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AN INDUSTRIAL JEWEL Architect’s Choice takes a closer look at The Curtain, Shoreditch’s new Members’ Club

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PUBLISHING TEAM Media One Communications Ltd 1 Accent Park, Bakewell Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 6XS Tel: 01733 385300 EDITOR Jade Tilley 01733 385320 [email protected] PRODUCTION EDITOR Ben Crowther 01733 385325 [email protected] PUBLISHER & CEO Robert Nisbet [email protected] COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR Donna Jenkins 01733 385310 [email protected] SALES MANAGER Dawn Trowsdale 01733 385319 [email protected] PRODUCTION CONTROLLER Sheldon Colaso 01733 385300 FROM THE EDITOR [email protected] CREDIT CONTROL MANAGER WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 2017 EDITION OF ARCHITECT’S CHOICE Carole Todd BRITAIN’S LEADING MAGAZINE FOR ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS, 01733 385302 [email protected] TECHNOLOGY AND TRENDS ADMINISTRATION & SUBSCRIPTIONS 01733 385300 WE pride ourselves on being an inclusive magazine, [email protected] featuring the many disciplines of the architecture industry, with a keen eye on global design affairs, how it interplays Subscriptions and back issues and reflects on architecture in the UK and vice versa. Our +44 (0)1733 385300 latest Architect Profile was with Michael Crosby, Wilson Email: [email protected] Web: www.architectnews.co.uk Associates. Michael is a South African born, USA dwelling, Twitter: twitter.com/Architect_news UK National Trust fan, and brings all elements of global design into his work for the firm, which concentrates on Newsstand App: luxury hospitality all around the world. Michael was appstore.com/architectschoice fascinating to chat to and I was delighted to learn that © 2017 Media One Communications Ltd 2017 All rights reserved. he is such a fan of our beautiful old treasured buildings here in the UK, whether it is our churches (designed by George Halford Fellowes Prynne), the work of Edwin Lutyens or the house that time forgot (more of that on pages 38 – 41). No part of this publication may be reproduced in any way without written Appreciating the vernacular of a particular town, city or country, while looking to permission from the publisher. All views create forward-thinking architecture is a tricky balance but there are some and opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher. All advertising and wonderful examples in the UK that achieve just that. Take for example The Curtain, paid for entries are strictly subject to our Shoreditch’s new members’ club, restaurant and hotel, a complete new build that terms and conditions, available online. pays homage to the past and the culture of its location, but also embraces the future of immersive hospitality environment with all mod-cons. Question Time this issue considers the new standard set in student accommodation and our panelists discuss how changes in the needs of students has caused a shift

collection, © Studio Podrini © Rafael Kroetz © Studio Podrini collection, in the way they design for universities. ® In Ask The Architect we find out some of our panelists’ favourite public buildings and further features include spotlights on building materials, plumbing + drainage Jade Tilley and a review of the best products we spied at 100% Editor www.mediaone.co.uk Design back in September. Enjoy the autumn issue. [email protected] Front cover: HI-MACS Structura HI-MACS cover: Front

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News 6 NOVEMBER NEWS The latest goings on from the industry, including new appointments and new buildings 22 100% DESIGN REVIEW AC reflects on all the amazing designs we spotted at the show 28 CELEBRATING 50 YEARS The Parkside Group pays tribute to its clients and contractors as it celebrates its golden anniversary Products 52 28 43 BUILDING MATERIALS 47 PLUMBING + DRAINAGE A product spotlight looking at specific products supplied in the sector People + Projects 10 QUESTION TIME The panel discuss the boom in student accommodation offerings 50 13 PROJECT GALLERY 37 ASK THE ARCHITECT Our panelists select their all-time favourite public buildings 38 ARCHITECT PROFILE Michael Crosby, National Trust 55 lover and hand-drawing aficionado, speaks to editor Jade Tilley 42 TALKING TIMBER The Wood Awards reflects on why timber continues to hold strong in the industry 45 RECRUITMENT Peace Recruitment offers advice on 38 making long term employer decisions 50 AN INDUSTRIAL JEWEL IN SHOREDITCH AC takes a closer look at the details of Shoreditch’s The Curtain, designed by Dexter Moren Associates 57 LAST WORD BDG Architecture + Design looks at the new age office environment and its design

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Architect’sChoice JACOBSEN’S LEGACY ST CATHERINE’S COLLEGE RECEIVES PLANNING ON ARNE JACOBSEN SITE

NEWS|BRIEF Purcell has received planning for extensive Philip Powell. building works on the site of Arne Jacobsen’s In 2016, Purcell was appointed to extend on PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT Grade I listed St. Catherine’s College in Oxford. Hodder’s second phase of works resulting in HLM won the coveted People Development four new pavilions providing 78 graduate category at the prestigious Plans comprise four pavilions and extension bedrooms based around the traditional Glasgow Business Awards works to provide 78 additional graduate collegiate staircase layout. The Purcell design, 2017. HLM‘s people bedrooms and a new graduate centre built on followed consultation with Hodder and development efforts are the site. The cylindrical graduate centre approaches the typology set out by Hodder in widely known, from the references Arne Jacobsen’s design and features Phase II of his works as sensitively as possible. HLM Academy to the company’s strong values, a new Middle Common Room, a seminar room Matthew Tromans, senior architect, Purcell lifestyle packages and and a multi-use space on the ground floor. says “It is hugely rewarding working with family friendly initiatives. Founded in 1962, the college’s main campus St Catherine’s College on this exciting project. The HLM Academy is a was designed in its totality by Arne Jacobsen, They have a wonderful architectural legacy of professional excellence and is arguably one of the best-preserved which they are proud custodians. Purcell has programme, which helps pieces of his work. Over the decades, the significant experience working on complex sites ensure all employees have college has commissioned additional buildings and existing architectural classics. This design the opportunity and resources to reach their on the site, notably by Jacobsen’s assistant continues the established visual language at full potential. Knud Holscher (1982) and Stirling Prize winner St Catherine’s, sensitively extending Hodder’s Stephen Hodder (1994, 2005). The entrance to earlier works. The graduate centre references SOHO IN PADDINGTON the college, with its view over Jacobsen’s both Hodder and Jacobsen’s work, being Gensler has unveiled the water-garden, was remodelled in 1968 by Sir purposefully ‘new’, yet of its place.” new home to Microsoft’s UK HQ following its relocation to Kingdom Street in Paddington. The project result is a more collaborative, non-prescriptive environment, reflecting the creative space the company had previously enjoyed in its Soho office. The area is practical and honest, delivers an intelligent, engaging and creative workplace.

REDEVELOPMENT BOOSTS VALUE MAX Architects has completed the £35 million, 150,000 sq ft mixed-use redevelopment of 25 Wilton Road in London Victoria for Royal London Asset Management (RLAM). The existing building was valued at approximately £35 million and, following an inventive refurbishment, infill and extension designed by MAX and built by Kier, it THE BROADWAY acclaimed architects Squire architecturally striking has increased in value to and Partners. Inspired by towers are set to complete around £120 million. MASTERPIECE the Art Deco features of the in 2021. The contemporary CO-LIVING IN LONDON neighbouring Grade I listed design of the scheme has property, Northacre and been carefully considered to Duggan Morris Architects The Broadway is an exciting was selected as the new mixed-use scheme Squire and Partners studied optimise its unique location winner of RIBA’S from Northacre and Abu the beautifully configured and viewing experience for Co-Living in London Dhabi Financial Group, architecture of 1920’s the occupants. The distinct competition to design located at the former New jewellery, and its latticed façade expands as an innovative co-living Scotland Yard HQ in contemporary it moves skywards, development in the Forest Westminster. The interpretations, as a affording remarkable Gate area of Newham Broadway’s 1.72 acre site creative direction for the panoramic views and an in East London, UK. has been meticulously development. The impressive framework for conceived by Northacre and Broadway’s six the interior design.

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URBAN REGENERATION DIARY DATES

21 - 22 November Sleep – The Hotel Design Event www.thesleepevent.com BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE, LONDON The Sleep Event brings together the best of the hotel design industry. Celebrating innovation in the hospitality sector, the Sleep Event is also run in connection with the European Hotel Design Awards, which showcases the best hotel projects One Angel Square is the new HQ for residential neighbours. The building’s entrance from around the globe. Northamptonshire County Council, enabling its faces a new public square, and leads into a workforce to relocate from 12 separate four-storey atrium reception and internal street. properties into one BREEAM Excellent building. The building is designed as two ‘yin and yang’ 6 – 10 December Designed by architects BDP, the brief was for a forms enclosing a central courtyard, with office Design Miami 22,000 sqm flexible office to accommodate 2,000 space, informal meeting areas, touchdown areas miami2017.designmiami.com MIAMI, FLORIDA employees. The Council’s vision was to provide and other collaborative spaces grouped around Design Miami is a global an environment for collaborative working, it. BDP was architect, civil & structural engineer, forum for design, bringing enable new ways of working for improved building services engineer, landscape architect, together influential productivity, and also to serve as a catalyst for interior designer, lighting designer and acoustic visitors to celebrate wider urban regeneration. The building sits in a consultant for the £40m building, which was won design, architecture, historically important quarter and the design in competition in 2013. culture and commerce. respects the scale and grain of its largely Images courtesy of Hufton + Crow. 30 January – 1 February SCOTTISH STUDIO SPACE Spatex www.spatex.co.uk RICOH ARENA, COVENTRY The ESSENTIAL exhibition for designers, specifiers and architects involved in water leisure projects. Featuring well over a hundred exhibitors, including manufacturers and suppliers from both home and abroad, SPATEX 2018 is the UK’s largest showcase of new products and innovation. Registration is FREE.

6 - 8 February Surface Design Show To accommodate an increasing workforce and birch, rowan and aspen. The purpose of www.surfacedesignshow.com new high profile infrastructure projects, Moxon splitting the office premises into two BUSINESS DESIGN Architects is developing new build premises for components is to reflect the twin roles of an CENTRE, LONDON its studio in the Scottish Highlands. The 400 architecture practice: focused design work and Walls, floors, ceilings and sqm facility has received planning permission broad collaboration. The more privately partitions are presented in with construction due to start Q4 2017. The positioned building houses the office premises this professional surface studio will become the permanent base for the for the practice, containing a studio, meeting concept environment. expanding Scottish arm of Moxon, which rooms, offices and back-of-house facilities. The Surface Design Show continue to grow its original London office; Hidden from view and protected by the focuses solely on affording a broad portfolio of work both landscape from noise, it is a peaceful and cutting edge and internationally and across the breadth of concentrated area to work. Conversely, the innovative materials. the UK. The studio proposal comprises two road-facing building is designed to house social low-lying buildings that sit at either side of an and flexible working spaces for the practice, existing topographic barrier covered in mature including a small kitchen and staff dining area.

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Architect’sChoice HEALING ENVIRONMENT BDP GAINS PLANNING FOR HEATHERWOOD HOSPITAL, NEWS|BRIEF A BUILDING SURROUNDED BY NATURAL GREEN SPACE ENTERPRISE PARK AMBITION AHR has been granted The hybrid planning application for the cladding on the façade to celebrate the woodland planning permission for redevelopment of Heatherwood Hospital in setting; large windows offer tree-top views for Phase 2 of Bexhill Ascot has been granted permission. staff, visitors and patients to support a place of Enterprise Park in Sussex, wellbeing and recovery. which will see the delivery The £90m development, designed by BDP, Nick Fairham project director at BDP said: of two further buildings “The setting offers a fantastic opportunity for a totalling £9m: High Weald includes a new 48 bed hospital set in the leafy House and the environs of the Heatherwood Estate, which will healing environment for patients and generates provisionally titled Building offer planned care for patients of Frimley a new natural green space in surrounding 3. Construction started on Healthcare NHS Trust with single bedroom and woodland for local residents. The project has High Weald House in ensuite for over 50 per cent of the rooms. now reached a significant milestone and we look September 2017, with The four-storey building sits on a sloping site and forward to delivering a health campus for the completion set for has a masonry plinth with outpatients, imaging local community and keeping the legacy of September 2018. and endoscopy on the ground and lower ground Heatherwood Hospital for generations to come.” REPURPOSED floors centred around a double height space and BDP provided architecture, landscape, civil and HYBRID BUILDING courtyard. Six state-of-the-art, laminar flow structural engineering, building services The Antwerp Tower, theatres are provided on the first floor, which engineering, acoustics, lighting and sustainability Belgium, renovation has have been designed around the patient flows and for the project which is due to finish in 2020 in been designed by Wiel to optimise natural light. The top floor has advance of the 100 year anniversary of the Arets Architects. Situated adjacent to the Flemish inpatient beds and uses an engineered timber founding of the hospital in 1922. Opera, the Antwerp Tower is an existing building that will be repurposed to hybrid-programmed residential tower, reusing the existing building’s structure, and shape. The Antwerp Tower is the third tallest building in Antwerp. Currently 87m tall, and expected to be 100m when completed, the building will eventually total 59.800m2.

WORKPLACE WINNER BDG architecture + design has won the National Award for Innovation at this years British Council for Offices Property Awards for Ogilvy UK at Sea Containers. Earlier in the year BDG won the Innovation category in London for Sea Containers, as well as the North of England region of the BCO for Sky Digital POISED FOR Centre of Excellence.

LEEDS EXPANSION GROWTH Brewster Bye Architects has expanded its team Poised for growth in Europe, the Middle East, and with the appointment of Africa (EMEA), global architecture and design firm Architect Emily Cain and Perkins+Will has announced new leadership for its Architectural Technologist London office. Steven Charlton is the new Luke Goodson. Emily Cain, who has ten years’ Managing Director of the 135-person practice. industry experience, Steven assumes the role after having spent the last joins from GWP architects. six years as Managing Director of Perkins+Will’s Luke joins from a Leeds Dubai office in the United Arab Emirates. “It’s architecture practice exciting to be returning to my roots in London, and has three years’ where I can apply my experience in Dubai’s rapidly experience. changing and dynamic market to help grow our practice here locally,” commented Charlton.

