has been sympathetically transformed into a new public space while retaining a semblance of its industrial heritage. Lang+Fulton have supplied 184m2 of open mesh floor grating for the [...]
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Jul
Jul
Leeds United FC – Elland Road: Italia-100 louvre fence 49ers Enterprises Ltd, the corporate venture capital arm of The San Francisco 49ers focused on sport, has acquired full ownership of Leeds United Football Club with a commitment to bring fresh leadership, management and investment. Recent improvements at the Club have included a steel louvred fence. [...]
Architectural Gratings, Projects
Britannia Leisure Centre – open mesh grating screen crowns exterior facade
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Jul
Jul
Britannia Leisure Centre - open mesh steel grating facade crowns exterior elevations surrounding rooftop MUGA Britannia Leisure Centre is a new multi-sport community complex in Hackney. A key driver for the client was that the building should have a compact footprint. This was achieved by stacking the facilities, creating a rooftop MUGA with tennis courts [...]
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Apr
Apr
Italia-100 louvred fence provides visual screening and security at Meadowbank Sports Centre The new Sports Centre at Meadowbank replaces the stadium which was used as the main venue for the Commonwealth Games in both 1970 and 1986. The modern state-of-the-art facility will provide a wide range of sporting and fitness activities for the local community [...]
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Mar
Mar
Mayfield Park Manchester – heel-proof Grating Mayfield Park spans 6.5 acres on the banks of the River Medway and is the first new public park in in the centre of Manchester for over 100 years. The park has a range of features that respond to the level changes throughout the site such as bridges and [...]
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Mar
Mar
Panels of STEREO-KINETIC® Wall highlight north facade at St James Quarter St James Quarter is one of the UK’s most significant regeneration projects creating a retail-led, lifestyle district in Edinburgh incorporating leisure venues, hotel, housing, public spaces and shops. Edinburgh city centre is a World Heritage site and the north-east elevation of the development commands [...]
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Feb
Feb
Pioneer Food Store, Carlisle – Roof Screen The new flagship outlet of Pioneer Foodstore in Carlisle was built to a high specification with the aim of significantly extending their client base. The planning application had to meet the requirement for a screen to conceal the roof-top services and air-conditioning plant. Italia-80V was proposed, which could [...]
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Nov
Nov
St James Quarter car park – Security Screens St James Quarter is one of the UK’s most significant regeneration projects creating a new retail-led, lifestyle district in Edinburgh which incorporates leisure venues, hotel accommodation, private apartments, public spaces and shops. The £1 billion scheme included 1,600 of underground parking spaces. Grating panels were used within [...]
Architectural Gratings, Projects, Louvre Screening, Bin & Bike Stores
Ashton Old Baths – Corten for Data Centre Compound
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Nov
Nov
Corten Steel for Compound at Ashton Old Baths Data Centre Built in 1870, Ashton Old Baths is a Grade II listed building. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council saw its planned transformation into a business hub and data centre as an original idea for heritage sites which could be transferred to many other 'at risk' buildings. The [...]
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Oct
Oct
Francis Crick Institute single biomedical laboratory in Europe The Francis Crick Institute is the biggest single biomedical laboratory in Europe. It brings together around 1,250 of the best scientists in the world, from many fields of research, to tackle some of the most challenging questions underpinning human health. A Roma-4 fence was specified for its prestigious [...]
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Jul
Jul
Rochdale Riverside as a major shopping centre The vision for Rochdale Riverside was to provide a revitalised and vibrant town centre incorporating a contemporary architectural form and material palette. In this way it was hoped that it would create a destination experience and re-establish Rochdale as a major shopping centre. The impact of the STEREO-KINETIC® [...]
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Feb
Feb
Bilston Urban Village project, concept of a Garden City Ambitious plans for the Bilston Urban Village project include the construction of over 1000 homes within the concept of a Garden City. A network of 7.5 hectares of open space will form a spine through the centre of the village incorporating a new park at Nettlefolds. [...]
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Feb
Feb
Torino-22 engineered as a barrier fence for Crossrail at Abbey Wood Station Crossrail’s new station at Abbey Wood has been built over the railway tracks where the Elizabeth line terminates. From above, the building is shaped like a manta ray, its ‘wings’ extending into canopies sheltering staircases either side which swoop down to platform level below. For [...]
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Feb
Feb
Crossrail at Abbey Wood Station: Torino-11 Panels of Torino-11, measuring 3100x1500mm were supplied to Abbey Wood Station as part of the Crossrail project. The grating panels, with radiused end sections, were mounted on top of acoustic blockwork to complete the protective barrier for the overhead line equipment (OLE or OHLE). The small aperture of the [...]
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Feb
Feb
Portavadie Marina Resort: Plant Housing A £10m spa and leisure centre, boasting the largest heated infinity pool in Scotland, marks the latest chapter in the remarkable story of Portavadie Marina Resort. The ethos of the entire project was to be sympathetic to the beauty of the Highland landscape. Designed by Stewart Associates, the spa uses [...]
