Building Design articles from May 2004

Building Design archives from May 2004

Mak bosses in 1m [pounds sterling] claim: negligence claim hits recently liquidated practice.(Mak Architects)(Winterdome)
May 7, 2004... Efforts by the former directors of recently liquidated Mak Architects to set up their own practices were dealt a blow this week with a legal claim against Mak for more than 1 million [pounds sterling]. Leeds-based developer Winterdome...

Bartlett plans to double in size.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... The Bartlett architecture school could double in size with a new building next door to the much-loathed original, under plans to be pushed forward by incoming chair Christine Hawley. Hawley, who will take over from 67-year-old Peter Cook in...

Deja vu?(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Jean Nouvel is working with Norman Foster on a major City of London scheme, but first his practice is rushing to finish its own phallic symbol in Barcelona. The remarkable Torre Agbar--an office scheme for Barcelona's main water...

Milton Keynes plans 'terrible': town's former planner attacks government push for 300,000 homes.(News)(Milton Keynes Development Corporation)
May 7, 2004... Government plans for more than 300,000 new homes in the Milton Keynes growth zone by 2031 have been branded "useless", "terrible" and "primitive". Leading strategic planner David Lock, the former deputy planner of the Milton Keynes...

Industry bodies join forces to blast new planning guidelines.(News)(Urban Design Group)(Udal)(Cabe)(Town and Country Planning Association)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... The government's overall guidelines for planners known as PPS1 have been slammed this week for neglecting the importance of design. Built-environment groups Cabe, the RIBA, Urban Design Group, RTPI, Udal and TCPA published a joint statement...

Country house clause plea.(News)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Norman Foster, RIBA president George Ferguson and MP Alan Howarth met planning minister Keith Hill last week to lobby for the retention of the country house clause. The clause, part of Planning Policy Guidance 7, allows "isolated houses to...

Mersey skyscraper.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Ian Simpson Architects is to submit a planning application to Liverpool City Council for a 50-storey landmark tower at Brunswick Quay at the entrance to Liverpool Marina. The mixed-use development on the banks of the Mersey will provide 538...

Feilden Clegg Bradley has won a design competition to build a 13.7 million [pounds sterling] visual arts and media centre in Derby.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Feilden Clegg Bradley has won a design competition to build a 13.7 million [pounds sterling] visual arts and media centre in Derby. The project is due to start on site next year.

Stock Woolstencraft has won planning permission for a 90 million [pounds sterling] transformation of the Haddo Estate in Greenwich.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Stock Woolstencraft has won planning permission for a 90 million [pounds sterling] transformation of the Haddo Estate in Greenwich, fitting 510 houses onto 2.7ha

A second John Madin Design Group landmark in Birmingham is under threat of demolition.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... A second John Madin Design Group landmark in Birmingham is under threat of demolition. After plans to pull down the central library, the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce & Industries (1956-7) is the subject of a planning application to build a...

Santiago Calatrava's steel-and-glass roof for the Olympic Stadium in Athens could be scrapped.(Hit and miss)
May 7, 2004... Santiago Calatrava's steel-and-glass roof for the Olympic Stadium in Athens could be scrapped. The International Olympic Committee has given the Greek government a deadline of May 20 to complete the roof's frame or forget it.

There are fresh doubts over the funding of Daniel Libeskind's Freedom Tower.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... There are fresh doubts over the funding of Daniel Libeskind's Freedom Tower (above) at Ground Zero in New York after site owner Larry Silverstein lost a key legal ruling relating to the insurance payout for the loss of the original World Trade...

RIBA presidential candidates Jack Pringle and Valerie Owen have launched their campaigns.(People)(Royal Institute of British Architects )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... RIBA presidential candidates Jack Pringle and Valerie Owen have launched their campaigns. Owen wants a client champions panel to develop performance related fee structures. Pringle promises a street-fighting attitude.

Aukett UK.(People)(Illustration)
May 7, 2004... Aukett plc's new chairman Jose Luis Ripoll (pictured) has named Paul Newman as managing director of Aukett UK. Newman has been an architect with Aukett since 1981.

