Delivery has now finished for the windows on a ‘New Classroom’ at Kings College School in Wimbledon.
The project by Allies and Morrison comprises of OAK Composite double glazed windows and doors from our Krone system.
The rendered image below courtesy of Moka Studio shows the new classroom complex set within the grounds of the school.
When Peter Berkin first contacted us about supplying a couple of folding doors to his house we had no idea it was going to be such an interesting project and journey.
The initial meeting around the kitchen table was informal and fact finding on both sides. Peter and Chard explained they were building a new house in their large garden and that the build would be filmed and featured on Grand Designs.
It was quickly realised we had so much more to offer than a couple of bifold doors and working with Peter’s architect we came up with a compliant spec for the rest of the glazing also.
The circular design of the building is quite unique and the main entrance and 3 extremely large picture windows are the first sign of the spectacular building you are about to see.
The central courtyard which is the most impressive, features at its centre, 4 sets of triple glazed bifold doors with angled fixed triple glazed elements above, as the building spirals upwards. The design of the brackets to support these windows was, in itself, quite a challenge.
The glazing featured is a triple glazed Scandinavian pine system, powder coated to the exact RAL colour required by the client and featuring both fixed and opening elements. Most of the opening elements are tilt and turn for excellent ventilation and easy cleaning but on the end of the building are some extremely large windows needing special design intent.
Here the wind load has to be dealt with by the frames and so a steel plate was introduced between the frames to cope with the static wind load. There is also a set of inward opening double doors to take maximum advantage of the view over open fields (we won’t mention the housing estate that sprung up!).
This was both a challenging and rewarding project to supply, as the finished building is beyond our expectations and the clients were, after Chard’s initial hard fought negotiation which would have been at home on a large contract in central London, great to work with and understanding of the things that do happen inevitably on a building site (one of the picture windows arrived with a cracked glass).
For this private residence in Scotland there was only one choice as far as the client was concerned, Oak.
The house which is a mixture of old stonework and new timber clad needed something to blend into the very natural setting that would be long lasting and well insulating
There are quite a number of bespoke elements on this project. From Angled glazing to large sliding doors, a special timber screen by the main entrance door and of course, the curved glazing.
Following our post a few months ago we can now reveal the finished project we have supplied at Keynesham Town Hall.
The project designed by Aedas, consists of 3 buildings clad in Brass with Aluminium framed Danish windows from Krone.
Our challenge was to supply very large elements which incorporated an acoustic louvre panel all fitted in our factory in Denmark.
Another area of the building needed some very tall glazing which could deal with the wind load without the need for secondary steelwork behind.This was achieved by inserting a pre-designed steel plate between the frames to give the necessary stability under pressure.
One of our latest completed projects in London has a highly desirable view of some of London’s iconic structures.
Completed in 2014 the project utilises the ultra slim Convec trench heater from Meinertz. The units 59 mm size made this view possible according to James Forster of Thornley & Lumb.
The Meinertz slim trench heater, Convec, allowed us to fit perimeter heating into a very tight floor void. Any other unit would have needed a plinth, which would have had serious knock on effects to the Ballustrades and this iconic view.
Connecting to our whole house control system makes this the perfect accompaniment to our underfloor heating for dealing with the cold down draughts from the full height glazing.
Venturi UK are proud to host representatives of some of the UK’s most prestigious architects for a tour of the Secco Sistemi factory and a private visit to the st marks basilica during the Biennale 2014 by Rem Koolhaas.
Representatives from Foster & Partners, Herzog & De Meuron, KPF, ESA, Wilkinson Eyre, Stanton Williams and Gumuchdjian were given a guided tour of the showroom, production facility and Secco Lab, by Mauro Grossi of Secco Sistemi, to give further insight into how the Bronze and steel window and door systems are made.
Next stop is a tour of Venice and a private visit to the St Marks Basilica
Wellington Glazing, a Secco approved fabricator have recently taken on the task of replacing these old single glazed metal windows with modern thermally broken OS2 from Secco Sistemi.
The OS2 is a slim thermally broken alternative to the traditional single glazed metal windows of the past. OS2 can be supplied painted or in Stainless Steel, Corten Steel or even Architectural Bronze and in heights up to 2.7m opening windows.
Here is the first look ( at our photos anyway) of the new KTH project by Aedas Architects in Keynsham near Bristol.
Venturi UK worked closely with the architect and design team for a glazing solution for this environmentally conscious building.
We supplied approximately 2000sq m of prefab glazing panels, a large number of which included acoustic louvres fitted in the factory.
Finally a very tall area of glazing with no secondary steel structure was needed requiring structural steel plates between the adjoining frames.
The project was built by Wilmott Dixon and supplied over a 6 month period late 2013 and early 2014.
The Wilmott Dixon project director in charge of the site said “Krone windows were the suppliers of windows for the Keynsham Project, and the service and quality of their product has been exceptional”
Thanks to an intense designing, modelling and certifying activity, the new EBE 85 sliding door achieves top-of-the-industry performance with unique and never-tested-before certified dimensions.
A product that combines beauty, quality and comfort without compromising.
43 db noise reduction on a dimension of 4380×3000 (one fixed and one sliding door)
Class 4 air-tightness on a dimension of 3684×3093 (2 sliding doors)
Class 8A water-tightness on a dimension of 3684×3093 (2 sliding doors)
Class C3 wind load resistance on a dimension of 3684×3093 (2 sliding doors)
Uw= 1,20 W/m2K thermal transmittance on a dimension of 3800×3000 (2 sliding doors)
Sliding force required < 100 Nm for a 380 Kg door
Dimensions expressed in mm