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NEW HOTEL SCHEME IN SOHO TP BENNETT

ReardonSmith has gained planning consent for complementing and enriching the mix of uses EXPANDS a hotel conversion in London's Soho. found in this area of London. The hotel will BOARD The conversion of three buildings into a extend over eight floors above ground and three 69-guestroom hotel has been granted planning basement levels, with the 69 guestrooms tp bennett has further consent by Westminster City Council. Situated occupying floors one to six, and the two top strengthened its Board of at the crossroads between Broadwick Street storeys of the building set back to reduce the Principal Directors with the and Berwick Street, the successful scheme will massing and to provide a destination bar and promotion of three directors allow for the complete demolition of two 1980s restaurant. Bearing in mind the different across the architectural and office buildings and the retention of an 1880s townscapes of each street, the ‘dislodged’ interior divisions and the property in between on the intersection of the nature of the existing corner building will now appointment of a new two streets. In the heart of the Soho be rectified through design, sensitive detailing non-executive chairman conservation area, the scheme seeks to and materiality. The design references both to the practice. seamlessly integrate the new hotel into the the Art Deco and the warehouse building styles distinctive cosmopolitan fabric of Soho, typical of the area. Directors David Blair, Nick Hirst and Leigh Dimelow have been promoted to the Principals Group, while non-executive director at Investec Wealth & Investment UK Liz Catchpole also joins tp bennett as a non-executive director. David Blair joined tp bennett in 1997 as an architectural assistant and advanced through the practice to director in 2011. Following his SPAB Lethaby Scholarship, Nick Hirst joined tp bennett as a graduate in 2000. Having spent 16 years in the London HQ, Leigh BENOY’S NEW Dimelow was promoted to head of tp bennett in DESIGN DIRECTOR Manchester in 2014 and Benoy has announced the appointment of Barry Spencer now heads up a team of 15 Hughes as Design Director. With over 25 years’ where he is developing the experience in design, Barry has a strong design-led brand across the North portfolio having worked on significant large-scale, and North-West. mixed-use projects spanning markets and typologies. Liz is a chartered certified “I am excited to have joined the Benoy team, and look accountant with an MBA forward to building on the firms national and and career history working international reputation for providing excellence and with companies including innovation in our built environment,” comments Barry GE Capital, Swiss Re and Spencer Hughes. Primarily based at the London Chelsfield Partners. campus, Barry will shape Benoy’s global design message, while expanding the business in America.

strengthening its digital resources and their own. The office plan is split into six MIXING PAST services. Gensler was tasked with key areas, several of which are directly AND PRESENT creating an environment that will inspired by features of the traditional continue to attract top talent while ‘home’: the living room, the kitchen, the Hyundai Capital (HC) has unveiled its UK delivering an office that meets the needs game room, the meeting rooms, the open headquarters in Reigate, Surrey. Gensler of its existing clients and employees. workspace and the office lockers. With has designed a highly flexible and For HC to achieve a successful transition social integration a key priority, the new authentic environment spanning 869 to a digital and innovation-led company, office eliminates the traditional reception sqm. The office has been created to Gensler has designed a highly practical, area in favour of an open plan social hub. match HC’s progressive office design flexible and collaborative office that This enables visitors to mix with around the globe, and to meet the strongly encourages HC employees to employees as soon as they arrive, and evolving needs of HC as it transitions personalise their working environment gain immediate insight into the from financial services to fintech, and to create a workplace that truly feels philosophy of HC.

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UESTION TIME HOW HAVE DEMANDS IN THE STUDENT/UNIVERSITY BUILDING AND ACCOMMODATION CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS?

Image: Northwestern University, The Garage, designed by Gensler

School is officially in session. The autumn developments continue to spring up left, right Although student bedrooms still have a desk months are always peppered with sightings and centre, we ask you, the architects, why and shelves, it is no longer the sole place of of students moving their worldly possessions this is, where the call for accommodation has study and surveys have shown that students into new and old student accommodation, come from and what it means for studios and study 50 per cent of the time on their bed, 20 ready to start the scholastic year. practices? How have demands in student per cent on the floor and only 30 per cent at accommodation changed in recent years their desk. Cities are developing at an astounding rate to and how are you responding to this? This is not taking into account the time they accommodate new swathes of students study at the kitchen desk, in common rooms, coming into town, with Coventry as a CORA KWIATKOWSKI cafes and collaboration spaces elsewhere on particular example of a booming student STRIDE TREGLOWN the campus. The increasing reliance on influx (the University itself proving very Student living has changed significantly over technology (73 per cent of students rank Wi-Fi attractive to UK and International students the last few years and we have witnessed a as the most important facility in their alike given its impressive technology and focus that is now mainly on creating a vibrant accommodation, according to StudentCom) engineering facilities). student community and learning means that students expect consistent signal A sample from recent data dropped into the environments, which support students 24/7, everywhere, including outdoors, but Architect’s Choice news desk, suggests some be it for private sector clients or universities. technology also provides the opportunity for students are shunning university halls for An outstanding student experience seems to universities, providers and designers to private accommodation options. The data, be mainly measured in location, social understand which spaces and parts of the from luxury accommodation provider experience and speed of Wi-Fi, with room Wi-Fi network are more successful than Collegiate AC, showed an increase in sizes and number of bathrooms being more others. Students want the opportunity to first year students selecting its private subordinate. We are now designing super- choose from a variety of environments that accommodation options. This is of course flexible spaces that can support sleep, study suit them best and fits in with their lifestyle an isolated piece of data, and as new and social functions. and schedule and we will have to

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acknowledge this in our designs. We have also seen an increase in the number of studio based student accommodation schemes in many cities and city centres. Private developers have understood the need for additional communal space such as lounges, cinema rooms, gyms and quiet or collaborative study rooms but also outdoor amenity space to ensure the scheme remains attractive to students even if it means reducing the number of rooms. Universities are aware of these changing requirements too. The University of Bath, for example, is one our most progressive clients. The Quads development already completed in September 2014 provides 708 micro sized bedrooms at 10m2 each (including en suite). In addition to the usual kitchen-dining facilities, shared between clusters of ten rooms, we have included an additional study/common room facility shared between two cluster flats. The feedback from students projects, where shared living spaces and Image: Univeristy of Bath student accommodation has been extremely positive with students amenities are attached to private sleeping interiors, designed by Stride Treglown enjoying the ability to choose which spaces areas to create a more communal (and they use for eating, socialising and studying. affordable) urban housing experience. fully furnished and arranged in suites around I have recently been involved in delivering the The Student Hotel is one such project that is communal kitchens, along with various George Eliot Student Hall and George Eliot using a new model for delivering housing shared spaces such as social lounges, game Centre for Royal Holloway University of solutions for students globally. With six centres and study areas which encourage London, which is already proving to be locations in The Netherlands, France and greater student interaction and collaboration. extremely popular with students. This design Spain, they offer a hybrid of long-stay student Not affiliated with any specific universities, was pushing a different way of student living accommodations with the look and feel of a students from various learning institutions by providing townhouse accommodation, boutique hotel. The private bedrooms are and fields of study can make connections in chosen not only because the scheme is located in a sensitive residential neighbourhood but also because these houses for 9 or 12 students offer high quality THE EXPERTS... space for relaxing and socialising, often similar to the type of accommodation Our industry experts provide a compelling students have grown up in. This offer is complemented by attractive external space in insight into the topical issues of the day an area of a previous arboretum and the George Eliot Centre, an amenity building with flexible social learning spaces, a laundry and additional communal facilities. Student living here has moved on from just providing a place to sleep and study to creating a community feel in multi-functional buildings and offering pleasant green spaces to meet and relax.

JONATHAN BREEN GENSLER CORA KWIATKOWSKI JONATHAN BREEN NENAD MANASIJEVIC DIVISIONAL ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR, Student accommodation has come a long DIRECTOR, ARCHITECT, GENSLER TP BENNETT way from the outmoded idea of teeny flats STRIDE TREGLOWN Jonathan joined Gensler’s Nenad has experience and moldy rooms. With investment in Cora is responsible for a Los Angeles office in 2011 designing cross-sector but purpose- built student accommodation set to wide range of projects, and has played a leading more recently has been reach a record high, and ever-rising tuition including higher role on large retail and involved in the student fees, it’s hardly surprising that higher education and student entertainment driven residential and mixed-use education institutions are under increasing accommodation schemes. mixed-use projects sectors, developing the pressure to respond to students with a Cora is a Design Council around the world. ‘Nido’ brand, which has ‘sharper eye for value’. As a result, we’re CABE Built Environment Jonathan transferrd to been breaking new ground seeing the student experience being Expert (BEE), Co-chair of Gensler’s London office in in student residential the Design Review Panel 2014 and now leads design. He was lead redefined, with accommodation at the centre of the Design Commission research on the London architect on Nido of this constantly evolving equation. for Wales and member of residential market as Spitalfields, Nido There has been a new emergence of several Design Review part of a global Gensler Barcelona, and Nido innovative co-living solutions: development Panels in the South West. initiative, RESIDE. Notting Hill.

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expects a higher quality environment. These students are digital natives, they have grown up using mobile technology in retail and hospitality spaces that are well designed, high quality and engaging and this has created a high expectation in what the spaces they operate in look like. If the student halls are not of a high standard they will look elsewhere. There is increasing demand both from international students, who view the UK as one of the top countries in the world for education, and from domestic students who have higher fees to pay for their tertiary education. Universities need to standout and they are doing this by addressing the ‘student experience,’ using design as a tool to deliver striking accommodation that has the facilities needed to meet the demands of the modern-day student and enhance the overall university experience an environment that fosters co-habitation learning and short courses. Student Just the working environment is no longer and a greater sense of community. accommodations are changing to cater to being viewed as just a place to work, student This concept not only provides an upgrade to those circumstances. The Student Hotel can accommodation is no longer viewed as just a the current offerings in temporary student provide a flexible period of short or long stay to place to sleep, eat and study. A large part of housing, but may also prove to be disruptive meet the needs of different groups of students the university experience is meeting different in the hotel industry. The Student Hotel and user groups, it is not one size fits all. people and making new friends, and students company uses public-private partnerships to The Student Hotel’s concept not only targets want their accommodation to provide these fast track development, going from property students, but also business travelers and social opportunities; this means spaces for acquisition to facility opening in as little as a tourists. It offers the right mix of hotel, office group activities such as, cinemas, games year. Properties range from 350-700 units, and living spaces. This platform also acts as rooms and cafes, are now becoming a and with the announcement of Perella a knowledge exchange space that offers the fundamental requirement, as well as Weinberg Real Estate’s capital investment of potential for students to meet their future shared study spaces. €150 million dollars, the Amsterdam-based employers. After graduation, it becomes a This increased focus on the student company aims to expand to over 10,000 place for transition with affordable luxury experience has created an opportunity for rooms across Europe by 2020. accommodation and facilities. The mix of studios and architects to play a central role in On a student housing project in London, students, professionals and travelers creates the development of student residential and Gensler has developed a room design that is a unique and exceptional experience, the key university campus design. These types of clean and simple, allowing the students ingredient for building a vibrant community. facilities have been realised in projects such space to work privately, providing a larger as Nido Spitalfields, University of Hull and than average size bed and all fit into 14 NENAD MANASIJEVIC Cartwright Gardens, the latter of which square metres, with natural ventilation, in a TP BENNETT completed this year and responds to the shift London high-rise this is quite a feat. in students’ expectations and behavioural Gensler is working with this client to develop Student accommodation has changed trends by offering more sophisticated unique spaces to provide the students drastically over the last 10 years, amenities and opportunities to socialise on opportunity to explore their chosen career transforming from tired and often basic 20th site. External entertainment rooms, such as path in a real-world environment. The space century stock into progressive environments music room, screen room and games rooms is designed for students studying fashion designed to cater for the modern student’s sit alongside high-design formal and informal to have a space to work outside their room social, professional and IT needs. dining and lounges, to offer a variety of and exhibit their work, where they could This change has led to a surge in the activities without having to leave the campus. meet with professionals and even produce popularity of student residential as a leading Increasingly, developers and investors are a fashion show. We are calling this space investment choice for property developers seeking more of an advisory role from the fashion HUB. and investor, with many private companies architects and designers to understand Today, the number of international students now partnering with universities to deliver how they can create engaging student are increasing, and their expectations for student residential projects. This is a benefit accommodation to attract students, but academic living are not limited to the four for the universities who haven’t had the architects that have a real understanding walls of the bedroom. They desire a higher budget to invest in accommodation, of how today’s student wants to live and quality of hospitality. They want a space to resulting in the static design and quality work in an existence that is increasingly meet people, collaborate, learn and play, of halls of residence, with floorplans that mobile and high-quality. spaces that will enhance the social living cater for five to six students sharing experience to support and improve kitchen/bathroom facilities and small Our panel of contributors are experts in academic and personal growth. social spaces a traditional blueprint. their field and have experience in a vast At the same time, higher education Student residential is described as an area of architectural design including; curriculum is changing in recent years. alternative asset; over the past five years it landscape, public sector and private There’s a higher demand on additional has attracted considerable investment and residencies. If you would like to courses and degrees. Curriculums are going redevelopment as an emerging and lucrative contribute as a panelist email: online and there’s an increase in distance market that delivers for today’s student who [email protected]

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Project Gallery PROJECT GALLERY

Architect’s Choice presents the Project Gallery, a collection of buildings, some big, some small, that have been created, transformed, renovated and restored by some of the world’s biggest architectural firms. This edition is another fine mix of architectural talents including a museum, a former department store-turned architectural studio and some serious landscape architecture for a Canadian expo. Squire & Partners were in need of news studio spaces and looked now further than a former department store site in Brixton to house and accommodate the team. The Edwardian building recognises and respects its humble beginnings and brings material to the forefront in all areas of the new studio, including the model shop, offices and meeting rooms. It is very cool indeed. Michaelis Boyd have excelled in the hospitality stakes with a stunning hotel in Amsterdam, Kimpton De Witt. Here, traditional Amsterdam meets a clean, contemporary new aesthetic. The Members’ room at the V&A oozes style and sophistication befitting of this glorious museum. Carmody Groakes went for a full-scale design solution, pairing crisp white walls with darky moody wood. The original gallery has been adapted and a natural continuation of the museum fabric is seen here and reflected back in mirrored surfaces above the head. Finally, Grant Associates has taken landscape design to another level, literally, with Supertree Grove, vertical gardens in tree-like structures, embedded with all manner of sustainable energy and tech, designed for EDIT in Toronto, Canada.

