All Building articles in Specifier 2 March 2007

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  • Features

    Thanks a mullion

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Technal’s structurally glazed curtain walling system has been used for the first time in the UK on the refurbishment of a sixties building at the University of Sunderland.

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    Natural look for rainscreen

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The Stancliffe Stone Company has launched a rainscreen cladding system featuring natural sandstone panels.

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    Frame-free glazing system

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Glass specialist Schott has extended its range of Pyranova fire-resistant glazing so that glass panels can be butt-jointed without using framing elements.

  • Features

    Steel sheet finishes

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Stainless steel maker Ugine & Alz has introduced a range of finishes to the UK.

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    Metallic finishes

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Shackerley has added a range of metallic finishes to the ceramic granite panels of its rainscreen cladding system.

  • Features

    Maximising daylight: Working on sunshine

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Daylight improves productivity and wellbeing in the workplace, so theoretically it could help the brainwork at Edinburgh University’s new science facility. But how do you get a good helping of daylight in grey Scotland? Jan-Carlos Kucharek reports on an innovative brise-soleil

  • Features

    Fire-resistant curtain walling

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Aluminium cladding maker Kawneer has launched a fire-resistant version of its AA100 curtain walling system.

  • Stranger than paradise: The Watercube in Beijing will be three times the size of the Eden Project
    Features

    The Cube route

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    ETFE specialist Vector Foiltec’s involvement in building an iconic aquatic centre for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has called for the relocation of its fabrication operation to China, as managing director Ben Morris explains.

  • Bennetts Associates’ New Street Square in Stratford, east London
    Features

    We’ve got it covered ...

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    As pressure mounts for suppliers to improve energy efficiency, Italian cladding maker Permasteelisa explains how it’s doing its bit for the environment.

  • Features

    Colourful panelling options

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Fibreglass Grating has launched a range of composite, colour-tinted translucent screening and cladding panels.

  • Features

    What it costs: ceramic tiles

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Ceramic tiles have come a long way since ancient Egypt. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers the options

  • Features

    Apartment blocks

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Marley Eternit's fibre-cement rainscreen cladding panels were selected by Heat Architects for the conversion of two 1950s light industrial buildings into apartments.

  • Features

    The world according to...

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Ben Morris, managing director, Vector Foiltec

  • News

    Specifier 2 March 2007

    2007-03-02T00:00:00Z

    In this weeks cladding special, panelling natural, metallic and glass in an array of colours vie for attention among apartment dwellers and university students. Plus a round-up of news from manufacturers