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Feb
Feb
Football stadium at Hampden Park, Lesser Hampden The transformation of the football stadium at Hampden Park into a world class athletics venue was the centrepiece of the XX Commonwealth Games that was held in Glasgow. The adjacent facility at Lesser Hampden, the Queen’s Park Football Club training ground, was also upgraded to provide a warm-up [...]
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Feb
Feb
BMW UK’s car park at Farnborough, green wall MSCP screen A large scale screen at BMW UK’s car park at Farnborough has created a framework for green wall planting. In order to achieve planning approval, the project architect suggested the concept of a steel grating trellis to support climbing plants and effectively hide the building. [...]
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Oct
Oct
Holy Trinity Primary School in Dalston Holy Trinity Primary School in Dalston has replaced an older school on the same site, challenging standard models of mixed-use development. With no funding available and an urgent need in inner London for school places, the new two-form entry primary school was subsidised by incorporating private sale apartments within [...]
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Oct
Oct
Piazza-132: Grating manufactured from Corten steel. Open mesh gratings are now available as a bespoke product manufactured from Corten steel. With its characteristic weathered look and rusty orange colouring it provides a unique, earthy aesthetic which ties a building to its surroundings. The Corten range is made from an electrofused grating with a vertical flat [...]
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Oct
Oct
Investment programme at Manchester Airport A huge investment programme at Manchester Airport of over £1 billion aims to transform the experience for passengers and airlines and has included the provision of a new multi-storey car park. Car parking capacity at the airport had not kept pace with the growth in passenger numbers and the new [...]
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Oct
Oct
Gainsborough School: MUGA, London legacy As part of the continuing London legacy, a new MUGA complex has been provided for Gainsborough Primary in Hackney; the school has a strong emphasis on sport and takes part in various inter-school leagues. The playing fields, which are sited adjacent to Here East in the North West of the [...]
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Aug
Aug
Fettes College in Edinburgh The new Spens Building at Fettes College in Edinburgh successfully integrates modern architecture within a historic setting. The £18m project faced several challenges nestled between the school’s A-listed buildings and it was essential that the palette of materials was sympathetic in order to achieve approval and planning consent from Historic Environment [...]
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Jun
Jun
Anti-climb balustrade for new Holland Park School Holland Park is one of the UK"s first and most famous comprehensive schools. At a cost of £81m it was financed by selling off part of the original school site to finance the building of the new six-storey school for 1,500 pupils. Situated within a Conservation Area and adjacent [...]
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May
May
Kinetic Wall Cladding at Festival Place in Basingstoke Festival Place in Basingstoke is one of the UK’s top 20 shopping destinations with over 200 stores and restaurants and a vibrant social hub at the heart of the town. The 102,000m² center was acquired by AEW in December 2015 with a vision to modernize and create [...]
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May
May
Soffit and Fascia Panels for Here East at former Olympic Broadcast Centre The former Olympic Broadcast Centre at Here East in Stratford has been transformed into a 1.2 million square foot technical, digital and creative centre, including facilities for UCL, BT Sport, Loughborough University and Hackney Community College. Lang+Fulton’s Stretto-11 grating has been used throughout the [...]
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Apr
Apr
Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary on a spectacular 48-acre site The new 344-bed Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary is located on a spectacular 48-acre site at the edge of rolling hills. Referred to as the ‘Garden Hospital’ for its pastoral setting and 17 courtyards, it is intended to provide an uplifting environment, which research confirms [...]
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Feb
Feb
Decorative cladding at Sainsbury's new Redhill superstore using a contrasting louvre and open mesh grating The regeneration of the Warwick Quadrant in Redhill has provided an 80,000 sq ft Sainsbury's superstore, 68-bed Travelodge hotel and a fitness centre. Alongside the new store, two levels of car park deck were constructed over the supermarket, significantly increasing [...]
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Feb
Feb
Cycle Hub, New Railway Station at Dundee A new railway station at Dundee has created an impressive gateway to the city and is also delivering additional benefits through significantly increased cycle facilities, providing cycling capability to all parts of the city’s £1 billion Waterfront regeneration project. A stand-alone cycle hub with two tier parking for [...]
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Feb
Feb
Vista Chelsea Bridge an enviable location The Vista apartments by architects Scott Brownrigg occupy an enviable location, close to Chelsea Bridge and overlooking Battersea Park. The extensive landscaping was given a high priority, appropriate for such a high-end residential project. The buildings are arranged to open the development to the park and to create two [...]
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Dec
Dec
Crossrail South East Section: Abbey Wood Station Crossrail’s new station at Abbey Wood has been built over the railway tracks where the Elizabeth line terminates. From above, the building is shaped like a manta ray, its ‘wings’ extending into canopies sheltering staircases either side which swoop down to platform level below. The soffit panels for the staircases [...]