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Department Store

NOT PLAYING SHOPS London based architects Squire & Partners purchased a dilapidated Edwardian department store in Brixton, and entirely reimagined the space allowing the existing fabric and layers of history to inform the new design of its very own office space. Stripping the building back to its raw state revealed a decayed grandeur and an extraordinary commitment to craft and detail by the original artisans of the day. The practice sought to reveal and highlight these elements, in their found state, as well as exposing remnants left by more recent inhabitants, whilst adding a series of sensitive contemporary interventions in order to repurpose the building as an inspiring modern workspace. On the exterior, designs focused on reversing years of neglect to reactivate the street level through animation and display. Incrementally added shopfronts and layers of paint were removed to reveal original brickwork, stone, marble and terracotta. A new rooftop level was added comprising a series of oak framed pavilions with copper shingle roofs, and a crafted glass dome to replace a dilapidated existing cupola. At ground level a striking reception area and active modelshop animate the street, while a triple height void and central landscaped courtyard provide breathing space. The existing fabric of the interior was assessed in the early stages of the project, ensuring that elements such as original 111 year old mahogany and teak parquet, a grand tiled central staircase, a series of cast iron radiators and a remarkable patina of colours which document the building’s history could be preserved. A series of voids were cut through the building to create dramatic volumes, and provide vistas between levels. The office floors offered the opportunity to reveal the many facets of design undertaken by the practice and expose the process of craft and making. Project areas are designed to act as evolving ‘concessions’ - showcases to the process of design and development. Models, prototypes and explorations document and celebrate a projects journey from concept to realisation. Multiple areas for presentation can be found throughout the office with display cases, shelving, libraries for materials and books, models and explorative studies. www.squireandpartners.com Photography by James Jones

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TRUE BLUE The Kimpton De Witt in Amsterdam is Kimpton Hotels’ first destination outside the Americas. Located in the heart of Amsterdam’s vibrant centre and within walking distance from Centraal Station, Michaelis Boyd have designed the newly refurbished hotel, which boasts 274 guest rooms, including 15 signature rooms. The project was completed in May this year. Working with Ave Bradley, global senior VP and design and creative director of Kimpton Hotels, Michaelis Boyd designed a crisp architecturally-driven interior featuring contemporary timber wall panelling, pale oak timber floors, steel glazed screens and bespoke terrazzo walls. The hotel design was inspired by the playful design approach of Kimpton, with a contemporary architectural approach and a nod to traditional Amsterdam. The ground floor has been reconfigured to provide a new entrance with a visual connection to the street and an improved guest journey through a series of lobby and lounge spaces. A former lounge at the heart of the hotel has been reimagined as a new garden room, bringing in daylight and fresh air to the centre of the building and acting as the terrace to the adjacent House Bar. The concept of flora and botanica runs throughout the hotel and the new entrance has been designed to provide a welcoming landscaped retreat from the busy street. www.michaelisboyd.com | Photography by Laure Joliet

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Kimpton De Witt

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Supertree Grove

SUPERTREES AT GLOBAL EXPO Grant Associates’ designed for the Supertree Grove of Singapore’s internationally acclaimed Gardens by the Bay featured at the Expo for Design, Innovation & Technology (EDIT) in Toronto, Canada in October. The Supertrees appeared in ‘The Green and the Gray’, an interactive exhibition curated by international design studio Carlo Ratti Associati. Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay is an award-winning showpiece of horticulture and garden artistry. At the core of the site there is Bay South, a waterfront garden masterplanned by Grant Associates, featuring the iconic Supertrees, vertical gardens with a tree-like structure between 25 and 50 metres, embedded with sustainable energy and water technologies and displaying tropical flowering climbers, epiphytes and ferns. At night, these canopies come alive with lighting and projected media. Part of the wider EDIT Expo, the exhibition investigated the evolving relationship between nature and cities. The aim of “The Green and The Gray” is to showcase progressive projects in fields such as urban development, housing and product design. From hydroponics to sensors for climate engineering, to vertical gardens and sensitive lighting systems, the exhibition will explore how new technologies can bridge the rift between city and nature, or urban and rural, in unprecedented ways. Andrew Grant, founder and Director at Grant Associates, commented: “EDIT is an ambitious exhibition that deals with some of the most pressing challenges facing our world, including global urbanisation… EDIT and ‘The Green and the Gray’ provide vehicles through which the international design community can explore how to respond to these urgent issues, and help create a sustainable future. It’s a privilege for Grant Associates to be involved with the event and take part in these important discussions.” EDIT took place within a former Unilever Soap factory in Toronto’s Port. www.grant-associates.uk.com

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MEMBERS ONLY Architectural practice Carmody Groarke has unveiled the design of the new Members’ Room at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The studio has converted a top-floor, top-lit gallery space in Aston Webb’s Grade 1 Listed 1909 wing of the Museum to enable the V&A to host Members for hospitality events and refreshments. Architecturally, the creative adaptation of the original gallery has been envisaged as part of the natural continuum of the museum fabric. As such, Carmody Groarke’s designs have subtly restored and retained existing spatial or detail character and where appropriate reinvented architectural features including lighting and furniture. The atmosphere of the majestic gallery has been preserved as an open-plan, daylight-filled room. New architectural interventions have been added to accentuate the qualities of the original building, as well as provide visitor comfort with bespoke-designed furniture, which creates smaller rooms within the overall space. The studio’s design has elevated the original floor level of the gallery almost half-a-metre to enable visitors to take in views from the existing windows to The Sackler Courtyard overlooking The Sainsbury Gallery, part of the newly unveiled V&A Exhibition Road Quarter, which also comprises The Blavatnik Hall. Large mirror installations amplify the energy and activity within the room, creating new perspectives from inside-to-outside, and to other levels within the Museum via a light well, which connects the existing galleries. Through a rich accumulation of details and design references, of tradition and invention, the intention has been to create a subtle but atmospheric backdrop to the Members’ Room, one where visitors feel welcome, comfortable and inspired. www.carmodygroarke.com | Photography by Rory Gardner

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Members’ Room V&A

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100% Design Review

ENGAGE WITH INNOVATION CRAFTSMANSHIP, CONNECTIVITY AND CREATIVITY WERE TRENDING AT 100% DESIGN THIS YEAR AND THE ARCHITECT’S CHOICE TEAM WAS THERE TO CAPTURE IT ALL

UP TO 27,000 ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS, In the Kitchens, Bedrooms & Bathrooms Jean Nouvel, launched a new, easy to install SPECIFIERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC section, leading Italian brand Smeg made its Panbeton® lightweight concrete wall cladding. ATTENDED 100% DESIGN THIS YEAR. 100% Design debut to coincide with the Smart solutions and systems management launch of its new UK flagship Regents Street continue to evolve at 100% Design. Basalte More than 400 exhibitors from across the store. Their presentation combined designer and Hamilton Litestat were just some of the globe showcased their designs, with many appliances with its latest high-end range for Architect’s Choice highlights, who continue to using 100% Design to launch new products. architectural specifiers. Polish brand offer stunning automation options in a wide Interiors, the longest running section of the Concraft presented the Concraft Flexile, a range of finishes for a variety of projects. show, saw strong presentations from new new range of thin tiles for walls and floor, 100% Design’s Workplace section showcased and established international brands. Italian and Swiss specialist Küng Sauna launched a selection of exhibitors at the forefront of furniture brand Magis showcased its new its award winning freestanding outside sauna new ways of working. Scandinavian Sequoia stools, designed by Norwegian at the show. innovators Framery displayed a wide range of studio Anderssen & Voll to conjure up the Material and tooling innovation could be found sound-proof work booths, used by visitors for idea of an idealised tree or a bicycle. 100% in abundance. In Bathrooms GRAPHENEcore meetings, phone calls and secluded work Design veterans Pad Home revealed new demonstrated its new unique shower trays throughout the show. French Basque brand collaborations with Mind the Gap and Bethan made from the eponymous super-material. Alki's showcased a beautiful wooden Gray, as well as stunning new Hive and Nest In Design & Build, new German company communal desk, with modular partitions scraplights by Graypants, handcrafted from Decorus Tubes demonstrated how it can and seamless placement of plug trays. recycled cardboard. machine profile tubes in all metallic materials 100% Design returns to London Olympia In lighting, Vita Copenhagen’s lampshades to designer specifications for a wide variety from 19 - 22 September 2018. embodied the current trend for botanical of applications in interiors, architecture It was recently announced that Heatherwick forms, with the floral VITA Carmina and VITA and infrastructure. Studio and London-based architectural Aluvia, as well as the new VITA Eos Up, made The luxurious use of concrete was a recurring practice SPPARC have been appointed to from all natural goose feathers. TP24 theme, with a vast range of applications transform the 130-year-old exhibition hall showcased its innovative Abstract linear LED including everything from wall tiles and into a "world-leading arts, entertainment, lighting offering, sure to revolutionise lighting flooring to dining tables. Concrete LCDA from exhibition and experiential district". for architects, while French lighting France, one of Europe’s leading fibre- manufacturer Designheure made an impact reinforced concrete interior fittings with their new geometric Mozaik range, specialists, which has provided interiors for www.100percentdesign.co.uk designed by Davide Oppizzi. Dior, Givenchy, Foster + Partners and Ateliers Image, ©Sophie Mutevelian

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100% Design Review

A DAZZLING DISPLAY

tp24, LED lighting specialists enjoyed a successful trip to the 100% Design show this year. The focus of the stand was the revolutionary Abstract Linear LED lighting range, which attracted lots of interest from architects and designers keen to be offered something unique and innovative. Designed in the UK by tp24, Abstract offers many pioneering features including the ability to literally change the light fitting design by simply swapping, removing, or changing orientation of the arms. Furthermore, the integrated circuit dimming mechanism enables easy control of the light levels, helping to complement the ambience. Abstract delivers light beyond illumination, allowing the consumer to light their world differently, where light is turned into art. Shaun Davis, Managing Director of tp24 Ltd commented “We had a fabulous 100% Design, resulting in many exciting enquiries for our Abstract range. We knew that our design would be scrutinised closely with some of the best designers and architects in the world being present, so to have received such positive feedback has been wonderful”. 01354 691919 | [email protected] | tp24.com

THE ONE AND ONI

Vasco is a leading producer of designer, quality radiators, ventilation, under-floor heating and cooling systems and a market leader in bathroom radiators. The Vasco Group has been developing and manufacturing products and solutions for a comfortable indoor climate for more than 40 years. By putting customers first and focusing on finding the best alternative materials, innovative designs and pioneering production techniques, the company has achieved global success. This thorough processes has been widely recognised and has already earned Vasco numerous international design awards and prizes. One of the company’s latest products is its revolutionary designer radiator ONI, which is made of 8mm reinforced aluminium plate making it the thinnest Vasco radiator ever made. In addition to the progressive design of this radiator, this champion in the lightweight category also offers advantages for the installer; the story of a perfect match between form and function. www.vasco-group.eu

TRUSTED BY THE GUILD

Door handles have moved on from being a simple, functional item. In some design cases, handles are required to be completely invisible, but more often designers are looking for a bold magnificent statement, so taking time and consideration to select the perfect handle is crucial. Learning from these experiences, I Tesori offer designers a service, which encompasses everything that you and your clients desire. I Tesori work with experienced and qualified members of the Guild of Architectural Ironmongery, ensuring that the product you chose not only wows your clients but meets current specification and standards. 100% Design continues to be a highly successful event for I Tesori, from the 2016 exhibition, the company was asked to provide handles for various sites for Berkeley Homes, Pegasus Life retirement living, as well as several luxurious homes, countless apartments and restaurants and bar fit outs. 020 7481 8070 | [email protected]

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100% Design Review

TAILOR-MADE PANELS

Vicaima presented no less than two large stands showcasing genuine inspiration with an array of new design trends and performance solutions at 100% Design this year. With a reputation for design excellence that spans almost 60 years, Vicaima has always prided itself on forward thinking and a passion for innovation. This was very much in evidence at this year’s design show where Vicaima was able to launch a whole host of new products, including its exciting and thought-provoking MATCH decorative panels. MATCH was very noticeable throughout both stands, where it could be seen as wall panels, doors, furniture, ornamental pillars and even works of art. MATCH is a revolutionary decorative panel that uses innovative technology and advanced production processes to create tailor-made graphic solutions directly onto veneered and other base layers. With the ability to re-create natural materials such as stone, textile, metal or unique surfaces. In this way designers can untether their creative flair and remove the boundaries to realising unique concepts. Of course no Vicaima exhibition would be complete without world-class interior doors and door sets and again here Vicaima did not disappoint. With high gloss veneers, unique stained designs and special lacquered faces, all presented, many for the first time ever, with both an aesthetic and performance characteristics in mind, Vicaima had something for residential and commercial applications alike. Examples included the invisible sliding door mechanism, the new Exclusive EX70 door with its chevron pattern and displayed as a flush-to-surround inverse set, or the hotel inspired acoustic and fire performance entrance system incorporating RFID door locks. 01793 532333 | www.vicaima.com | www.vicaimamatch.com

ALL THAT GLITTERS

Mapei exhibited at 100% Design at Olympia London with experts speaking to design professionals and architects to provide information about Mapei’s highly aesthetic coloured grouts, cementitious flooring and coating paints for individual design projects. Mapei’s metallic coloured MapeGlitter is mixed with Kerapoxy Design to form a sparkly metallic grouting mortar suitable for grouting joints in all types of tiles forming a particularly effective look when used with metallic or glass tiles and mosaics. Flooring products on display included the popular decorative floor covering Ultratop Loft, a one-component, trowellable, cementitious product available in two different aggregate sizes; either coarse (Ultratop Loft F) or fine (Ultratop Loft W) which offers two different aesthetic appearances depending on the finish required. Available in over 500 RAL and NCS colour options, the Mapei range of wall paints and coatings wowed attendees at the show. With products for internal environments (Dursilite Plus), hard wearing and long-lasting products with anti-mold properties (Silancolor PLUS System), low maintenance and hard wearing products (Colorite Performance + Quatzilite) and textured exterior render (Tonachino PLUS) Mapei has a type and shade of coating paint suitable for a range of projects. 0121 508 6970 [email protected] | www.mapei.co.uk

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Restaurant + Bar Design Show Review

DINE OUT AT EXCEL THE RESTAURANT & BAR DESIGN SHOW PROVED TO BE A SUCCESS, BLENDING EXPERT INSIGHT WITH DESIGNS AND CONCEPTS TO SUIT THIS SECTOR OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