A British architect practising in Hong Kong was this week found stabbed to death at a villa on the island of Boracay in the Phillipines.(People)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... A British architect practising in Hong Kong was this week found stabbed to death at a villa on the island of Boracay in the Phillipines. James Cowperthwaite, 59, who was found dead with three others, had set up the Architectural Practice...

Norman Foster is the architect with the most buildings featured in Phaidon.(People)
May 7, 2004... Norman Foster is the architect with the most buildings featured in Phaidon's new Atlas of Contemporary Architecture (page 21).

The Treasury has published new guidance on standardisation of PFI.(Power play)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... The Treasury has published new guidance on standardisation of PFI contracts aimed at cutting the length and cost of the procurement process. See www.hmtreasury.gov.uk/sopc

London Mayor Ken Livingstone has launched Supplementary Planning Guidance on his London Plan.(Power play)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... London Mayor Ken Livingstone has launched Supplementary Planning Guidance on his London Plan launched earlier in the spring. See http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/sds/accessible_london.jsp

John Prescott was this week conferred with an RIBA honorary fellowship.(Power play)(Royal Institute of British Architects )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... John Prescott was this week conferred with an RIBA honorary fellowship. Those also honoured included writer and broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby; Stuart MacDonald, director of Scotland's Lighthouse architecture centre; Vittorio Radice, executive...

RIBA contest adviser falls foul of process: Peter Ahrends wins Bexhill competition but client immediately casts doubt on scheme.(News)
May 7, 2004... An RIBA adviser charged with reforming the competitions process has been hit by the very problem he is trying to solve. Ahrends Burton & Koralek partner Peter Ahrends won a contest in Bexhill, East Sussex, this week but the client...

Scottish PII threat is lifted.(News)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Scottish architects were celebrating this week after the threat of soaring PII requirements to work on publicly funded projects in the country was lifted. The Scottish Executive has intervened to cancel a blanket 5 million [pounds...

Big names feature at Selfridges.(News)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Foreign Office Architects, Zaha Hadid and Alsop Architects are to showcase their work to shoppers on London's Oxford Street as part of an Architecture Foundation scheme to take over window displays at Selfridges. Eleven architects, also...

Ball's Cornish comeback.(Jonathan Ball)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Architect Jonathan Ball has bounced back from his legal battle over the Eden Project by unveiling new plans, designed by Edward Cullinan Architects, for a tourist attraction in Cornwall. The Great Atlantic way will be a series of 30 visitor...

Durham bandstand.(Adjaye Associates)(Mosedale Gillatt Architects)(Ian McChesney )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Durham bandstand Adjaye Associates, Niall McLaughlin Architects, Mosedale Gillatt Architects and Ian McChesney have been shortlisted in a competition to design a bandstand in Durham. The winning design will be part of the new Walkergate...

RIBA Gallery underway.(Royal Institute of British Architects )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... RIBA Gallery underway Building work has started on Gareth Hoskins Architects' RIBA Architecture Gallery at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The gallery will display the RIBA's drawings and models collection. The project is set for completion this...

Polish cinema job.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Polish cinema job Broadway Malyan's Polish office has been appointed to design a major cinema in Warsaw. The six-screen, 1,100-seat Silver Screen cinema is for the Wola Park shopping centre. Broadway Malyan has a 10-strong practice in Warsaw,...

Rogers Madrid airport delays Foster tower.(News)(Aeropuertos Espanoles y Navegacion Aerea )(Foster & Partners )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... A 250m-high Foster & Partners office tower in Madrid has been delayed because of fears it will block flight paths into Richard Rogers' new Madrid-Barajas International Airport. The tower, which will be taller than Canary Wharf, will be part...

Foster's to design Glasgow arena on banks of Clyde.(News)(Foster & Partners)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Foster & Partners has been appointed to design a 50 million [pounds sterling] national arena on the banks of the river Clyde in Glasgow. The 12,500-seat arena is the first development in a 350 million [pounds sterling] masterplan for the...