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Dec
Dec
Pioneer Square, Bicester in Oxfordshire Pioneer Square is a mixed use retail and leisure development in the the heart of Bicester in Oxfordshire, anchored by a Sainsbury’s superstore and including a 7-screen cinema, offices, library and hotel. As a regeneration project within the city centre, it included a 526 space car park over two levels. Lang+Fulton [...]
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Nov
Nov
Lang+Fulton were involved in the supply of balustrade infill panels, open mesh flooring, stair treads and louvred screening for the external escape stairs.
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Oct
Oct
St Mary Magdalene School in London The £45 million new St Mary Magdalene School in London will replace two schools located over four sites in Greenwich and Woolwich and accommodate up to 1,646 children. It is proposed that the building will also act as a community hub, with the school and sports facilities being available for local residents. [...]
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Sep
Sep
Carlton House, Ilford East London Carlton House is a new-build development of affordable homes at 501 High Road, Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge. In addition to a mix of 90 studios and apartments, it will include a cultural and banqueting facility which, it is hoped, will serve as a catalyst in the regeneration of the [...]
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Jun
Jun
Campus Redevelopment at Glasgow Caledonian University A £32 million campus redevelopment at Glasgow Caledonian University included a screened area within an undercroft. The plant housing and waste storage bays utilised DeltaWing-90 louvres to deliver 90% visual screening. The robust steel construction was considered appropriate for a street level site, regularly accessed by HGV delivery and [...]
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Apr
Apr
REnescience Northwich Project, Built in Cheshire The REnescience Northwich Project is Orsted’s newest bio-resource facility, built in Cheshire. The plant will handle 120,000 tons of unsorted and untreated household waste a year, equivalent to the waste from approximately 110,000 homes, and generate between 5MW and 6MW of renewable electricity a year. The project has involved [...]
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Apr
Apr
The Strand: Barrot, Central London India Place is a busy pedestrian thoroughfare between The Strand and Aldwich, an area of restaurants boutiques, theatres and museums in the City of Westminster, Central London. It takes it name from being located immediately adjacent to India House and is the site of a statue of Jawaharlal Nehru by [...]
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Mar
Mar
Challander Court Northern fringes of Bristol Emmett Russell Architects has designed social housing on several infill sites on the Northern fringes of Bristol to Passivhaus standard, achieving thermal comfort solely by post-heating or post-cooling of the fresh air mass. The projects address the demand for smaller housing units. The key architectural challenge was to make [...]
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Feb
Feb
Francis Crick Institute: stainless steel gate A prestigious stainless steel gate, which complements the architectural detailing of the building, has completed the perimeter security at the Francis Crick Institute. The new Institute is a world-leading centre of biomedical research and innovation at St Pancras in the heart of London. The 10 metre wide gate was primarily [...]
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Feb
Feb
Virginia Quay, East London Docks Roma-3 fencing was chosen for its rigidity and durability to surround the boundary of a green space within a housing development at Virginia Quay in East London's Poplar area, close to the Canary Wharf business district. The 1200mm high Roma-3 fence borders a large community park and also provides a [...]
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Dec
Dec
Boroughmuir High School: MUGA Edinburgh’s city centre Boroughmuir High School is moving to a site in Edinburgh’s city centre. The new state of the art building will house up to 1,165 pupils with traditional classrooms offering access to break out areas and enhanced facilities for physical activity including a roof-top multi-use games area. The roof-top [...]
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Dec
Dec
Broadcast Centre: Bike Store Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park During the design of the London 2012 Olympic venues, material efficiency measures were adopted in the building design. This strategy in terms of use of materials has been continued during the development of Here East within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, favouring natural materials with a high recycle potential. [...]
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Dec
Dec
Ancroft Street, Glasgow Scotland A derelict Glasgow tenement which was saved from demolition has won the ‘Best Affordable Apartment’ at The Herald Property Awards. The improvement of the traditional red sandstone flats by Queens Cross Housing Association has provided a mix of 44 affordable homes and flats for social rent, as well as preserving the [...]
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Dec
Dec
Free-Standing Planting Trellis at Farnborough Lang+Fulton products have been used to created large scale planting screens at Heathrow for LHR Airports and at Farnborough, BMW Group's Sales and Financial Services offices in the UK. Heathrow The Heathrow Employment & Skills Academy supports new jobs and apprenticeships within the aviation industry and is home to a [...]
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Nov
Nov
Zig Zag Building London Borough of Westminster The Zig Zag Building and Kings Gate House are adjacent office and residential buildings which form part of Land Securities' redevelopment of London's Victoria Street in the London Borough of Westminster. The award-winning project by Lynch Architects was built to incorporate restaurants, retail units and a new public [...]
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Nov
Nov
Kings Gate House London Borough of Westminster Lynch Architects has recently completed adjacent office and residential buildings, The Zig Zag Building and Kings Gate House, as part of Land Securities' ongoing redevelopment of London's Victoria Street in the London Borough of Westminster. The award-winning project by Lynch Architects was built to incorporate restaurants, retail units [...]