THE RESTAURANT & BAR DESIGN SHOW networking and 1-2-1 mentoring designers and business owners specifically RETURNED TO THE EXCEL IN SEPTEMBER, opportunities with the sharpest minds within the commercial and hospitality sector. AS ONE OF THE UK’S LARGEST EVENTS in the business; this show offered visitors Many of the visitors to our stand were DEDICATED TO THE VERY LATEST AND the chance to get the best advice and learn personally involved in restaurant and hotel MOST STYLISH DESIGNS FOR about the latest trends in restaurant and projects and their design, and hence the RESTAURANTS AND BARS. bar design. show was a wonderful opportunity to network World-renowned professionals such as Pia and introduce our diverse range of bespoke For two days, professionals from all over the Fairhurst of Azzurri Group, one of many products to them. We have since printed a world came to experience the Restaurant outstanding speakers, could be found sharing few of our new and showcased designs for & Bar Design Show, a comprehensive event her understanding of the importance of well-reputed interior designers that we may specifically aimed at the design industry design in the F&B market. When walking have never met had it not been for the show. F&B market, a burgeoning area of the through the exhibition, one could also bump “I would definitely do something like this design industry. into representatives of Levy Restaurants, again, and really enjoyed the experience of The show ran alongside the notorious Tossed, Lyco, Thai Leisure Group, Dover networking on such a relevant platform. Takeaway & Restaurant Innovation Expo, Design and many more… These type of shows are a wonderful Street Food Live, Restaurant Tech Live and The show clearly made an impact amongst opportunity for our style of product which the up and coming Bar Tech Live, Hotel Tech attendees, with an astounding 82 per cent of can be customised and used in so many Live and Coffee Shop Innovation, attracting visitors engaging in business following the diverse applications.” over 13,000 attendees in total. event, according to figures released by the Next year’s design section of the show is on With a grand total of 3,175 visitors from the show organisers. What’s more, 79 per cent track to be even bigger and will also host the bar, restaurant, design, café and other said they’d be returning next year, and a Hotel & Spa Design Show and the Restroom hospitality industries filling up the hall, the phenomenal 85 per cent of exhibitors have Design Show alongside all the adjacent show offered a broad range of talent and already rebooked a stand for 2018. exhibitions, in a clear expansion of experience on the shop floor. Robin Sprong, Founder, Robin Sprong opportunities in this sector of the industry. With 120 innovative suppliers there to exhibit Wallpapers commented after the show, “The The Restaurant & Bar Design Show returns the latest transformative products, 80 design Restaurant & Bar Design Show was a 25 – 26 September 2018. experts shared their insight and knowledge in fantastic networking platform for us in the ground-breaking seminars, unparalleled UK. It enabled us to meet directly with www.restaurantdesignshow.co.uk

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Industry News

DESIGN AND LASERS COMBINE AT TENT LONDON

A unique collaboration between a Yorkshire manufacturer and designer showcased laser technology at one of the world’s biggest design shows recently. The partnership between Cutting Technologies and Kyle Wilkinson at Tent London offered a unique insight and first-hand look at how lasers and design can work together. Cutting Technologies took the opportunity to display its bespoke range of interior and exterior decorative screens. From brass to wood, corten to steel, its display of bespoke interior and exterior decorative panels prove there’s no limit but one’s imagination to what you can create. As well as using your own designs, Cutting Technologies has an extensive list of patterns to choose from. Several special edition designs, created by Kyle Wilkinson, launched exclusively at Tent London. Kyle is using the vast capabilities of lasers to launch The First Edition. The First Edition is an eclectic mix of hand folded lighting, side tables, seating, and home accessories. This bold, contemporary collection features mirror polished brass paired with matte black finishing, a modern twist on a classic combination. www.cut-tec.co.uk

EXPANDING INTO CLADDING

As part of its major expansion into the cladding market, SPSenvirowall has appointed a new technical specifications manager to drive forward its new rainscreen cladding division. Gavin Ross is tasked with heading up the new division and introducing its innovative A1 non-combustible and bomb blast-rated cladding systems to the UK for the first time. SPSenvirowall announced its exclusive UK partnership with specialist cladding manufacturer Dynamic Cladding recently. The new cladding products that are now available in the UK include DynaPanel Glass & Stone systems, both frameless and without face fixings, also DynaPanel Stone Veneer for interior wall linings and feature areas. SPSenvirowall sells in excess of one million square metres of external wall insulation per year and has branches in South Wales, West Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Essex and West Lothian, Scotland. The company offers a range of environmentally-friendly external wall insulations and render solutions for new builds and refurbishments, as well as decorative rainscreen cladding, supported by expert advice, guidance and training to contractors and architects. 01535 661633 | www.spsenvirowall.co.uk

ALL ALUMINIUM NEEDS

The Aluminium Glazing Design Centre in Blackburn has been an instant success for AluFoldDirect, with more than 200 installers and builders coming through the doors in the first few months since opening. Craig Miller, Managing Director of AluFoldDirect commented, “Once first-time visitors see that we offer everything aluminium under one roof, it gives them the confidence that they can come to us whatever they need. We also welcome new visitors to tour our factory and see how our manufacturing process is set up to deliver what they want, when they want it. “We’re also finding that installers and builders are bringing their customers to the centre to discuss design options on projects. It gives them a place to show a professional, expert image and reinforce good customer service... We continue to add new products to the AluFoldDirect Aluminium Glazing Design Centre. The latest additions are two samples of the new Technic-AL Roof Lantern range. We’ve put two angled display units into the centre, so visitors can see the quality up close. The roof kits are available next day in stock sizes and colours, or in two weeks for bespoke roof lanterns.” 01706 260700 | [email protected]

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THE DESIGNER’S PRO TOOL

Every week, millions of designers work in SketchUp Pro. The platform is intuitive and quick to use, so anyone can learn to create, collaborate on, and deliver 3D projects. SketchUp 2017 comes with multiple new and adapted features including; Transparency, Graphics Pipeline 2.0, High DPI Modelling, Perpendicular Face Inferencing, Smart Offset, LayOut Tables, High Fidelity.DWG and Extension Manager. Develop ideas in 3D with powerful and accurate, yet simple tools. Begin with a blank canvas or import photos, CAD files or pre-built models from 3D Warehouse. SketchUp is the most intuitive and easy-to-learn 3D drawing tool available, designed to behave like an extension of your hand. Publish imagery and animations, export for VR, create documents and BIM reports with IFC references. Evolve your design in other applications by exporting to formats including DXF, DWG, OBJ, 3DS, DAE, and more. Extension Warehouse contains over 400 plugins that layer additional tools and features on top of SketchUp. Free and paid plugins are available for industry-specific workflows such as rendering, analysis, and 3D printing. SketchUp Pro includes LayOut, a powerful 2D illustration app for the creation of professional drawing sets, construction documents and screen presentations, all dynamically linked to SketchUp files. You can make high-resolution prints, PDF’s for distribution and give presentations as a full-screen slideshow, all from the same LayOut file. It’s dynamically linked to SketchUp models it contains. Consequently, any changes made are automatically reflected in the document. 01844 263750 | [email protected] | www.elmtec.co.uk

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The Parkside Group Limited

TPG CELEBRATE 50 YEARS CELEBRATING ITS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY, TPG - THE PARKSIDE GROUP LIMITED THANKS ARCHITECTURAL, CONTRACTOR AND FABRICATOR CLIENTS FOR 50 YEARS OF SUPPORT

Image: Comar project, Aston Sixth Form

AS AN INDEPENDENT, PRIVATELY OWNED Since 1967 The Parkside Group Limited has Closer stormed the door hardware market, BRITISH COMPANY, THE PARKSIDE GROUP worked through great recessions, three-day and still today Axim is a number one branded LIMITED SHARES ITS REMARKABLE weeks and the Black Monday crash, whilst architectural door closer for reliability HISTORY AND HERE HIGHLIGHTS ITS always maintaining its unique customer and performance. AMBITIOUS STRATEGY FOR THE FUTURE. service ethos; working with customers to To celebrate the golden anniversary, The supply innovative solutions that make their Parkside Group Limited has a new brand In 1967, London, a joinery business was businesses profitable. identity to take them through the next 50 founded with a start-up loan of a mere £300. The Parkside Group Limited actively seeks to years of ambitious plans. The Parkside Group This small enterprise has now grown into The supply solutions and market leading delivery, Limited, now TPG, uses the heritage of the Parkside Group Limited, which includes the providing the market with cost efficiencies, diamond logo, branding aluminium with market leading brands of Comar Architectural which stand the test of time. Examples of this “TPG” to reassure its partners of the TPG Aluminium Systems, Axim Architectural include, operating a 100 per cent in-stock mark of quality. This is backed up with a new Hardware and Alu-Timber. philosophy and twice weekly delivery service, website which outlines the Group’s TPG: 2025 Hardwired within the DNA of a business that so fabricators can utilise all the cost savings of strategy, highlighting the processes that are has survived and thrived for over 50 years is a JIT policy, and creating bespoke aluminium critical to the businesses success. customer service. To put this longevity in profiles and systems that provide fast-track, In 2017, TPG:2025 has never been more perspective, when The Parkside Group Limited robust solutions for specification clients. important, as it aligns with the Government’s was founded, NASA had not yet taken a giant In 1987 Axim Architectural Hardware joined “Construction: 2025” objectives. By publishing leap for mankind and landed on the moon. the group and the famous TC-8800 Transom its TPG: 2025 strategy, TPG will continue to be

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Industry News

Image: Comar projects, Chamberlain Tower Block (left) and Tower Wharf (right) the partner of choice for the design and delivery of innovative building envelope solutions to the construction industry. TPG is proud to be a highly responsive, service orientated, independent business that is known to help, support and value its employees, customers, suppliers and business partners. TPG’s goal is to be a company that is a dynamic leader, respected for its professionalism, customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit now and in the future. Marking the 50th anniversary with such innovative products, TPG will continue to supply innovative solutions that make customers’ businesses profitable now and in the future. 0208 685 2318 [email protected] www.parksidegroup.co.uk

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Scotland Build Preview

FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH SCOTLAND BUILD RETURNS FROM 22 - 23 NOVEMBER WITH MORE CONTENT, MORE NETWORKING AND MORE ENTERTAINMENT THAN EVER BEFORE. REGISTER NOW FOR YOUR FREE TICKET

MORE THAN A STANDARD EXHIBITION, meet with all key players from the biggest 2017. This is a fantastic opportunity to network SCOTLAND BUILD FEATURES OVER 50 construction companies, including Kier, with clients, consultants and other HOURS OF CPD ACCREDITED CONTENT, TO Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Atkins, BDP, AECOM, stakeholders in the construction industry and ALLOW VISITORS TO DEVELOP SKILLS, AND Glasgow City Council, BRE, University of to demonstrate how we can support the public LEARN OF EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT AND Glasgow and thousands more! sector in the delivery of their Community TENDER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE The Scottish construction market creates Benefits requirements.” LARGEST PROJECTS IN SCOTLAND FROM some 10 per cent of the countries GDP and is a David Philp, Global BIM/MIC Consultancy THE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND vital component for future economic growth. Director, AECOM, concludes, “I am looking INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS. Scotland has a wealth of construction talent forward to Scotland Build 2017 not only for the and the key to leveraging that skill, experience knowledge sharing opportunity but as a vehicle Gain access to endless networking and enthusiasm is through communication, to catch up and network with the Scottish opportunities, hundreds of facilitated one-on- collaboration and innovation. construction community – and beyond.” one meetings to create new business, and live William McBride, Chair of the Construction [email protected] entertainment to ensure that you and your Scotland Innovation Centre and MD of www.scotlandbuildexpo.com team are having a great day outside the office. Westcrowns, commented, “The annual Across the two days, Scotland Build will see Scotland Build event has proven to be a thousands of construction professionals, tremendous enabling platform, bringing the contractors, architects, developers, very best of Scottish construction together in government representatives come to the SEC one place. At Scotland Build 2017, I look Glasgow to meet with over 150 exhibitors forward to once again meeting with our best showcasing the very latest products, solutions, contractors, consultants and their supply and technology across the sector. chain expertise to help ensure that our Over 70 top level speakers will be delivering industry is well placed to ensure our hard exclusive content, covering topics such as BIM work translates to a series of sustainably and digital construction, sustainability, skills, successful outcomes.” infrastructure, architecture, the future of Gordon Reid, Regional Business Development construction and much more. Manager, Kier added, “Kier is delighted to be Tickets to the show provide the opportunity to presenting and exhibiting at Scotland Build

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Industry News

ONLINE FLOORING HUB

All Things Flooring is a quirky, new, online hub for business decision makers, currently attracting a lot of interest in the world of flooring. The lively, interactive site is the one- stop-shop for flooring advice, news, ideas and inspiration from industry leaders across the globe. Managed by Flowcrete and written by flooring enthusiasts, readers can access the latest industry news, innovative project reports, product updates, exhibition reviews, topical trends and insightful advice from the growing network of enthusiastic bloggers. All Things Flooring features a range of engaging and informative posts, such as 'Five Questions With...' a monthly, interactive post that shares the knowledge and industry expertise built up by members of Flowcrete’s team over many years in the resin flooring industry. Another popular feature is the 'A to Z of Flooring' which provides expert technical updates and problem solving solutions, whilst other posts flag up the latest industry stories and trends to watch in 2018. www.allthingsflooring.com

CONNECTING PROFESSIONALS

Kährs has launched a new professional website for design professionals. Developed to promote fast and straight-forward wood floor specification, the new site, www.kahrsflooring.com, provides easy access and an inspirational overview of Kährs’ wood floor collections. It responds faster and is fully responsive to mobile devices, with features including sample ordering and BIM objects, for easy integration with CAD/BIM applications. As well as providing a range overview, along with practical guides, brochures and generic timber-related information, the new site also presents Kährs’ products in categories to meet specific specification requirements, including floor colour, timber grading and level of traffic. There is also an international case study reference library, showing designs in different commercial settings, from concert hall to comprehensive school. Close-up texture swatches can also be downloaded from the site and samples can be ordered free of charge. 023 9245 3045 | [email protected] | www.kahrsflooring.com

selection of VELUX as supplier, ensuring watertight and robust A NEW LIGHT ON ART performance. Cost-efficiency also helped to ensure that the project was delivered on budget. With the specification of motorised venting The Henry Moore Foundation protects and promotes the legacy of modules, it is easy for staff to let in fresh air and birdsong, important Henry Moore, one of the most renowned artists of the 20th century. elements for creating a welcoming visitor experience. Gianluca Redina, At Moore’s former studios and gardens in Hertfordshire, visitors can Director at Hugh Broughton Architects Ltd, commented: "We specified explore over 60 acres of grounds where his iconic works of art are VELUX rooflights for the Henry Moore Foundation visitor centre because displayed against the backdrop of the beautiful landscape he created they are beautifully engineered and they offer a timeless visual elegance and was inspired by. Now visitors can also make the most of a brand that complements our design intent for the project.” new visitor centre, which is bathed in natural daylight thanks to Grant Sneddon, project manager at VELUX, added: “Velux Modular VELUX® Modular Skylights. Skylights are designed with architects in mind; the system allows more Positioned adjacent to the Moore’s family home, overlooking time for designing solutions and less time spent specifying… Their sculptures in the gardens, the new centre features a shop, tearoom, intelligent design and daylight maximising properties meant that ticket desk and education room. It is the culmination of a two-stage VELUX Longlight Modular Skylights were the perfect solution for the plan devised and implemented by Hugh Broughton Architects, who Henry Moore Foundation visitor centre. The result is a stunning space also created a new climate-controlled archive and sculpture stores for flooded with natural daylight and a system which the visitor centre the charitable foundation. Outstanding quality was a key factor in the team have total control over.” www.velux.co.uk