Cabe to tackle hot spots.(News)(Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Cabe has launched a pilot scheme to test whether it can focus its resources in local areas during periods of major redevelopment. The design watchdog is investing 400,000 [pounds sterling] in Design East Lancashire, in partnership with the...

Oldham plots international revival.(First Look)(S333 )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Netherlands-based practice S333 has revealed ambitious designs to regenerate Oldham in Greater Manchester. Working with regeneration consultancy Urbed and other partners, S333 last week presented a 15-year masterplan to foster economic...

Starter's orders.(David Morley Architects has won planning permission )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Starter's orders David Morley Architects has won planning permission for an athletics training centre in north London and has also won 2 million [pounds sterling] in new funding for another new sports centre in Regents Park. The athletics...

City housing approved.(Sidell Gibson Architects has received planning permission )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... City housing approved Sidell Gibson Architects has received planning permission for a housing scheme opposite Tate Modern in the City of London. The 12 million [pounds sterling] scheme includes 67 flats as well as courtyard gardens, balconies...

HTA China plans axed.(News)(HTA Architects)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... A ground-breaking 12,000-home community in Shanghai designed by HTA and based on latest British "sustainable communities" thinking has been scrapped. In March, HTA won a design competition to masterplan a "mould breaking" 100ha mixed-use...

'Streetfighter' Pringle sets out his presidential stall.(News)(Jack Pringle )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Jack Pringle positioned himself as the tough guy candidate in the race for the RIBA presidency last Friday, claiming there was "something of a streetfighter" about him. Renewing his attack on Arb, PFI and low salaries, at a press...

Pedal tower.(Robbrecht & Daem )(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Belgian practice Robbrecht & Daem has unveiled new images of its two sculptural viewing towers proposed for a national cycle path in Lincolnshire. The two viewing towers, commissioned by Lincoln City Council with a budget of 200,000...

Web poll.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Last week we asked: Is ownership of your practice too concentrated in the hands of a few? 57% said yes 43% said no This week we ask Which do you prefer: Foster's Swiss Re or Nouvel's Torre Agbar in Barcelona? Give your...

Practice sues for unpaid fees.(News)(Michael Harold)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Munkenbeck & Marshall Architects is suing a client for what it claims is more than 62,000 [pounds sterling] in unpaid fees. The London practice has filed a claim at the High Court of Justice's Technology & Construction Court. It claims...

Iraqi architect's hopes for his country fade.(News)
May 7, 2004... Last June Iraqi-born architect Ali Mousawi returned to his homeland for the first time in 14 years to re-establish the practice he left when he fled to England in 1990. Last week he made Iris fourth visit back to Baghdad. Mousawi's...

A Swansea scheme.(Wales)
May 7, 2004... A Swansea scheme that will include the tallest residential building in Wales has been worked up by architect practice Latitude. The 53 million [pounds sterling] mixed-use Ferrara Quay is part of the city's broader waterfront project and will...

The Royal Society of Architects in Wales.(Wales)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... The Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW) staged a one-day conference on client-architect relations last week. The event, entitled Great Expectations, was held in the north Wales village of Portmeirion and aimed to highlight the link...

A much praised.(Wales)(galeri theatre)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... A much praised and delayed Richard Murphy Architects scheme in Caernarfon, north Wales, is due for completion in November. There had been doubts over the viability of the warehouse-style, 400-seat Galeri theatre project, after the budget spiral...

The first dedicated.(Wales)(Gaunt Francis Architects)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... The first dedicated sushi restaurant in Wales, designed by Cardiff-based Gaunt Francis Architects, is due to open this summer. The 350,000 [pounds sterling] Zushi Restaurant, on the ground floor of the Aspect tower block in Cardiff, will...