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Oct
Oct
DeltaWing-70 for The Boat House Bristol The Boat House apartments and the refurbishment of the historic Purifier House, a Grade ll Listed building which was an old gasworks, form part of the redevelopment of Bristol Harbour. Sunscreen panels were incorporated into the Boat House design to reduce the potential solar gain from the glazed frontage at [...]
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Sep
Sep
Menstrie Primary School in Scottland Clackmannanshire is the smallest Council in Scotland but has an ambitious programme to provide more purpose-built Nursery Schools. As a stylish and contemporary alternative to bow-top, Lang+Fulton were asked to supply the boundary fencing for the play areas of the first new schools at Menstrie and Banchory. A 1200mm high [...]
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Sep
Sep
Grating Panels for facade at New Covent Garden designed to create Green Wall The refurbishment of the car park was one of the first steps in the regeneration of New Covent Garden Market; a project which is projected to take 10 years at a cost of £2 billion. Appropriately for a flower and fruit market, [...]
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Sep
Luma Hotel in Hammersmith The Luma Hotel in Hammersmith is a new 89-bed Apart Hotel offering luxury studio style bedrooms. Designed and built by Elements Europe, the entire project was assembled on-site from factory produced modules within a 10-month programme. Once the en-suite room modules and roof cassettes were installed, the envelope of the building [...]
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Sep
Sep
Great Portland Street in central London 78/92 Great Portland Street consists of a group of mixed period buildings; numbers 78/82, built in the early 1900’s, are Grade II listed. The entire block is under redevelopment by Great Portland Estates to provide 23,000 sq ft of residential flats, 11,000 sq ft of retail units and 18,000 sq ft [...]
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Jul
An external walkway provides a link between a classroom block and Art studios and the new Music school [….]
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Custom designed high security top at Manchester Metropolitan University The new pedestrian link at Manchester Metropolitan University runs between student accommodation and the University Barracks of Manchester & Salford Universities Officer Training Corps. A Como fence with a bespoke tapered top was specified to provide appropriate security for an army facility and was installed to [...]
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Jul
Ceiling panels and barrier fencing at Rochester Station Soffit Panels An important element in the construction of Rochester’s new railway station is the pedestrian underpass, which links the historic town centre to the riverside. Soffit panels for the ceilings were used both internally and externally to clad the concrete underpass and provide a decorative finish. [...]
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Jul
bet365 HQ - Bin & Bike Stores In 2000 bet365 was founded in a portakabin in Stoke on Trent. It has grown to become one of the world's leading online gambling companies with over 19 million customers in almost two hundred countries. This success has seen the Company move to a new Data Centre and [...]
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Jun
Toronto Primary School in Howden A £2.5 million investment at Toronto Primary School in Howden has provided a new purpose-built sports hall, as well as a fully DDA compliant main entrance and safe drop-off area. The ethos of the expansion and development of the school’s facilities was to maintain the unique physical character and immediacy [...]
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Jun
Secure compound for eurobins and storage at Care Facility The Craigshill Care Facility is a joint initiative with West Lothian council. The unit was specifically built as a specialist dementia unit catering for patients with particularly challenging aspects of the condition and to provide short term, interim care for older people who have been discharged [...]
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Dakota Hotel in Glasgow Dakota Hotels were conceived and developed with design as a founding element of the brand. The company's latest venture is a new luxury sub-brand for city centre locations; Dakota Deluxe have opened in Glasgow and Leeds with plans for further expansion throughout the UK. Dakota Glasgow is a remarkable conversion of a redundant [...]
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Jun
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in United Kingdom. With over 1,000 beds, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is one of the largest single-site NHS hospitals in the United Kingdom. The hospital was designed by BDP Architects with construction over an eight year period by Balfour Beatty. Within the site there is provision for the parking of [...]
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May
BBC Scotland car park Pacific Quay in Glasgow Lang+Fulton worked closely with Keppie Design to provide the perimeter security and car park screening for BBC Scotland's HQ. The impressive building benefits from a river front location at Pacific Quay in Glasgow, an old dockland area impressively regenerated with museums and hotels. Framed panels of Stereo-4 grating were [...]
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May
Portavadie Marina Resort North Sea oil industry. Portavadie Marina Resort has been developed on the derelict brown-field site of a failed initiative in the 1970’s to build concrete platforms for the North Sea oil industry. Its popularity as a leading tourist destination with outstanding views over Loch Fyne towards the Isle of Arran belies its past. A [...]
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May
May
Priory School in Croydon Squeezed between suburban houses and woodland, the Priory School in Croydon accommodates 132 secondary students with severe, complex and challenging learning difficulties, and is the first purpose-designed ‘forest school’ in London. The multi-storey building and external landscaping sits comfortably alongside the natural woodland, which is designated as a site of Nature Conservation Importance. [...]