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Contracts + Projects

IMPROVING ENERGY USE FOR SCHOOL

Wilo’s high efficiency circulating pumps have been integrated into Auckley Primary School in Doncaster, after the school decided to extend its classroom area. After initially considering the use of a ground source heat pump to provide the heating for the extension, it became apparent that there would be even greater benefit for the school if the ground source heat pump replaced the existing gas fired heating system and provided heating, cooling and hot water for the whole building. Wilo Stratos low energy pumps were used for the heating circulators so as to maximise efficiency and performance. With heating and hot water demand expected to be in the region of 190,000kWh/y and the heat pump expected to use under 62,000kWh/y, there is an estimated annual energy saving of around 118,000kWh. When compared to the previous natural gas fired system running at 70 per cent efficiency, this equates to a CO2 reduction of around 17.7 tonnes a year. 01283 523 000 | www.wilo.co.uk

A BETTER WATER QUALITY

Garside Sands has supplied more than 2,400 tonnes of its pioneering Slowfil Sand to Thames Water, as part of an ongoing programme to improve its water quality for customers across London and the Thames Valley. Garside Sands, part of leading construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries, supplied the sand following a successful trial last year in conjunction with Western Carbons, anthracite filter media specialist. The product meets the acute industry standard for size, grading and colour required for the production of safe drinking water. The process of slow sand filtering takes place in a sand-filled container, in which the sand is initially submerged in water. This water allows the top layer of wet sand to gradually develop a biological ‘film’ made up of living organisms such as algae and bacteria. Once this has occurred the water filtration process can begin. The surface biofilm (top layer) is the layer that provides the most effective purification as the living organisms essentially ‘eat’ or attach to pathogens in the water, effectively stopping them from flowing down through the sand. As water travels down, due to the natural pull of gravity, the underlying sand continues to provide a level of biological treatment, which lessens as the water reaches the bottom most layer of sand. www.aggregate.com

REMMERS AIDS REGENERATION

The Grade II Listed building located in Manchester City Centre is being refurbished by Quadriga Contracts Ltd as part of the NOMA regeneration scheme to provide Grade A office space, retail and leisure facilities. Constructed in 1905, the interior walls have accumulated a thick build-up of dust, dirt, polish and even nicotine residue, all of which needed to be removed. Following trials of various products, Remmers Arte Mundit Eco was selected as it is a self-vulcanising cleaning paste designed for thorough, water-free removal of residues and soiling on a wide range of substrates. The Arte Mundit Eco was applied using a 4” brush and left to ‘set’ overnight. The set rubber-like material was then removed by hand the following day revealing the original white marble finish. www.remmers.co.uk

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Legal

IT’S IN THE DETAILS ABIOLA ADERIBIGBE, CONSTRUCTION PARALEGAL, IRWIN MITCHELL SOLICITORS, CONSIDERS A CASE WHERE CONTRACTORS ARE HELD LIABLE DESPITE FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

THIS IS A STUDY OF A CASE IN WHICH A and the works would satisfy the performance comply with J101 should prevail. CONTRACTOR WAS HELD LIABLE FOR specifications or requirements of the employer The court decided that the correct approach in DESIGN DEFECTS DESPITE FOLLOWING contained in the agreement. this case was for the contractor is to adhere to SPECIFIED INTERNATIONAL STANDARD. Under the agreement, the contractor was the more demanding of the two provisions (the required to comply with an international 20-year term). J101 was treated as a minimum In MT Hojgaard A/S v E. ON Climate & standard (J101) for the design of offshore wind requirement. The technical requirements stated Renewables UK Robin Rigg East Limited and turbines. One of the Employer’s requirements that it was the contractor’s responsibility to Another [2017] UKSC 59 (‘the Case’) the was that the project should have a minimum identify any areas where the works needed to Supreme Court found unanimously in favour site-specific design life of 20 years (‘the 20 year be designed to an additional or more rigorous of the employer after a rigorous review of the term’) without planned replacement. requirements or parameters. relevant provisions contained in the parties’ The contractor designed and built the A second argument (that the 20-year term contract and technical requirements. foundations in compliance with J101, which found in the technical requirements was not were independently approved and certified part of the main contract) was also dismissed. THE FACTS by the international body (“DNV”) who MT Højgaard a/s (‘the contractor) agreed to published J101. CONCLUSION carry out the design, fabrication and Shortly after the wind farm had been built, In deciding this matter, the court examined installation of the foundations for 60 wind the connections at the foundations started to whether a reasonable skill and care obligation turbine generators for the Robin Rigg offshore fail and it was discovered that the cause of (the contractor‘s adherence to J101) prevailed wind farm in the Solway Firth, Scotland. for the defect in the foundations was an error in over the 20-year term (the fitness for purpose E.ON Climate others (‘the employer’). J101. The contractor was not negligent in obligation). On the facts of this case it did not. The agreed terms were: that the contractor was carrying out its obligations to comply with The Court took the approach that a contractor to ‘design, manufacture, test, deliver and install J101 under the contract. should always be ‘“bound by his bargain even and complete works’ using reasonable skill and Remedial costs for the defect were estimated at though he can show an unanticipated difficulty care expected of a competent contractor; that €26.25Million, so a dispute arose as to which or even impossibility in achieving the result the works would be carried out in a party would bear the costs. desired’. This case provides a sobering warning professional manner in accordance with good The problem was that if the contractor to contractors and designers to pay very close industry practice, so that they comply with the designed to J101 as the contract required, the attention to the risks they are taking on. requirements in the agreement and finally, that 20-year term would not be achieved. The the contractor would ensure that each item of contractor argued that the terms were plant and the works would be fit for its purpose, inconsistent and that the requirement to www.IrwinMitchell.com

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Contracts + Projects

DOORS FOR DORMS

Hueck has supplied its aluminium systems for a 699-bedroom student accommodation building overlooking Olympic Way’s approach to Wembley Stadium. Unite Olympic Way is a £50m development offering high-quality en-suite and studio rooms in the regenerated area of Wembley. It also offers quick links to universities, with central London less than 20 minutes away via the tube. The 19-storey tower was developed with a focus on communal areas. There is a shared rec room and study area throughout as well as external roof terraces on the second and seventeenth floors. The building features a traditional concrete frame and a mix of curtain walling and Vitrobond aluminium cladding. Hueck supplied its market leading aluminium (windows and doors) for 600+ dorm rooms and communal areas. The project was completed in August 2016 and officially opened in the October. Unite Olympic Way is part of one of the largest regeneration projects in the country. Hueck has been involved in several regeneration projects over the past few years, drawing residents and investors alike into the UK’s urban hotspots. [email protected] | www.hueck.com

UPGRADED RESIDENCE

Bowater Projects’ unparalleled technical advice and knowledge has been critical to the success of Linc’s commitment to upgrade its residential scheme Llys Yr Efail in Blaenau Gwent. Llys Yr Efail is a housing scheme for older people and contains 35 self-contained one and two bedroom flats over three floors, as well as a lower ground floor comprising communal facilities with a lift to all floors. Over 200 casement windows, from The VEKA UK Group, in the Halo System10 profile were specified for this project, as well as nine doors, all of which deliver a number of benefits to the end users. As an example, the low-level gasket design of the windows avoids the unsightly black border appearance, on similar products, and makes the maximum area of glass visible. This allows as much daylight as possible to flood the interior of a room, which can improve the health and well-being of those living within the building. Bowater Projects offers a pilot installation on all schemes, as part of its service. www.bowaterprojects.com

SCHÖCK PREVENTS THERMAL BRIDGING

Affordable living space is scarce in Berlin, so Paragon Apartments, the Isokorb types EXT and KS are also incorported. The EXT normally a contemporary inner-city housing complex in the Pankow district, is complements the type KXT in bearing high loads involving cantilevered helping to ease the problem. The project centres on the historic and external corner balconies, but on this occasion supports the side wall now disused Prenzlauer Berg Hospital. Two new upper storeys have loads. The KS is installed where there is a requirement for the free been added to the original building, three further existing buildings cantilevered steel girder canopy elements to be secured to the modified and two new structures added. All are designed as a reinforced concrete slab. three-dimensional façade, with terraces and a shifting stacked balcony The Paragon Apartments project provides an interesting example of pattern involving glazed prefabricated concrete elements. The building how, by designing-in a combination of Schöck Isokorb types, a variety envelope and balcony construction is complex and to minimise of differing project specification challenges can be met. potential thermal bridging problems, Schöck has supplied three 01865 290 890 | www.schoeck.co.uk Isokorb types. First the Isokorb KXT, for concrete-to-concrete. Its low ‘thermal bridge construction‘ certificate from the Darmstadt Passivhaus Institute, confirming its suitability even for passivhaus construction. With the balcony design, the plate and the canopy element below act structurally on the same floor. So the two free-cantilevered reinforced concrete plates are connected by alternating the standard Schöck Isokorb type KXT that has straight shear and tension rods, with the Isokorb type KXT- HV. This has off-centre shear and tension rods on one side to enable connection to a downstand beam, where the balcony is lower than the floor slab. Both units meet the most demanding specifications and transfer negative moments and positive shear forces. In addition to the type KXT,

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Ask The Architect

ASK THE ARCHITECT… WHAT IS YOUR ALL TIME FAVOURITE PUBLIC BUILDING AND WHY DO YOU FEEL IT IS SO ARCHITECTURALLY IMPRESSIVE?

Image: Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, one of the busiest in the world

JACQUELINE ANDREW RICHARDS DAVID WOLFF STEVEN CHARLTON BECKINGHAM Joint Managing Director, Director, Managing Director, Global Creative Studio Indigo Wolff Architects Perkins+Will Director, Benoy Oslo Opera House comes The British Museum has The Auditorio de Tenerife in The Barbican often seems to close, but my favourite is always been a particularly the Canary Islands, Spain by be a love or hate proposition, Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji striking building for me. The Santiago Calatrava is for me it’s love. The heroic International Airport. Based combination of the modern certainly one of my favorite towers, the distinctive on traditional open-air courtyard and neo-classical public buildings, specifically concrete facades, and the pavilions, mushroom-shaped front façade beautifully links its playful arc, which was an amazing high walks, often columns are topped by past and present and, in architectural and engineering disorienting, but always kaleidoscopic openings doing so, is a lovely visual masterpiece, and a first at the entertaining, continue to inspired by the peacock, the metaphor for what the BM is time of construction by only inspire me. The Barbican is national bird of India. As you all about. The extensions being supported by two the heart of the community in approach on Sahar Airport and renovations it has points. This memorable which I live and work. On a Road, there is a sensational undergone in recent years, silhouette has a sharpness sunny London day the water sense of arrival with the such as the creation of the and poise, which resonated gardens are a wonderful majestic colonnade and its elegant glass-roof atrium, with me as a young designer place to meet friends. On winged canopy appearing like have made it a great amenity because of its human scale. grey days, the whole a vast glowing sculpture. On for the general public both Up close it was impossible composition, almost the far side of it is a 50ft wall aesthetically and culturally. not to be in admiration for magically, feels even richer, of glass, protecting the www.wolffarchitects.co.uk such a gravity defying much like London itself. departures area from the structure. www.benoy.com extreme weather. uk.perkinswill.com www.studioindigo.co.uk

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Architect Profile

ARCHITECT PROFILE MICHAELCROSBY MICHAEL CROSBY TALKS TO JADE TILLEY ABOUT SEEKING OUT NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTIES, APPRECIATING UK AND SA VERNACULARS AND RETIRING AS AN ARTIST

MICHAEL CROSBY IS DESIGNER, Michael shares his love of the UK there always being pages and pages of PRINCIPAL, AT WILSON ASSOCIATES. architectural vernacular and his dedication drawings at home. I was obsessed with to the craft of hand drawn designs. Meccano sets and Lego blocks. Wilson Associates is a Dallas based My parents collected all manner of unusual architecture practice, creating new definitions WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST MEMORY OF design items that filled our home; furniture of luxury in the hospitality sector. DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE HAVING by David Hicks and curious rugs from Spain, A second-generation architect, Michael AN IMPACT ON YOU? there was always something of interest from Crosby’s 20-year architectural experience I was born into an architecture and artist a design perspective. began as a student of his father’s, who taught family. My father is an architect and still Of course, being brought up in South Africa, him the beauty of detailing sketches. Over the draws at the age of 92 and my mother was we had wonderful pieces of regional SA past two decades, Michael has designed an artist. I really admire the work of George furniture and I particularly love this some of the world’s most sophisticated, Halford Fellows Prynne, designing many vernacular and style of design. This extends award-winning luxury retreats including The parish churches in England. I love that to the simplicity of the buildings as well and Blue Train in South Africa; Dorado Beach, a vernacular of old English buildings. His that farmhouse style. Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Puerto Rico; brother, Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne, We would visit the UK quite regularly as well. Rosewood Little Dix Bay in the British Virgin was a painter, so again there are many I love the UK scene and we have cousins in Islands; The Venetian Macau in China; and parallels there. Scotland, so the Scottish landscape holds Montage Kapalua Bay in Hawaii. Here, I was born and raised in Africa and I recall huge influence for me.

