How's this for an opening to a doors and windows special: a Victorian east London pub converted into affordable homes that combines traditional timber windows with contemporary aluminium
Rabbits Road, Newham, London E12
Closing time for a Victorian east London pub has marked its transformation to much-needed affordable homes by Toynbee Housing Association, and the social housing provider has packed the maximum into the compact street corner site. "We have been able to create a diverse range of dwellings," says Julian Stock, partner with the scheme's architect Stock Woolstencroft. The pub has been extended to provide 19 one- and two-bedroom apartments, above ground floor commercial space, and the rear of the site has been developed with three three-bedroom houses. Whereas in the Victorian pub building traditional timber windows (by Arden) have been fitted to respect the existing structure, the extension has been equipped with grey powder-coated aluminium windows to generate a tough, contemporary urban aesthetic. The aluminium framing is also used to create the glazed courtyard space which links the existing building to its neighbouring extension. Carried out under a partnering contract between client, architect and contractor, the project had a less than generous budget of £1.9m, but that has allowed scope for quality modern materials to be injected into the specification, including timber cladding and decking and stainless steel roof and coping.

What's the spec

Door manufacturer
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Aluminium window
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Mumford & Wood has provided traditional conservation timber sliding sash windows and French doorsets for a new house on the Wentworth Estate, in Berkshire. The sashes and doorsets have ovolo moulded profiles and 22 mm internal glazing bars. Sliding windows have heavy-duty pre-tensioned spiral spring balances. Mumford & Wood
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colour-coated PVCu windows

Rehau fabricator Graham Holmes Astraseal has completed a project for Coventry housing association Whitefriars Housing Group using colour-coated PVCu windows and doors. In all, 150 casement and tilt and turn windows and doors in four two-storey blocks of flats were coated to match the shades of yellow, green, light blue and red originally used in the distinctively designed homes.
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Credits

Client Toynbee Housing Association Architect Stock Woolstencroft Contractor Galliford Hodgson Structural engineer Walker Associates Employer’s agent BPP Construction