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May
Landscaping includes Europa Bin Stores and Louvred Fencing at Retail Park Ashford Retail Park benefits from a prime location; at the centre of 5 railway lines, Ashford is the fastest growing town in Kent. First established as a business park in the 1980’s, the site has been transformed by significant investment since being purchased by [...]
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Apr
Apr
Barrier fence at Rochester’s new station. Torino-33 fencing was engineered to meet Network Rail’s requirements for a barrier fence at Rochester’s new station. The brief was to supply fencing which met a crowd loading specification while providing an uninterrupted view of the town’s historic buildings. The Torino fence panel was specially made with the standard 10x2mm [...]
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Apr
Apr
Channelsea House Stratford located in Stratford. Channelsea House is a development by IDM Properties of 72 one and two-bed apartments located in Stratford. Externally, this former office building in East-London has been given a contemporary urban finish, complemented by Lang+Fulton’s Torino-22 fencing and gates. The renovation features a new facade for the building, a landscaped garden [...]
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open mesh anti-climb grating facade for Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
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Multi-storey Car Park at Silverburn Shopping Centre, Glasgow Silverburn is a new 100,000m2 shopping centre, anchored by Tesco, Next and Marks & Spencer which is located in the Pollock area of Glasgow. The £350m development was designed by BDP and received a BCSC Gold Award. BCSC Gold Awards recognise standards of excellence within the retail [...]
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Mar
Mar
BT Sport at Here East The transformation of the former Olympic Broadcast Centre at Here East is now almost complete. The vision is to create a 1.2 million square foot technical, digital and creative centre in East London alongside new facilities for UCL, Loughborough University, BT Sport and Hackney Community College. Lang+Fulton’s Stretto-11 has been extensively used [...]
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Mar
The SSE Hydro biggest performance arena The Hydro Arena is the biggest performance arena ever designed by Foster + Partners. The dramatic structure takes the form of a skewed dome, spanning 120 metres, with external walls clad in translucent air-filled ETFE cushions that can create a dazzling illuminated facade. Lang+Fulton have now supplied an original [...]
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Mar
Mar
The Centre MSCP Livingston in Scotland. Livingston boasts one of the largest indoor shopping and leisure complexes in Scotland. After major refurbishment and development The Centre was recently reopened as a contemporary-styled, modern complex, accommodating over 155 retail units occupying 1 million sq ft. As part of the redevelopment, a new 3-storey car park was [...]
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Mar
Primark’s flagship store Primark's flagship store on Edinburgh's premier shopping street has undergone recent refurbishment. This has included the installation of stainless steel grating, supplied by Lang+Fulton, as flooring within the window display. Apart from its stylish contemporary appearance, the grating serves as a light-well, introducing natural daylight to the shopping area in the basement. [...]
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Mar
Mar
Ocean Terminal shopping centre in Edinburgh The Ocean Terminal shopping centre in Edinburgh has received a radical makeover with a kinetic façade, as part of a major investment to increase footfall by introducing an outstanding aesthetic to enhance the visitor experience. The new STEREO-KINETIC® Wall frontage unifies smaller units which have been combined to create [...]
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Feb
Feb
Lee Valley White Water Centre at Waltham Cross The £31 million Lee Valley White Water Centre at Waltham Cross was constructed as the venue for the canoe slalom events of the London Olympic Games, where the GB Team won a silver and gold medal. It is now a very successful visitor attraction as well as [...]
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The SSE Hydro, Glasgow With a capacity of 12,000 seating and 13,000 standing, The SSE Hydro is the biggest performance arena ever designed by Foster + Partners. The £125m concert venue is part of a wave of post-industrial regeneration taking place along the once neglected Clyde waterfront in Glasgow. The dramatic structure takes the form [...]
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Feb
Marischal College, Aberdeen Marischal College is situated in the historic city centre of Aberdeen. The City Council have leased and fully redeveloped and refurbished the Grade A listed building from the University for use as office space. A new 4-storey car park was required to service the new office accommodation. It was important that this [...]
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Feb
Lang+Fulton supplied 300 sq/m of custom-sized panels and 20 sets of doors to secure and ventilate the street-front elevations of the electricity sub-stations. These were made to fit the structural openings with concealed ancillary steelwork. Italia-100 steel louvred material was chosen for its vandal-resistant properties and was also impenetrable to any abuse from a foreign object.
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Feb
Edward Alleyn’s School in Dulwich The Croft Theatre is a professional performance space at Edward Alleyn’s School in Dulwich. Designed by award-winning architects van Heyningen and Haward at a total cost of £12.5 million, the theatre boasts the latest technology and can seat an audience of 350. It will also be used by the National [...]
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Feb
Dunfermline High School in Scotland Dunfermline High School has a historic past. In 1128, when Dunfermline was the capital of Scotland, King David I endowed a school as part of Dunfermline Abbey. It was formally founded as a separate institution in 1468. During the reformation the original buildings were destroyed but reconstructed by Queen Anne [...]