Major step for Welsh Poundbury: Ebbw Vale urban extension project moves to site preparation stage.(News)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... A huge Poundbury-style urban extension in South Wales took a major step forward last week as experts prepared to clean up Ebbw Vale's 80ha former steelworks. The 450-home development, masterplanned by Llewelyn Davies, also includes a 30...

Hadid on Manhattan public park shortlist.(News)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Zaha Hadid Architects has been shortlisted with seven other practices to transform Manhattan institution the High Line into a public park. A largely hidden and overgrown elevated rail track running 2.25km through Manhattan's West Side, the...

21st century militant: as he starts work in London, Jean Nouvel tells BD about the trouble with Rem and the importance of sleep.(News Interview)
May 7, 2004... Next time you turn up late for work, don't worry about your excuse. Just say you were lying in bed synthesizing ideas as Jean Nouvel does, writes Robert Booth. BD interrupted a Nouvel snooze at the luxurious Sanderson Hotel last week when...

Stopping for tea in the park: Deborah Saunt visits two new park cafes by Hopkins and Cowie.(Peer Pressure)(Hopkins Architects' Inn)(Pavilion Cafe)
May 7, 2004... Hopkins Architects' Inn in the Park in London's St James Park replaces a 1960s care with a restaurant-cum-cafe for MPs, tourists and the city's everyday park walkers. Julian Cowie Architects' Pavilion Cafe in Dulwich Park remodels a cafe from...

Jonathan Ball: the co-founder of the Eden project has come up with what he hopes will be another world-class visitor attraction for Cornwall. But this time there'll be no legal wrangles he says.(Talkbox)(Interview)
May 7, 2004... Toll us about the project. It is called the Great Atlantic Way and will for the first time tell the story of the weather and how it has shaped our planet and Britain in particular. The centrepiece of the project will be The Keep, a...

We must be master of all trades.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
May 7, 2004... Oh, come on Claire Barton and others (News Analysis April 23), have you not heard of the Universal Man? You need to understand that as an architect, you do have to be good at everything. To suggest anything else is simply to go along with...

Egan's angels.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
May 7, 2004... Punchy journalism may force you to simplify the debate about the Egan Review (BD April 23). But it might be more helpful if the profession allowed itself time for careful deconstruction of generic skill vs core competence, to wonder whether...

Social awareness.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
May 7, 2004... I am delighted that the social aspects of housing design (April 30) featured so prominently and so soon after the previous debate on John Prescott's National Centre for Sustainable Communities. But Cabe's Alex Ely and suburban masterplanner...

Stand up comrade.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
May 7, 2004... It was an interesting coincidence that on the back of the page featuring Charles Jencks's letter about terrorism and architects (Letters April 23), there was an advert for Barbour Index featuring "comrade" Lenin and Russians. The corollary...

Philly friends.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
May 7, 2004... It is strange to read the statement that the legacy of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown has been, "to remove any idea of the social or political relevance of architecture..." (Letters April 8). Let me tell you about Chad (Chatter...

Mysterious girl.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
May 7, 2004... It is good to see that the Landscape Design Trust has celebrated Peter Shepheard's full and varied career with a new monograph (Culture April 30). Shepheard was a beacon of the values behind an architecture of the "everyday" and the role of the...

Table talk1.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
May 7, 2004... Tony Aspinall (Letters April 23) may be assured he is not the only architect who holds his views on Alsop's "Table for Toronto". The sheer bad-mannered arrogance displayed by dais building leaves me breathless and wondering what sort of...

Table talk2.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
May 7, 2004... Re Alsop's "flying tabletop" (News April 16), I understand RIBA president George Ferguson believes a key challenge for architects is to have a "visually educated public"--or have I got it the wrong way round? Peter Ashworth, ...

So macho.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
May 7, 2004... Sarah Wigglesworth's experience of machismo (In Practice April 23), I am happy to say, is not universal. In 40 years, I have been fortunate enough to meet courtesy in most situations, including on site. As the student working with me keeps...

One world? No thanks.(Editorial)(Editorial)
May 7, 2004... Architecture has reached a new level of political potency in the UK, but it takes a tussle between two foreigners this week to reveal it. Whether new building in city centres or suburbs is particular to its context or adapts global types is...

