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    Foil-covered internal doors

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Specifier 5 April 2007

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Doors and windows

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Specifier 5 April 2007

Doors and windows

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    Specifier 5 April 2007

  • 2

    Acrylic door handles

  • 3
    An M-shaped lever handle from the d-line range of hardware, designed by Knud Holscher

    Allgood Ironmongery: Iron in the soul

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    Foil-covered internal doors

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    Stackable weights for sash windows

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    Timber windows: Back to the future

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    Vertical sliding window

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    Waste-reducing partition system

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