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Feb
Prendergast Vale College in London Borough Prendergast Vale College is a co-educational school in the London Borough of Lewisham. In 2012 it was refurbished and developed at a cost of £21 million. The award-winning practice of Macfarlane+Associates created a series of varied, age-specific, landscape spaces within the restricted urban site. A bespoke, secure by design, [...]
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Feb
Hampden Park National Stadium Hampden Park National Stadium is a venue for sporting events and concerts and home to Scotland’s football team. Following the refurbishment of the stadium, new fencing was a necessary requirement in order to host a UEFA Champions League Final. A Roma-4 grating fence with a 63x132mm aperture and 30x4mm flat bar [...]
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Feb
Dundee Waterfront location on the the River Tay Three types of fencing were supplied for a prestigious waterfront location on the the River Tay. The design was developed jointly with the City of Dundee Chief Engineer, creating bespoke fencing which made use of modular panels wherever possible to meet the project budget. Roma-3 was used [...]
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Feb
Maersk House head office of Maersk Line UK Maersk House is the head office of Maersk Line UK Ltd in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The building is surrounded by attractive planting and stylish lighting. The boundary demarcation is provided by a combination of a low wall faced in polished slate and a Roma-3 [...]
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Feb
BBC Scotland HQ at Pacific Quay Lang+Fulton worked closely with Keppie Design to provide 141 linear metres of Roma-4 fencing, gates and Stereo-4 screening panels for the new BBC Scotland HQ at Pacific Quay, site of the old Govan docks in Glasgow. The heavy duty grating fence was chosen not only to meet the required [...]
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Feb
Feb
Langley Estate part of Central Government’s Oldham and Rochdale Council’s programme to regenerate the Langley Estate forms part of Central Government’s Housing Market Renewal initiative and includes 700 new homes based around the demolition of two tower blocks and the clearance of other sub-standard housing. The development of 42 apartments at Millbeck Gardens was awarded [...]
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Feb
Fauldhouse in West Lothian Fauldhouse in West Lothian opened a new Health and Community Centre in late 2010. At a cost of £5 million, the Centre will bring under one roof medical and dental practices, a library, swimming pool, creche and community rooms. Lang + Fulton were asked to supply a Palermo perimeter fence with [...]
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Feb
Feb
Wren Academy in the London Borough Wren Academy in the London Borough of Barnet is a secondary school designed by architects Penoyre + Prasad. The school's specialism is Design and the Built Environment and the idea that the school building itself should instruct, inspired the architectural concept. The challenge was successfully met within the confines of a limited [...]
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Waitrose’s Distribution Centre at Bracknell Waitrose's Distribution Centre at Bracknell delivers to more than 60 stores, handling up to 150,000 cases of chilled products. The new warehouse was conceived to a ‘green’ design; generating 20% of renewable energy on site with waste heat and office cooling recycled from the refrigeration process, efficient lighting and low [...]
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RNLI training college at Poole The RNLI training college at Poole required a contemporary fence to compliment their prestigious new building, which could also be uniquely customised to display a nautical influence that would reflect the work of the lifeboats. Lang+Fulton worked in conjunction with the architect to develop two bespoke designs of Roma fencing [...]
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Holland Park School - Conservation Area Holland Park is one of the UK’s first and most famous comprehensive schools. £105m was raised by selling off part of the original school site to fund the building of a new six-storey school for 1,500 pupils. Situated within the Holland Park Conservation Area, adjacent to the park itself, [...]
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Railing Fence for new office - Onslow House Gulldford Onslow House is a highly prominent 90,000 sq ft new office development in the centre of Guildford. Alfred McAlpine was the main contractor for this "state-of-the-art" building which has been let to Electronic Art, the eighth largest software company in the world. The landscaping contract was [...]
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Bow School, Tower Hamlets Bow School in Tower Hamlets, East London was commended at the 2015 Civic Trust Awards for its contribution to the quality and appearance of the built environment. The Civic Trust Awards recognises the very best in architecture, design, planning, landscape and public art. At a cost of £30 million, Bow School [...]
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Ebbsfleet Valley, Urban Regeneration Ebbsfleet Valley is an exciting example of urban regeneration. One of the first residential areas is Springhead Park, styled as a modern reinvention of the traditional Kentish village with contemporary and classic elements in brick and pastel colours reflecting the local vernacular. Modena railings were used within the 27.5 hectare site [...]
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Market Estate, Islington - Modena Railing Fence Market Estate is situated next to Caledonian Park in the London Borough of Islington. It is named after the Metropolitan Cattle Market, opened by Prince Albert in 1855 as an alternative to Smithfield. A major redevelopment includes a mix of residential units. As part of this scheme, significant [...]
