Month: August 2016

Hilton Bournemouth, the latest property in the Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand, has achieved its soaring glass façade with panoramic views to the coast and across the popular seaside town thanks to extensive use of architectural aluminium systems from Metal Technology.

The thirteen-storey landmark scheme was designed by Cube in association with White Ink Architects and constructed by Northern Ireland contactor McAleer & Rushe. The building consists of a 172-bedroom 4-star hotel together with 15 exclusive residential apartments.

The extensive glazed façade with its eye-catching curves is underpinned by Metal Technology’s System 17 high rise curtain walling, complemented by a suite of systems from the company’s   range: System 4-35 Hi+ casement windows, System 5-20D Hi+ doors and System 25 Hi+ lift-and-slide sliding doors.

Utilised together this suite of systems from Metal Technology gives complete design and aesthetic flexibility without compromise on structural integrity, weather performance and thermal enhancement while offering full compliance to all relevant standards.

Sitting on the grounds of Bruntsfield House, a Grade A-listed building, sympathetic design, which respected the past but looked to the future was an essential part of the design of the 1,150-pupil James Gillespie High School in Edinburgh. To achieve that in the design and construction of the series of inspirational buildings, JM Architects specified a suite of systems from leading architectural aluminium manufacturer, Metal Technology.

The scheme incorporates System 17 curtain walling in both standard cap and T-shaped cap variants, used in conjunction with  range Systems 25 Hi+ lift-and-slide sliding doors and 5-35 Hi+ tilt-and-turn windows to create an overall aesthetic.

All systems from Metal Technology have been developed and stringently tested to meet and exceed industry standards in terms of structural integrity and functionality, weather, thermal, safety and security performance, while offering limitless flexibility in design.

The original school building, founded in 1803 by Edinburgh tobacco merchant James Gillespie, was also renovated and refurbished in keeping with its historic building status as part of the overall scheme.