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Michael Crosby

Image: Hand-drawn by Michael Crosby, Timbers Kiawah Islands, Clubhouse

WHERE DID YOU STUDY? WHAT KIND OF ARCHITECT driving trips through different countries.I love I studied Architecture at the University of Cape DID YOU ASPIRE TO BE? to see how the vernacular evolves. It can be Town. I did the full six-year course, although it Initially, I worked in residential because often, sad when it gets lost or immersed in modern took me seven to complete. Cape Town was a when you’re learning, you learn on a smaller techniques, without respecting the past and really wonderful place to study, with that scale. I was always trying to design the perfect what has come before. beautiful blend of South African and Dutch South African home for myself in the I do love the more modern styles as well and architecture. I then started my working career vernacular that I loved. think that New York has some brilliant in Johannesburg. I also worked in illustration initially for examples of architecture by the likes of magazines and advertising agencies. My art Sir Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid. HOW DO YOU FEEL THE ARCHITECTURAL career has very much run alongside my I also love artists like Henri Matisse and Pablo EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS CHANGED architecture career. Picasso and often emulate them in my work. IN RECENT YEARS? Gradually I became more commercial and I believe that through travel and observation, My hope is always that universities emphasise became involved with Wilson Associates when connection to nature and an appreciation of hand drawing. It is key to understanding scale. they were working in South Africa. An interior surroundings, you can always be inspired. I think things have really evolved with CAD but designer requested a water-colour painting for When I travel in the UK I am particularly drawn it is crucial to understand how things are put one of their hotel projects and that’s how I to the National Trust properties. Simon together and the scale of it all. You learn this became acquainted with Wilson Associates. Jenkins’ book, England’s Thousand Best through hand drawing. I moved from architecture to interior Houses is a great reference tool and I am In various architecture faculties you now get architecture when I moved to the USA and working my way through them. I love landmark a blend of disciplines, architecture with focused on understanding drawing furniture trusts and the properties that are available to interior architecture and landscape and the detail involved. It suits my skillset. rent and experience. architecture. In many situations this offers Kedleston Hall interiors are incredible and I a really positive expansion of student skills, WHO ARE YOUR DESIGN AND adore Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. particularly to us in hospitality where the ARCHITECTURE INSPIRATIONS? Both show the work of Robert Adam. disciplines can be easily blended. I love UK architecture; Edwin Lutyens and Sir I think there are some wonderful modern Herbert Baker were just incredible architects. WHAT DOES WILSON ASSOCIATES applications that we can all learn from but the The vernacular style of South African REPRESENT AS AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM? basics must be there. Scale, proportion, architecture is amazing too. We are primarily a five star luxury, hospitality symmetry and asymmetry are all central to I think, wherever you go you see things that firm. We have a global perspective and also good architecture. really resonate with you. That’s why I love deal in F&B design. The firm began in Dallas,

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Architect Profile

Texas, in 1971. It has evolved with a global project. Listening to their stories is important spectacular site in the Pacific Ocean. outlook and every single project is and they are incredibly passionate about it tailor-made for the client and project. too. Working closely and keeping everyone WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST Everyday is different at Wilson Associates and involved is key for us. DESIGN COMMISSION TO DATE? it is amazing to see how our work has evolved So is the sense of teamwork that Wilson A small project, but one that was big for me into the exterior and landscaping element of Associates strives for. Young designers come at the time was the blue train in South Africa. hospitality design. Visiting sites for us is key; in and are mentored in how to present and I absolutely loved the project. When Wilson you learn so much from the site that you will tell stories, creating new environments for Associates opened in Johannesburg I was be working on. A strong design aesthetic our clients. The art of telling a story and working on my own. I had a call from WA often comes from the smallest beginnings, creating a thread for your design is saying that they had received this local like a pebble on the beach, or the naturally something we are very passionate about. commission for which they needed local occurring materials of the sites foundations. people. As fate would have it, my father had WHERE IS THE MAJORITY designed the Blue train in 72 and I had all the HOW DO YOU CONTINUE TO CARVE YOUR OF YOUR WORK BASED? original drawings from his work. It was a OWN PATH IN THE INDUSTRY AS A STUDIO? It is very varied, all over really. LA, Singapore, huge deal for me to take it on; luxury five-star We pay close attention to observing what’s Dubai… We have offices in South Africa, Abu on wheels, so it felt very different from any going on around us and we regularly attend Dhabi, as well as the USA and have worked other project. shows and conferences as a means of on projects in around 30 countries. Not all Another project is the Venetian Macau casino. continually learning. have been finished but that is the way of the It was such fun as they sent us to Venice for a We also listen carefully to our clients. They industry. Our current project in Hawaii is week to observe the details of Venetian are all different, wonderful and special to the really great. It is only 47 units but is a architecture as inspiration. We then had to

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Michael Crosby

infuse a traditional Chinese touch with these ‘the house that time forgot’ in Derbyshire is a Image: Hand-drawn by Michael Crosby, inspired Venetian elements. wonderful example of enduring design. A box the Kauai Reception concept in the attic of this property was discovered WHAT DOES THE FACE OF ARCHITECTURE containing all manner of brilliant pieces of LOOK LIKE TO YOU IN 10 YEARS TIME? design from 1724 that had been brilliantly Technology causes such change, we cannot preserved and are now on show in the house. predict it, so in some ways the next 10 years It is timeless because of its quality and ability is a little unknown. to endure the future. Conversely, anything hand crafted or artisanal will always remain because we IF YOU HADN’T BECOME AN ARCHITECT crave that human touch on work. Our WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING? connection to nature and appreciation of the There would almost certainly be an emphasis simple things will always hold strong. So will on art. I love aviation as well. At one stage I the classics in terms of scale, proportion, thought I might be an aeronautical scientist, material and the understanding of these but unfortunately my maths wasn’t quite up elements. It takes human emotions to to scratch. Maybe aviation design would have understand these needs. been on my horizon... Then there is always For the future I think we will continue to the dream of living as an artist, somewhere appreciate that timelessness that great like St Ives. design brings. As an example and back to my love of National Trust properties, Calke Abbey www.wilsonassociates.com

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Trend Report

TALKING TIMBER WITH THE CONTINUED POPULARITY OF WOOD BEING RECOGNISED IN THE ARCHITECTURE INDUSTRY, THE WOOD AWARDS REFLECTS ON WHY DESIGNERS CONTINUE TO TURN TO TIMBER

Image: Wells Cathedral School’s Cedar Hall by Eric Parry Architects

WOOD AS A BUILDING MATERIAL IS SURGING architecture and product design in wood, has in the Wood Awards. These provide a high IN POPULARITY, WITH PROPOSALS FOR noticed an increase in the number of schools level of comfort while using very little energy TIMBER TOWERS SPRINGING UP ALL OVER and institutions that have been entered in for heating and cooling. THE WORLD. recent years. Shortlisted this year is Hampshire Current examples of the above include two Passivhaus by Ruth Butler Architects, In London, various wood buildings being shortlisted projects in the Wood Awards 2017 which shows a 34 per cent improvement completed in Hackney, a borough that has buildings competition. These are, The on the calculated energy performance. embraced the ‘Wood First’ initiative as part of GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories Timber can keep the cost and speed of a build its sustainability in building drive. for Sustainable Chemistry by Fairhursts lower due to fabrication of parts offsite. Apart from being the only naturally sustainable Design Group, a 4500m2 environment for Engineered timber products, which were rare building material on the planet, timber is sustainable chemistry built for Nottingham a decade ago, are now in abundance. There is attractive to architects because of its health University, Wells Cathedral School’s Cedar an increase in the number of wholly timber benefits. Research has shown that wood Hall by Eric Parry Architects, which provides buildings due to cross-laminated timber (CLT), lowers the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) professional-standard facilities for the school which negates the need for a steel frame. The activation, which is what causes stress and community, and Cowan Court by 6a most recent development in this area is the responses, increased blood pressure, architects, which is an environmentally sound use of hardwood cross-laminated timber, as increased heart rate and inhibits functions 68-room hall of residence for Churchill seen at dRMM’s Maggie’s Oldham, built using such as digestion. College, Cambridge. American tulipwood. Not only is this An Austrian study conducted in 2010 The environmental benefits of wood cannot development highly sustainable because compared two timber classrooms versus two be ignored. Using wood as an alternative to tulipwood is fast replenishing through standard classrooms. The benefits for children other materials, such as steel and concrete, natural growth, but American tulipwood is

studying in the timber classrooms were saves an average of 0.9 tonnes of CO2 per approximately 70 per cent stronger in impressive, especially in relation to their heart cubic metre. Wood also has the best thermal bending than a typical CLT grade softwood. rates, which showed lower stress rates than insulation properties of any mainstream The winners of the Wood Awards 2017 will the children in the standard classrooms. The construction material. In recent years, be announced on the 21st November. Wood Awards, the UK competition for several Passivhaus buildings have appeared woodawards.com

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Building Materials

DECORATIVE COVERING AT BUPA HQ

Mapei UK have supplied 500m2 of their complete Ultratop Loft system in Silver Grey Ultratop Loft F & W finishes, and applied these at the BUPA head offices at The Spectrum Building, Cabots Circus, Bristol. The highly decorative cementitious covering was installed over existing concrete columns during refurbishment works, with installation of the complete Ultratop system, taking place over one week during March 2017. Ultratop Loft is the ideal coating product to create decorative interior floors and walls with a pronounced textured effect. The consistency of the product means that it can be used on both walls and floors and with the scope for installing in a wide range of colours, a variety of unique, attractive and original finishes can be achieved. Mapei’s technical team provided training to installers TPS 360 to use the Ultratop Loft product. The complete system was installed as part of a renovation project for the BUPA offices; the Ultratop Loft was installed over Mapei’s Eco Prim Grip and Primer G primers on the vertical surfaces to provide an unsealed finish. 0121 508 6970 | [email protected] | www.mapei.co.uk

EXTENDED TIES FOR HIGH-RISE

Now available in lengths of 325mm and 350mm, the Ancon ST1 wall tie range has been extended to suit high-rise masonry buildings with insulated cavities up to 225mm wide. These new longer lengths of ST1 feature a maximum design cavity embedment guide at each end to aid installation. The Type 1 (heavy duty) performance of these ties is independently verified by tension and compression tests in M2 mortar at Lucideon and declared through Ancon’s ‘CE’ labelling and documentation. Type 1 wall ties are suitable for virtually any building type, height and geographical location and are installed at a standard spacing of 2.5 ties per square metre; they are typically used on developments over 15 metres in height. Available in boxes of 250 ties, the Ancon ST1 is value-engineered from stainless steel strip. The unique ST1 design, with its relatively small cross-sectional area, provides high strength and lower thermal transfer. 0114 275 5224 | [email protected] | www.ancon.co.uk

PROTECTING TILE STYLE

A FILA tile protection and care regime has been specified, alongside In Situ London’s Moroccan cement tiles, at Jamie’s Italian. The stunning installation spans the restaurant and bar area, on floors and on walls below open serving counters. FILA protection and finishing treatments were chosen to protect and enhance the encaustic-style Moroccan tiles throughout the fixing process. One of the latest additions to Jamie’s chain, the new restaurant is situated within the Hilton Hotel at Tower Bridge. Designed by Stiff + Trevillion, the stunning interior broadly follows Jamie’s established style but with a more contemporary feel. Throughout the restaurant, the tiles’ distinct oblique pattern mirrors the suspended ceiling and lighting design and the restaurant’s rustic, earthy tones. During the installation, In Situ initially applied FILAPRW200 pre-grouting protector to the cement tiles. The water-based treatment, from FILA’s Green Line, is specially designed for absorbent materials and protects against grout, water and building site residues, without altering appearance or affecting adhesion. FILAPS87 was then used to deep clean the tiles, before protecting the tiles and grout lines against stains with solvent-free FILAMP90 ECO PLUS. 01584 877286 | [email protected] | filasolutions.com

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Building Materials

NEW INSULATION INFORMATION

Dow Building Solutions has launched new BIM objects for its building insulation product ranges; XENERGY™, STYROFOAM™, and PERIMATE™. The new certified objects are available to download for free from the National BIM Library website in IFC and Revit formats for use, or using the NBS plugin for Autodesk© Revit© or ARCHICAD. BIM provides new methods of working and assists teams from different disciplines, collaborating on a single project. The digital model provided by BIM houses the information required to design, construct, and maintain the building, allowing potential issues to be identified earlier, leading to cost savings and increased efficiency. New BIM objects are available for all dimensions of the following products; XENERGY™ SL, XENERGY™ LG, FLOORMATE™ 300-A, FLOORMATE™ 500-A, FLOORMATE™ 700-A, PERIMATE™ DI-A and XENERGY™ MK. Dow has also overhauled the library of online technical and sales literature available from RIBA Product Selector for XENERGY™, FLOORMATE™, and PERIMATE™, to reflect recent changes to product lines. 020 3139 4000 | [email protected] | www.styrofoam.co.uk

LOAD-BEARING SOLUTIONS

Palmerston School, Liverpool, recently identified a need for a new school building as staff and pupils were hampered by the lack of outdoor space and modern learning facilities. A former secondary school site was selected on which to construct its new £7m facility. The new T-shaped single storey building includes a sports and dining hall plus a new hydrotherapy and splash pool together with sensory learning spaces. There is also a five-a- side football pitch and four-lane grass running track around the pitch perimetre. Originally planned as a timber frame construction, the main contractor asked voestalpine Metsec plc to review the school design and see whether a load bearing steel frame solution (SFS) could be offered. Taking a consultative approach, Metsec was able to advise the main contractors on the layout, and worked in conjunction with installers, local company Mark One. As the first tier 2 designer and manufacturer certified to BIM Level 2 for Design and Construction in the UK by the BSI, Metsec used its BIM capabilities within the design stages to provide detailed plans and costings. Metsec was required on-site from the start of the project, completing the steel framing in the summer of 2016. Designing the SFS solution for Palmerston School using Revit, Metsec attended regular main contractor team meetings with the BIM model, allowing any issues to be resolved in advance of the build. By using BIM, the project benefitted from a reduced timing programme and no waste, both providing subsequent cost savings. Metsec’s engagement in the project from the early stages meant it could provide bespoke, flexible solutions integral to enabling the complex design aspects desired by the client. 0121 601 6000 | www.metsec.com

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Advice

TALENT SEARCH MATTHEW GILCHRIST, PEACE RECRUITMENT GROUP, BELIEVES THAT REACTIVE THINKING AND SHORT-TERM PLANNING IS STIFLING GROWTH WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURE SECTOR

MATTHEW STATES THE SKILLS SHORTAGE, of good architects, technicians and assistants magnificent will come along. It’s not the case WHICH IS CURRENTLY ENGULFING THE were laid off during the recession, meaning in a competitive market! ARCHITECTURE SECTOR, WILL ONLY GET there has been a significant skill shortage in “I would recommend, and am doing so on a WORSE UNLESS COMPANIES START BEING the market over the last few years. This is why regular basis, that clients consider taking a PROACTIVE, BOTH IN TERMS OF SOURCING firms need to be more proactive, as there 7/10 candidate, instead of the unrealistic NEW WORK AND FINDING NEW EMPLOYEES. simply isn't the level of candidates available 10/10. This means they will get them for the that there was a few years ago. When top price they want, and can train and mould them Matthew explains: “Firms being reactive, candidates are available, surely its worthwhile into the 10/10 candidate. This will take a bit instead of proactive, is definitely a big problem considering them? Short-sited thinking is more time and effort, but will pay off in the in the construction and architecture sectors effecting far too many organisations; too many long-term as this candidate will show loyalty right now and as a result the skills shortage is times I’ve had phone calls from clients asking and respect. getting worse. From what I am seeing many of about candidate x who I represented/sold into “The architecture sector is buoyant just now the larger, more well known, firms are not them months ago, but they decided not to see and studios need to take advantage of this. If planning ahead, they are concentrating on one them or offer them anything at the time. firms don’t plan ahead, they will be working or two major projects but do not have a “I also get many requests from clients who with full capacity very soon, as skilled pipeline of work planned for when these finish. want a candidate with x amount of years architects are in very high demand and I can “Firms are also not planning ahead in a very postgraduate experience; using a particular only see this increasing. Think about the future competitive recruitment market, and then are software; working in certain sectors; who only now and be proactive; be prepared to invest in shocked when the skilled architects are not cost a very low amount. Now, I could go and your staff both in terms of training and what readily available when they need them. Many find this for them, but salary demands are you are paying them, and do it now.” firms now have unrealistic expectations when going to be a lot higher. This puts clients off it comes sourcing specific requirements. A lot and many believe if they wait about, something www.peacerecruitment.co.uk