Piecing the jigsaw to stand the test of time.(In Practice)
May 7, 2004... We are second-generation architects, Stephen Proctor and I, and our fathers often remind us that we are not the first to try to crack the prefab nut. Steel, timber and concrete have all been used by the profession in pursuit of the Holy Grail;...

We're motoring.(Concrete Boots)
May 7, 2004... And so the baby's head was wetted. BD's relaunch party in London on Tuesday saw Davids Chipperfield and Adjaye chatting with RIBA presidents past, present, and perhaps future in the form of Paul Hyett, George Ferguson and Richard Saxon. Bob...

Taking his queue.(Concrete Boots)(John Prescott, Royal Institute of British Architects)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Since when did the deputy prime minister have to queue for anything? Since he became an RIBA honorary fellow this week. John Prescott arrived at Portland Place in a Mercedes, but proved he was a true man of the people when he stood in line for...

Fitting honour?(Concrete Boots)(Fergus Muir of Department for Culture, Media & Sport got a fellowship from Royal Institute of British Architects)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Another interesting fellowship went to Fergus Muir, the civil servant responsible for architecture at the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, According to RIBA chief executive Richard Hastilow, one of the reasons Muir won the award was for...

A little discipline.(Concrete Boots)(Royal Institute of British Architects)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Staying with the military theme, RIBA president George Ferguson opened the ceremony, sharing the stage with Hastilow, a former senior Royal Navy officer. Ferguson said the fellowships would be "awarded by discipline. I don't mean military...

Sick of saving.(Concrete Boots)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Janet Street-Porter has got her teeth into building conservation. She let rip in a Sunday newspaper about how the building conservation industry, which nets millions of pounds in fees for architects, makes her "sick". "If there is one...

Travels through place and history: the selection of Belgian practice Robbrecht & Daem for a British scheme is as exciting as Herzog & de Meuron's arrival here in 1995.(Works: European currents)
May 7, 2004... Although not well known here, and apparently not at all lay the panel of experts that selected them for the extension to the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London, the Ghent practice of Robbrecht & Daem has a record in continental Europe of...

Bruges Concert Hall: architect: Robbrecht & Daem.(Solutions)
May 7, 2004... The Concert Hall has a concrete sheer-wall structure isolated from the ground by steel springs to prevent sound transfer from a nearby road tunnel. The auditorium itself is surrounded by backstage or circulation spaces that insulate it from the...

Heavenly sounds: Heaven 17 founder Martyn Ware is now making his mark as an acoustic designer.
May 7, 2004... A series of coloured dots are dancing across a computer screen. "See that little white dot in the middle of the screen, that's the observer. All the other dots symbolise different sounds and they move around the observer in three dimensions. We...

Plaster scenes: Graham Seaton's plaster casts of found objects resemble cityscapes until you look closely.(Culture)
May 7, 2004... When you first walk into the installation of Graham Seaton's Configurations, it is pretty obvious you're looking at a cityscape, writes Pamela Buxton. Gulliver-like, the visitor towers above the little components that make up the streets...

William Pye.(exhibiting his works)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Best known for his distinctive water features, sculptor William Pye is exhibiting new work from this week until September 5 at the New Art Centre Sculpture Park & Gallery, Roche Court, East Winterslow, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Tel: 01980 862244.

Tamara de Lempicka: Art Deco Icon.(Exhibition)(Royal Academy of Arts)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Iconic Russian-born artist Tamara de Lempicka gets her first UK exhibition at the Royal Academy. Tamara de Lempicka: Art Deco Icon opens on May 15 and runs until August 30 at Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London. Tel: 0870 848 8484.

Aide-Memoire.(Performance)
May 7, 2004... Site-specific interpretation of Somerset House by artist Peter Reder, Aide-Memoire promises to explore and animate the building's hidden spaces. From May 11-16 at Somerset House, Strand, London. Tickets: 7.5B [pounds sterling] from 0870 145...