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Jaguar Land Rover - Perimeter Fence Jaguar Land Rover's new £500 million engine manufacturing facility at the i54 business park is situated close to the M54 motorway outside Wolverhampton. The new plant, which is the size of 14 football pitches, is JLR's largest investment for in-house engine design and manufacturing in a generation. It will [...]
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North Kent Police HQ - Landmark Building, Gravesend North Kent Police HQ is a four-storey landmark building of 11,500 m2 situated at Gravesend. Glenn Howells Architects were responsible for developing the building concept which features a number of ‘green’ technologies including solar shading to the south façade which is provided by means of brise soleil. [...]
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Robust Bin Stores chosen for social housing in Brixton St Mathews Estate in Brixton received £620,000 from Lambeth Council for the improvement of its green space. Julia Hilton of Green Dreams Landscape Architects took the scheme from a consultative stage with local residents to completion, working in collaboration with Anna French Landscape and Tom Roberts [...]
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Tranent School, East Lothian A new £9.6 million Primary School in Tranent, East Lothian was opened in 2008 by the Scottish Secretary for Education, who praised the school as "an excellent example of the work that can be done in easing demands on the environment". The architectural brief for the design and construction demanded the [...]
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JCoSS School - Italia Bin Stores JCoSS (Jewish Community Secondary School) in Barnet, North London, is a pilot project for parent-promoted voluntary aided schools. The Government contributed £36 million towards the building cost and a further £10 million was raised through a fund-raising campaign. Sustainability was a key design requirement for the new school building, [...]
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Torc:MK, Milton Keynes TORC:MK in Milton Keynes is a prime industrial location of twelve warehouse units totalling 81,000 sq ft. The scheme by Volume Developments was constructed to a high quality specification. Lang+Fulton supplied four 1800mm high bin stores designed from their modular system of Italia-80 steel panels which provide 80% visual screening. A special [...]
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The Fort, Glasgow - DeltaWing-90 panels The Fort is a major ‘out of town’ shopping and leisure park located just outside Glasgow. It has been hugely successful and a 2013 extension included five new restaurants and a multi-screen cinema. Further shops and restaurants were added in 2015. The continuing development created a need for an [...]
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Newham Mental Health Centre - Italia-80 bin storage East London NHS Foundation Trust required a secure compound for the management of waste bins at Newham Mental Health Centre. Lang+Fulton's proposal of an Italia-80 bin storage compound was accepted as fit for the purpose, providing the required level of visual screening and security. The 2400mm vertical panels and [...]
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The Hydro - Micro-34 architectural grating With a capacity of 12,000 seating and 13,000 standing, The SSE Hydro is the biggest performance arena ever designed by Foster+Partners. The £125m concert venue is part of a wave of post-industrial regeneration along the once neglected Clyde waterfront in Glasgow. The dramatic structure takes the form of a [...]
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Anti-climb fence for new Hitherfield Primary School & Children’s Centre Hitherfield Primary School & Children's Centre provides community and children's services and extended day care for pre-school age children in Streatham. The £1.2m project at Hitherfield was won by Architype whose philosophy is “to be bold and honest in the use and expression of materials, [...]
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Benyon Wharf, Hackney - Micro-34 Benyon Wharf, adjacent to the Regents Canal Basin in London, is a high density, mixed-use, regeneration scheme for a private developer. The site was formerly a timber yard and the brief was to maximise site value without compromising quality. The new apartments were grouped around a private courtyard with views [...]
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661 London Road - Italia-80 steel louvred panels 661 London Road was designed by award-winning architects Munkenbeck & Marshall. The apartments are arranged over two buildings connected by glass links to three communal roof terraces with views across London. The stylish, contemporary landscaping was designed by Philip Cave Associates with a strong, flowing scheme of [...]
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The Gallery Cambridge - Balcony Balustrade The Gallery is a stylish collection of apartments and penthouses close to Cambridge city centre. The Taylor Wimpey development was designed with a mixture of retro and contemporary chic to appeal to younger buyers. Lang+Fulton was asked to supply 148 framed panels for the balcony balustrade. Terra-34 with a [...]
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Residential Development - Pressure-Locked Louvre A pressure-locked louvre was used extensively to provide architectural detail at a private high-end housing development of four semi-detached units. The versatility of the DeltaBox-70 panels had the advantage of combining variety of function with continuity of design. as brise soleil screen to the front elevation enclosing a small cantilevered balcony as structural [...]
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Premises at Four Ashes Industrial Estate Two different styles of gate were designed for premises at Four Ashes Industrial Estate near Wolverhampton. The client required screening to an office parking area and a sliding gate for heavy vehicle access to the adjacent warehouse. Each gate was supplied with matching fence panels to secure the overall boundary [...]
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Castle Course St Andrews - Italia-80 steel louvred panels The Castle Course is the newest addition to the St Andrews' portfolio of golf courses, opened in July 2008. The architectural brief was for a prestigious club-house with a low environmental impact and features a circular design, clad in Scottish sandstone with a copper roof. Lang+Fulton [...]