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Public Buildings Spotlight

SELECT THE SAFEST OPTION SELECTAGLAZE CONSIDERS HOW SECONDARY GLAZING CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF BUILDINGS FROM BLASTS AND FIRE, PARTICULARLY IN PUBLIC AND HOSPITALITY BUILDINGS

WHEN BUILDINGS ARE IN VULNERABLE, planned and sustained, products rated to test levels of security to protect the Rubens ceiling HIGH PROFILE AREAS WITH HIGH PROFILE levels SR1, SR2 and SR3 of the Loss Prevention painting, historic architectural features and OCCUPANTS, VISITORS WANT TO FEEL standard LPS 1175 are more appropriate. those who visit/use the Royal Palace. The SECURE AGAINST THE POSSIBLE security products have also been used in EFFECTS OF BLASTS. BLAST MITIGATION numerous art galleries; Tate Liverpool and In the event of a blast it is important to mitigate Holburne Museum to protect the priceless Windows with regular glazing are often the the damaging and potentially lethal effects of works of art that they house. weakest part in a building’s façade, but can flying glass. Selectaglaze frames and locks are Besides added protection, Selectaglaze’s be successfully and discreetly reinforced designed to absorb the significant pressures secondary glazing provides important using Selectaglaze’s secure secondary arising from a blast wave. environmental benefits such as a significant glazing systems. An independent window is improvement in a building’s energy fitted internally, behind the existing window, BALLISTIC performance and a marked reduction in using robust frames, secure locks and Protection from firearm attack is achieved by draughts. It provides substantial levels of strengthened glass. An array of designs, several layers of glass of varying thicknesses, sound insulation, which is highly desirable in bespoke manufacture and attention to detail, laminated together. The front layers of glass noisy locations and will also create a ensures that the additional secure barrier is are designed to shatter, thereby absorbing reduction in the ingress of dust and dirt. sympathetic to the original window style and the initial impact energy, then subsequent With fifty years’ experience in the industry and interior décor. Securing the contents of a glass and interlayers absorb the lower level Royal Warrant holders since 2004, building is essential; be it physical high value shock waves. Selectaglaze is the UK’s leading secondary objects, highly sensitive data or the people glazing specialist. The company offers a full within. If this is the case, secondary glazing FIRE technical advisory service, bespoke could provide the solution. Fire resistant glazing provides a protected production and installation. escape route for occupants. Specialist glass, Selectaglaze will be exhibiting at the UK PHYSICAL ATTACK together with fire and intumescent seals set Security Expo 2017, stand L66, 29 – 30 Selectaglaze products achieve ‘Police within appropriate framing, resists the November 2017. Preferred Product’ status under the Secured intense heat of a fire. 01727 837271 by Design initiative, which protects against Banqueting House, London was treated with [email protected] forced entry. When the attack is likely to be Selectaglaze blast units to provide sufficient www.selectaglaze.co.uk

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Public Buildings

NATURAL AIRFLOW FOR DIPPY

When the Natural History Museum installed its new, real-life skeleton of a blue whale, Gilberts provided a ventilation solution for the Grade 1 listed Hintze Hall. Based on CFD modelling, Gilberts manufactured and supplied 24no of a bespoke version of its Mistrale Model A natural ventilation units, with a further 42no standard WHF50 high performance louvres. Each of the bespoke units used a combination of Gilberts’ WHF50 cassette with its VN75 ultra low leakage air volume control damper, to fit within existing window apertures and frames, and bolt together into specially- designed subframes. Gilberts also devised a bespoke combination of internal K40 fixed bar grilles and non vision cores mounted on the rear of the units. In a separate high level atrium, the original glass in the window frames could be removed; there, the glazing was replaced with Gilberts’ WHF50 louvres to provide high level exhaust of the ’used’ internal air. 01253 766911 | [email protected]

FAST-TRACK FLOORING

Mapei has launched Keraquick Ultrafast S1 adhesive. The cement-based ultra-rapid setting adhesive is ideal for fast track repairs as Keraquick Ultrafast S1 sets to foot traffic in 60 minutes and is ready for grouting in 90 minutes. Suitable for interior and exterior use installing porcelain and ceramic tiles and mosaics the fast track product can be used for both renovation and new build installation projects in bathrooms, kitchens, terraces and balconies as well as areas subject to pedestrian traffic. Available in grey, fast setting Keraquick Ultrafast S1 is a very low VOC adhesive. Suitable for installation over wet and electrical underfloor heating systems, Keraquick Ultrafast S1 can be used as part of Mapei waterproofing systems in conjunction with Mapegum WPS, Mapelastic AquaDefense or Mapeguard WP 200. After 90 minutes the tiles can be grouted using Mapei’s Keracolor, Keracolor Flex, Ultracolor Plus or Kerapoxy grout ranges. 0121 508 6970 | [email protected]

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Plumbing + Drainage Spotlight

BATHROOMS FIT FOR ROYALTY THE LALIT HOTEL, LONDON, NOW BOASTS COMPLETE WETROOM SOLUTIONS BY SCHLÜTER-SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE SPACE, AS SELECTED BY EPR ARCHITECTS

SCHLÜTER-SYSTEMS PROVIDED A along with Schlüter®-DITRA-HEAT-E adjusted to the thickness of the covering, COMPLETE WETROOM SOLUTION FOR THE underfloor heating and Schlüter®-JOLLY/- from 3 to 25 mm. Both horizontal and LALIT HOTEL, LONDON, ONE OF THE QUADEC wall profiles. vertical drain variants were used in the COMPANY’S GRANDEST PROJECTS OF Waterproofing is an essential provision for Lalit London project, complemented by 2016/17 AND FINALIST IN THE ‘LISTED any building that incorporates areas the designer frameless channel cover, BUILDING (OVER £5 MILLION)’ CATEGORY subjected to high levels of moisture; many of Schlüter®-KERDI-LINE-D, which allowed OF THE AJ RETROFIT AWARDS 2017. the materials available to back tiles are for the subtle blending of drainage provision merely water-resistant and therefore require with the patterned unglazed vitrified tile The conversion project took the historic additional finishing processes to prevent the used for the wetroom floors. Grade II listed building previously known as ingress of damp. In order to protect both the Schlüter®-DITRA-HEAT-E incorporates St Olave’s Grammar School, located at tile covering and the fabric of the impressive uncoupling and electric underfloor heating Bankside in London, and transformed it into 19th century building, the walls of the Lalit into one solution, which is fully compatible a luxury 70-room boutique hotel that fuses London wetrooms incorporate the ready-to- with Schlüter’s wetroom systems and keeps the best of Indian and British culture. tile waterproof foam-cored substrate assembly heights to a minimum. This last Lalit London is the 13th hotel of the Lalit Schlüter®-KERDI-BOARD, providing even factor is particularly useful in the case of Suri Hospitality Group, and the first based and secure coverage. Schlüter®-JOLLY and - renovation projects, in which build-up often outside of India. QUADEC, in a polished chrome anodised has to be minimised to ensure flow from EPR Architects, leading on the project, aluminium finish provide use-appropriate, room to room. elected to utilise Schlüter’s complete aesthetically pleasing protection for the Use of one manufacturer as the source of wetroom system to provide secure small ceramic tiles that were then applied to your wetroom system results in a solution waterproofing and appropriate drainage for the walls of Lalit London’s wetrooms. that is guaranteed to last and easier to each of the floor-level showers in the en- Schlüter®-KERDI-LINE is a component specify; with Schlüter-Systems’ assistance, suite wetrooms. linear drainage system for the construction Lalit London’s wetrooms are both beautiful In each of its wetrooms, Lalit London of floor-level showers with ceramic tiles and and practical. features Schlüter-Systems’ integrated CE natural stone. It consists of a formed 01530 813396 | [email protected] Marked wetroom solution, including stainless steel channel body with a grate and www.perfectwetroom.co.uk Schlüter®-KERDI-LINE drainage system, frame structure that can be seamlessly Images courtesy of Morley von Sternberg

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Plumbing + Drainage

LINEAR DRAINAGE SOLUTIONS

Charcon, the commercial hard landscaping division of Aggregate Industries, has reported continued sales growth for its linear drainage product: Safeticurb. Having relaunched the product in January 2016, the innovative technology vastly reduces the need for conventional underground piping, and offers a discrete solution for removing surface water. The product continues to be specified on a variety of hard landscaping projects, with supermarket chain, Sainsbury’s, the latest name on the list. The product was installed in the Staines superstore in spring 2017, providing an effective and well-priced solution to eliminate standing surface water around the complex. Safeticurb is designed to fit most hard landscaping projects, including car parks, industrial sites and pedestrianised developments. The product is tested to BS EN 1433 standards and can withstand up to 400kN, Class D, in its heaviest specification. To create a perfect balance between cost and effectiveness, the product runs parallel drainage sections at 30-35m intervals across the total drainage area. The system also requires very little maintenance, reducing overheads through smart design. 01335 372 222 | www.charcon.com

DESIGNER DRAINAGE

Schlüter-Systems has introduced three new grate designs, available across both its point and linear drains. Schlüter recognises that drains are an increasingly important element in creating a cohesive whole for a wetroom. The new designs for Schlüter®-KERDI-DRAIN and Schlüter®-KERDI-LINE, Floral, Curve and Pure, have been developed with current bathroom trends in mind, but will stand the test of time. Floral is a geometric design with just the right amount of softness, suitable for wetrooms with a structured industrial or softly textured theme; The simple, playful accents of the Curve design translate into grates that are the perfect complement to all manner of trends, from the organic feel of a natural retreat to the clean-cut lines of a reduced geometric wetroom and Pure is crisp and minimalist; a no-fuss, no-frills design. The new grate designs are available in Schlüter’s ever-popular brushed stainless steel finish. In addition, all of the new grate designs come equipped with a contour frame, making for easy cleaning and a sharp, sleek aesthetic. Schlüter is committed to continually expanding the range of options available to specifiers and tilers, allowing for increased creativity and the highest quality finishes. 01530 813396 | [email protected] | www.schluter.co.uk

PLASTIC, THE PIED PIPER

According to Gareth Samuel, BPF Pipes Group, plastics are now the dominant material in hot and cold water supply systems inside buildings. Data from Pipes and Fittings Market Report (UK 2016-2020 Analysis) shows that use of plastic piping systems for water supply in new build is now up to 60 per cent. Plastic plumbing system manufacturers provide fittings that form reliable joints from plastic pipes to copper and other metallic pipes, which is a boon when refurbishing older properties. Over a property’s lifetime, the plumbing system can transition to plastic piping with the many in-service benefits of low thermal conductivity, low noise transmission, smooth bore, thermal expansion and inherent corrosion resistance. The BPF Pipes Group guidance on the use of plastics for discharge pipework from unvented hot water systems, sets out the range of materials which can safely be used for discharge pipes and soil stacks taking discharges. Underfloor heating systems provide an attractive alternative to radiators; the massive performance improvements offered by warm water underfloor heating systems over electric systems and the dust-generating hot air systems means that this is a real option not only for commercial properties and luxury homes but also for housing developments and self-builders. All this has been made possible by the availability of well-designed and quality assured plastic pipes. www.bpfpipesgroup.com

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Case Study

AN INDUSTRIAL JEWEL THE CURTAIN, SHOREDITCH, BOASTS AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE AESTHETIC WITH A MODERN APPRECIATION OF ITS HISTORICAL SITE, REALISED BY DEXTER MOREN ASSOCIATES

THE CURTAIN IS A NINE STOREY, NEW before evolving to become home to the UK’s building a character and identity of its own. BUILD RESTAURANT, HOTEL AND technology start-up scene. As a result, the The Curtain features a live music venue in a MEMBERS CLUB SAT IN THE HEART area has undergone significant gentrification fully soundproofed basement, a state-of-the- OF SHOREDITCH. accompanied and driven by a host of new art art gym, wellness area with treatment and galleries, creative hubs, pop-up shops and steam rooms, screening room, ballroom, Located on the site of a former 1970s office restaurants, quirky pubs, clubs and eateries. and a 1,600ft2 rooftop restaurant bar. There is block on the corner of Curtain Road and Hotelier Michael Achenbaum had a vision for also a Moroccan-style heated pool offering Scrutton Street, its design reinterprets the a new high-profile restaurant, hotel and stunning views across the City skyline; three area’s 19th century warehouse heritage. members club in the heart of Shoreditch, restaurants, the LIDO, Red Rooster and Dexter Moren Architects lead the which would reflect the area’s architectural Tienda Roosteria; and a members only bar, architectural vision for the project, which heritage, industrial history, and current Billy’s Bar. British rock photographer Mick combines the essence of industrial and creativity. Michael hired architects Dexter Rock supplied some of his iconic photography contemporary Shoreditch with nods to the Moren Associates to transform this vision into for the building, adding further to The history and creativity of its postcode. reality and thus The Curtain was born. Curtain’s stylish eclecticism.