Architecture's Mappa Mundi: Pamela Buxton finds plenty to peruse in an ambitious atlas of buildings around the world.(The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary Architecture )
May 7, 2004... With a project as monumental as an arias of contemporary architecture, it's hardly surprising that editors at publisher Phaidon ended up having nightmares that they were being chased by buildings. After five years of planning involving 20...

Cutting it.(Paul Catherall takes inspiration from architectural landmarks for his meticulous linocuts)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... Printmaker and illustrator Paul Catherall takes inspiration from architectural landmarks for his meticulous linocuts, on show in a new exhibition at London's Clapham Art Gallery. Catherall works from his own photographs, often altering angles...

Piers Gough.(Radar)(personal tastes of CZWG Architects)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... I'm reading Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections, a dense, intense novel that has really moved novel-writing on. I tend to read fierce novels by people like Martin Amis. I buy architectural books, but often don't think they're good enough--I make...

Sika.(Products & Literature)
May 7, 2004... Sikaplan VG, one of the single ply roofing membrane systems from market leader Sika Limited, was used to roof the newly built 7000 square metres Southern Regional Distribution Centre at Beaumont Leys, Leicester for Walkers Snack Foods. ...

Lignacite.(Products & Literature)
May 7, 2004... Lignastone is a hand cast masonry material that closely resembles natural stone. It is an extremely durable architectural product, manufactured to BS 1217, and is an affordable alternative to natural stone. Enquiries 5001 or see...

Rock Asphalte.(Products & Literature)
May 7, 2004... Rock Asphalte, Britain's leading manufacturer and installer of mastic asphalt waterproofing systems, has launched a major new division, to provide the total one-stop-waterproofing package for the building envelope and complement its acclaimed...

Velfac.(Products & Literature)
May 7, 2004... A stylish apartment building, part of a luxurious riverside development near Lincoln, is the latest residential project to feature VELFAC glazing. Built by Beal Homes, Burton Waters is an extensive 'lifestyle' development of over 200 apartments...

Quadriga Concepts.(Products & Literature)
May 7, 2004... After being unoccupied for some 13 years, Waterloo Pavilions, a well known landmark in Blackburn, had suffered severe structural deterioration and become virtually derelict. These Grade II listed buildings have now been totally restored and...

Spanwall.(Products & Literature)
May 7, 2004... Following stringent performance criteria tests, more than 2,000 sqm of Spanwal12016, silver anodised composite cladding has been installed to the new Centrica Plc call centre in Oldbury, Birmingham by facade specialists, Keyclad. Enquiries...

Kawneer UK Ltd.(Products & Literature)
May 7, 2004... Kawneer has added its new AA[TM] 603 Tilt Slide Door to its highly competitive, dual colour, fully integrated AA[TM] 600 Series Window & Door System. Developed to meet the requirements of the high rise residential market, the AATM 603 Tilt...

Bluesky.(Products & Literature)
May 7, 2004... Architects can now access the country's most detailed, accurate and up-to-date maps at a touch of a button. BlueSky has opened a mapping centre to offer both conventional Ordnance Survey maps and aerial photographs in both printed and digital...

DORMA.(Products & Literature)
May 7, 2004... DORMA has developed a horizontal sliding wall system known as DORMA HSW. The system means that lighter, brighter, barrier free areas are possible and bars and restaurants in particular can really optimise their capacity by using the system,...

Kingspan.(Products & Literature)
May 7, 2004... Kingspan Insulated Panels has launched a brand new product to complement their innovative range of timesaving, pre-engineered construction systems--the KS1000RT, Kingspan Roof Tile Insulated Panel. Enquiries 5009 or see...

Pilkington UK Ltd.(Products & Literature)
May 7, 2004... The refurbishment of London's Imperial College in Praed Street, Paddington has incorporated the use of specialist glass and integral blinds supplied and processed by Pilkington Plyglass. Enquiries 5010 or see www.enquirenow.com/bd ...