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Chelmsford Sports Centre - Italia-100 fence The Sport and Athletics Centre at Chelmsford has been transformed into a training centre for elite athletes and a permanent home for Chelmsford City FC. It is also major venue for athletic events. The final phase of this significant investment included the improvement of the boundary fencing. Lang+Fulton were [...]
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Murrayfield Stadium - Siena Sport Fence Murrayfield Stadium is the headquarters of the Scottish Rugby Union and the home venue for Scotland's international fixtures. In 2010 the perimeter boundary was relocated to allow for the construction of the new tram system which is being built in Edinburgh. A Siena Sport fence was chosen to provide [...]
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Emirates Stadium for Arsenal FC as barrier fencing Lang+Fulton products were used extensively at The Emirates Stadium for Arsenal FC as barrier fencing, security screening, balustrading and wall cladding. The Arezzo-25 fence panels with a 76x25mm aperture were supplied with the flat bars running horizontally in order to take a loading requirement of EN 1991-1-1: [...]
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Meadowlands Coventry - MUGA fencing systems designed by Lang + Fulton Coventry City Council have erected five MUGA fencing systems designed by Lang + Fulton over a period of six years. A 63x132mm aperture Verona steel grating fence was chosen for its proven record of durability and resistance to vandalism. Each installation was customised to meet [...]
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Underground Car Park: EF-25x76/25x2 Lang+Fulton’s electrofused grating panels were used to provide ventilation and natural daylight to an underground car park. A grating with a small 25x76mm heel-proof aperture and a 25x2mm bearing bar was chosen as appropriate for a busy municipal space with heavy pedestrian usage. Continuity of design was achieved with the panels running continuously [...]
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London University: EF-11x76/25x2 Electrofused grating panels were shaped and framed to a radius as the decking to an elevated walkway at the entrance to London University's School of Oriental and African Studies at Russell Square. A heel-proof 11x76mm aperture grating was recommended and supplied in a hot-dip galvanized finish. Product: EF-11x76/25x2
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The Crystal London: Barrot The Crystal, a Sustainable Cities Initiative by Siemens, is the world’s largest exhibition on the future of cities. It is hoped it will become a global hub for debate on sustainable urban living and development. Wilkinson Eyre Architects were responsible for the dramatic crystal-shaped glazed structure, covering 2,000m2, at Royal Victoria Docks in [...]
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Bradfield College Greek Theatre: PL-33x11/50x3 Open mesh steel balustrades, walkways, stairs and an agora now provide a safe and spectacular descent into the arena as part of an ambitious restoration project of the 1890 amphitheatre at Bradfield College. The theatre performs triennial Greek plays and celebrated its re-opening with a gala performance of Antigone in [...]
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The Crystal: PL-55x11/40x2 The Crystal, a Sustainable Cities Initiative by Siemens, is the world’s largest exhibition on the future of cities. It is hoped it will become a global hub for debate on sustainable urban living and development. Wilkinson Eyre Architects were responsible for the dramatic crystal-shaped, glazed structure at Royal Victoria Docks in London, [...]
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Here East balcony decking: PL-66x11 The glazing along the western facade of the former Olympic Broadcast Centre at Here East is now almost complete: a stunning transformation. The vision is to create a 1.2 million square foot technical, digital and creative centre in East London alongside new facilities for UCL, Loughborough University and Hackney Community [...]
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Kings Cross Square, Stainless Steel The final phase of the £500m redevelopment of Kings Cross has been completed with the creation of a 75,000 sq ft square in front of the station. The square provides a fitting aspect to the marvellously simple Grade I-listed façade of the original station, designed by Lewis Cubitt in 1851, [...]
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Plant Trellis - Green Park Station Green Park Station provides access to the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria Lines. The station was included in Transport for London’s strategy on accessibility published in 2012. The £60 million refurbishment to achieve step-free access included a copper canopy, a Portland stone entrance with artwork by John Maine RA, and [...]
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Sports Pavilion at St Albans Acanthus Clews Architects were appointed to design a replacement Sports Pavilion at St Albans High School for Girls, when the original building was lost to an arson attack. The new facility was officially opened by Sally Gunnell OBE, Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European Gold medallist. The new building is partially [...]
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Bradfield College Greek Theatre: DemiAlto-55×110/50×5 Open mesh steel balustrades, walkways, stairs and an agora now provide a safe and spectacular descent into the arena as part of an ambitious restoration project of the 1890 amphitheatre at Bradfield College. The theatre performs triennial Greek plays and celebrated its re-opening with a gala performance of Antigone in [...]
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Paddington Basin - St Mary’s Hospital Paddington Basin is the terminus of one branch of the Grand Junction Canal and is being regenerated as a high-end mixed-use development, branded as Merchant Square, by European Land & Property. A Canal Edge Improvement Plan formed part of the project establishing the basin as a focal point for [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