AN INDUSTRIAL VISION EXCITING AND ECLECTIC SENSITIVE TO HISTORY AND Contemporary Shoreditch is in constant flux, The facade consists of red brick with large- EMBRACING THE PRESENT developing from an unfashionable backwater framed Crittall Windows, which complement Dexter Moren Associate’s design reflects the to London’s capital of creativity in the 1990s, the urban/industrial aesthetic and gives the industrial warehouse aesthetic of this part of

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The Curtain

Images: above, courtesy of Adrian Houston and all others courtesy of Andy Stagg

Shoreditch. An important consideration was contribution to Shoreditch: not just as a architectural design and contextual, respectful to create a modern hotel building, which is landmark building, but one that helps to repair acknowledgment of location and history. highly sensitive to the site’s historical context. the streetscape by the use of proportions This has been achieved through the use of respectful of the surrounding buildings and PROJECT TEAM urban red brickwork, profiled metal panels, reflecting the heritage of the site. Public realm Client: Gansevoort Hotel Group & SUSD large Crittall-style windows with deep reveals engagement is further enhanced by a number Operator: Gansevoort Hotel Group and bullnose brick sills. of street level entrances. Developer: Gansevoort Hotel Group & SUSD Inspiration for the exterior came from the There will be a total of five bars throughout Architect: Dexter Moren Associates Interior Designer: Duncan Miller Ullmann many cabinet factories and colour the hotel, including in the garden courtyard. Structural Engineer: Davies Maquire & warehouses that previously stood on the site. Entry-level Courtyard rooms will look into a Whitby & TERRELL In these buildings the block is broken up light well and come with separate toilet and a MEP Engineer [inc Sustainability]: Kane Group vertically by the delivery doors to the large shower room, while loft suites will have Planning Consultant: Charles Moran warehouse; this also has the visual effect of their own large terraces with views across Client Project Manager: Arcadis breaking down a large facade into a smaller, the cityscape. Cost Consultant: Arcadis more residential scale. The Curtain design In June this year lead architect, Zoe Tallon, Contractor: Bouygues UK uses this device to break up the visual mass Dexter Moren Associates, was announced as External Works Contractor: Bouygues UK of the building while retaining its overall the winner of the prestigious Creative Spark Principal Subcontractors: BOK, Chelmer, MClarke cohesion by the use of brickwork throughout. Award, for her work on the project, a deserved The Curtain is also designed to be a positive accolade in recognition of this feat of www.dextermoren.com

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Product Gallery

ENCHANTING GREEN

Irish Green marble by Antolini was recently used for two related rooms created by designer Alessandro La Spada. In the bedroom, a continuous backlit panel in Irish Green wraps the large double bed like a soft fabric. Emphasising the bright tones of green, emeralds and yellow, the panel serves as a nightstand and headboard, then rises into a large iridescent area, and finally reaches the ceiling, creating great intimacy to the space. Thanks to the natural treatment and a lack of direct light, the Irish Green walls soften the bold personality of the bedroom, introducing a contemporary hidden space reserved for the wardrobe area. Irish Green is a marble that glorifies in shades of green, displaying uneven colouring and shading that passes from dark to light. Part of the Antolini range, it displays some whitish veins and others in a translucent apple colour that makes this a unique stone in the world. This geologically ancient stone was used by Renaissance architects to bring the colours of the fields and the forests to the splendid palaces they adorned with magnificent works that are still admired today by tourists from around the world. Thanks to its varied veining, Irish Green allows unusual patterns to be created and makes any work absolutely unique and unrepeatable. www.antolini.com

LIVING WALL

Vistagreen is an innovative, versatile artificial green-wall system that offers architects a highly functional and design-forward cladding solution or decorative element for any commercial or residential project. Both artisanal and technically sophisticated, Vistagreen is the product designers have been looking for to create fast, seamless, hyper-realistic and customisable greenery for instant feature walls and stunning installations at lesser cost and maintenance. Each panel is sturdy and lightweight, hand-tied with a beautiful selection of plants that mimic with precise detailing the colours and movements of nature, and easily attached to almost any surface through a unique and simple drill-and-cap fixing system developed for quick, effortless installation. Vistagreen’s patent- pending system is engineered to replicate the natural growing patterns of real planting, eliminating the vertical and horizontal lines often associated with green-wall modular construction. Side by side, the panels produce continuous and overlapping coverage of exceptionally life-like foliage difficult to tell apart from living plants. 020 7385 1012 | [email protected] | www.vistagreen.com

EXPLORING NEW TILE FORMATS

The ZYX collection of three-dimensional wall tiles from Craven Dunnill provides maximum scope to create a dramatic feature in the home or public space. Designed for those seeking to create a powerful canvas, ZYX looks beyond the current trend for small format brick-shaped and square tiles, exploring the new formats of triangles and diamonds, featuring varying 3D relief and a multitude of decorative finishes. The triangle and diamond tile formats are available in a choice of profiles. Each offers a pronounced surface design with strong, three-dimensional characteristics, including Channel, which has a scalloped, concave profile, Level, which resembles a pyramid and Blend, which features a raised swirl. Special glaze effects augment the creative scope of this tile range, including Copper Laser Glossy that features an etched metallic effect, Silver Glossy which sparkles, a minimalist White Glossy and a dramatic Black Matt. 01746 761611 | www.cravendunnill.co.uk

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Spotlight

RE-STRUCTURING SURFACES JAMES LATHAM ANNOUNCES NEW HI-MACS STRUCTURA® COLLECTION TO ITS PORTFOLIO, OFFERING ARCHITECTS HIGH PERFORMANCE, PREMIUM QUALITY, TEXTURED SURFACES FOR A MULTITUDE OF PROJECTS

AS THE EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR OF Rob Goodman, HI-MACS® Group Product design selected. It creates a better finish and HI-MACS® SOLID SURFACE IN THE UK Manager, James Latham commented, “We can be more cost-effective than a CNC AND IRELAND, JAMES LATHAM HAS JUST are all really excited about this latest addition produced panel. UNVEILED THE BRAND-NEW HI-MACS to the HI-MACS® portfolio. Customer reaction STRUCTURA® COLLECTION. both in the commercial and residential 0113 387 0857 sectors has been really positive and we are [email protected] Available directly from stock and nationwide expecting it to be extremely popular, www.himacsuk.co.uk through James Latham’s 10-strong network especially for designers and architects of depots, HI-MACS Structura® can take on looking to add form to their design either virtually any patter, and do so with the indoors or outside.” utmost precision. HI-MACS Structura® is different because it This new material takes solid surface provides a textured surface that can take on opportunities to a new level with a variety of virtually any pattern, allowing designers and standard designs as well as bespoke, custom architects to create their own bespoke made creations to suit any project. surface in a simple way, pushing the The next dimension in surface structure, boundaries of design in a project. Precision HI-MACS Structura® creates unlimited new made, it can be utilised as wall cladding in possibilities as surfaces can now appear bathrooms, en-suites and spas as well as with a stunning 3D texture. showers and wet-rooms. It can also be used The collection is created using a new as an exterior cladding or façade with large- technology offered by LG Hausys, the scale patterns that create dramatic effect, manufacturers of HI-MACS® which produces even from a distance. a high performance, premium-quality, This innovative textured material can also be textured surface. It comes in 10 attractive used to enhance the finer details of a project colours and 10 standard surface designs, with bespoke patterns, drawings, fonts and from the hexagonal print of Hive to the logos reproduced into its surface. ® pebble-like feel of Zen or the raised relief HI-MACS Structura can also be Images: LG Hausys HI-MACS® detail of Dunes. thermoformed, depending on the pattern and © Studio Podrini + © Rafael Kroetz

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Product Gallery

PURIFIED WATER PIPES AND NEXT TO FOR ALL CABLES RESENT IMPRESS

Ensuring a building is accessible and Safety on site is essential, which is why Moduleo has expanded its Impress range with sustainable is top of the agenda for new Everbuild – A Sika Company, has launched a a number of new designs, almost doubling corporate building designs. Therefore, range of Underground Warning Tapes to give the collection’s existing product portfolio. consideration should be given regarding a visual indication of the presence of pipes Five wood, one stone and four abstract drinking water provision and whether systems and cables buried beneath. These brightly designs have been introduced, providing a in place are environmentally friendly and coloured, non-adhesive tapes printed with total of 12 designs, 44 colours and 72 SKUs. compliant with the Equality Act. BRITA cautionary statements are buried a specified Among the new wood lines are Santa Cruz Vivreau’s ViTap dispenses unlimited purified distance above the service line to warn future Oak, Bohemian and Laurel Oak, providing chilled still or sparkling water from a single tap excavators of the presence of pipes or cables light washed, chevron and smooth ‘no knot’ with touch sensor control and zero splash. The below, avoiding any costly and potentially effects, as well as rustic-look Sierra Oak, tap also comes with a boiling hot water option, dangerous damages. The range consists of in a total of 11 colourways. The new Impress ideal for instant tea and coffee, reducing the five warning tapes; electric cable, gas pipe, stone design, Mustang Slate, is available in queue for the kettle. There is even an intelligent foul sewer, streetlight and water pipe, each three colourways and has been developed to safety feature on the ViTap which prevents made from a high strength film giving mimic natural slate, providing a structure boiling water from being dispensed by accident. longevity underground. and finish that mirrors the real thing. Finally, One way that buildings can evidence 0113 240 2424 new abstract products are Jumble Stone, compliance with the Equality Act is by installing www.everbuild.co.uk a geometric 2D design which gives a 3D the Equality Access Pad (EAP), which has been illusion, Shades, which caters to the trend created to complement the ViTap. The EAP has of 'botanicals', Bohemian, a chevron pattern been designed for ease of use to gain access to and Mystical, an abstract look popular with the drinking water dispenser primarily from, architects. Impress, Moduleo’s most premium but not limited to, a wheelchair location. The range, comprises products manufactured module is installed remotely from the ViTap with state-of-the-art technology, to give system and mounted at the most convenient depth and tactility to planks making them position for use, to enable the user to safely extremely realistic. access drinking water. www.moduleo.co.uk 020 8813 4895 www.vivreau.co.uk

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Product Gallery

NEW BALANCE

Balance is the latest collection of peel and stick wall and ceiling tiles from Woven Image®. Balance, which consists of three proportionally-sized tile products in nine colourways, is made from award winning EchoPanel® in a 24mm thickness, achieving up to an outstanding 0.85 NRC value while radiating an elegant, designer surface-finish. The wider range of acoustic tile designs, including the colour range options and high-quality finish found on either printed or plain Mura, as well as EchoPanel®, provides an endless stream of design options and configurations that can be created for a number of settings and spaces. Whether it’s to create privacy or to effectively and efficiently control noise in the open-plan office, cafe, lobby, classroom or restaurant, acoustic tiles are a designer’s key for achieving the required acoustic function in a space with quality design. The Balance collection consists of light- weight, easy to install, peel and stick tile packs which use a pressure sensitive adhesive to stick to most surfaces. www.wovenimage.com

NEW AGE OFFICE LANDSCAPE

Phusei is a well-respected high-end furniture dealership, providing intelligent solutions that are tailored to meet the needs of clients. Phusei is now representing Drisag exclusively in the UK. Drisag develops and produces office furniture under its own label and in close partnership with internationally renowned designers such as Stefan Schoning, Ton Haas and Roel Vandebeek. Frame 21, the Drisag flagship showroom, is a 21 metre high building designed by B architects in Antwerp, Belgium. More than just an office and showroom, the 1.500m² space is also a vibrant business community of co-workers where Drisag furniture is used intensively every day. Phusei has further curated a selection of its unique products, all designed to not only look beautiful but also to solve common problems of office design: Box by Studio Segers is an acoustical structure that can stand either on its own or against a wall, perfect for open plan spaces, ideal for either a quick call or stand up meeting; Stool by Caroline Voet is the winner of Henry van de Velde Labels 2014 award and is a new interpretation of the archetypal milking stool: a chair with a wide, shallow seat and splayed legs. The oak seat is wide and slightly curved in one direction; COB and POB were designed by the Drisag Design Team and represent the ‘Common and Personal Office Box’, a flexible deployable storage system that can be applied in an open space work environment; Wall desk by Theo Beunen is a thin and functional desk that can be hung on the wall saving space; finally, Tony is a two-legged standing floor lamp from the Dutch design brand Heetman & Patijn. Renown for giving their products their own personality and identity Tony rests on two concrete feet and has a large round lampshade. www.phusei.com

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produced a new white paper. ‘Accessible manager. “But for up to 14million people, RECONSIDERING Toilets, Washrooms & Bathrooms - The who need more space, and/or more Provisions Beyond Building Regulations equipment, it doesn’t. It therefore precludes ACCESS Approved Document M’ explains why their ability to access the venue. So by not Approved Document M type toilets do not accommodating their needs, you are By law (Equality Act 2010), venues need to meet the needs of up to 14million people, shutting the door on 20 per cent of the UK make anticipatory ‘reasonable adjustments’ and outlines the relevant British Standards population, who spend £86billion a year at to the built environment to prevent disabled and guidelines for compliance. ‘There is least... Our white paper simplifies the legal people being put at a ‘substantial’ an assumption that a Document M type and ‘best practice’ considerations, in one disadvantage- that includes suitable toilets. wheelchair accessible toilet ‘does the job’,” useful reference tool.” To help get it right, Clos-o-Mat has says Robin Tuffley, Clos-o-Mat marketing www.clos-o-mat.com

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GOING TO WORK? WORKPLACE DESIGN HAS EVOLVED INTO A WHOLE NEW BEAST. BDG ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN: ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS AND CREATIVE THINKERS, SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON FOSTERING THIS NEW WORK MINDSET

ADVANCES IN MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND people constantly update their Facebook One upshot will be an office environment, AN EMPHASIS ON KNOWLEDGE SHARING status and tweet their every move, it makes which must better reflect the priorities of MEAN BOUNDARIES BETWEEN WORK AND even less sense.” these individualistic individuals. “People still LIFE ARE BLURRING AT AN EVERY FASTER Dr Carsten Sørensen at the London School of want their own space and to personalise it. RATE - SO MUCH SO THAT THE VERY TERM Economics is an expert in the relationship But they also want the flexibility to work ‘GOING TO WORK’ IS BEING REDEFINED. between technology and behaviour in the wherever they want to. So personalisation workplace. His findings back up Sandberg’s tends to go with them. As work encroaches on our every waking view: “We are entering the century of the Traditionally it was a family photo on the hour, our personal life increasingly pervades individual. This is the century of me, me, me, desk. Nowadays, people take their very the workplace. The ‘Management of Me’ in and the notion that you have the right to personal branding people with them, so they what we once knew as the working week is express yourself as an individual. That will have same screen drop as they take it with now organised in a parallel universe of online soon be the hallmark of any organisation.” them on their ipads.” social communication, be that with old While employees’ behaviour at work has In broader brand terms, as employees allow friends, work colleagues or even clients. come to include more of their online social their individualism to encroach on their Facebook’s CFO Sheryl Sandberg highlights persona, employers are still working out how working selves, employers must figure out this in her book Lean In, “I am now a true to respond. But how will this shift in how best to accommodate (and possibly even believer in bringing our whole selves to work. dynamics and balance, which is muddying the to encourage) the ‘management of me’. I no longer think people have a professional waters of life and work, affect the corporate Because as the world becomes more self for Mondays through Fridays and a real brand? How do you keep staff on message, individualistic, it will be businesses that self for the rest of the time. That type of walking the talk, when they are engaged, foster such a mindset within a productive separation probably never existed, and in either physically out of the office or work environment that will come out on top. today’s era of individual expression, where on-screen, elsewhere? Image courtesy of Gareth Gardner

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