REIACH AND HALL ARE FLUSHED WITH SUCCESS WITH KAWNEER
 When
Reiach and Hall Architects were looking for flush curtain walling
for an iconic extension to the University of Glasgow’s Department of
Computing Science they turned to Kawneer’s “well-known”
picture-frame system.
Kawneer’s structurally glazed PF system has been used with the
company’s AA®605 series of swing doors and AA®603 tilturn windows on
the £43 million Sir Alwyn Williams building, situated on the
university’s historic city centre campus.
Planners were supportive throughout to Reiach and Hall’s
contemporary design although the site, which had been used for car
parking, is within the West End Conservation Area and alongside a
listed Victorian terrace.
The new extension provides new entrance and circulation facilities
together with research laboratories and associated accommodation
next to and adjoining the existing computing science department. It
is a close neighbour to Reiach and Hall’s award-winning Wolfson
Medical School Building, also designed for the university’s estates
and buildings office. Built of a steel frame with composite concrete
floor slabs and blockwork infill, construction on the cramped site
was by Henry Brothers Scotland. The Kawneer PF system forms the main
curtain wall to the teaching spaces and was installed in a pale
umber finish by Kawneer approved installer Charles Henshaw & Sons.
The result, according to Reiach and Hall, is “Now an iconic design
which expresses both its architectural place in the city and a
state-of-the-art education research environment”.
Reiach and Hall also added: “We felt a structurally glazed curtain
wall system was appropriate for the project and would provide the
flush appearance we were after. Kawneer’s PF system is a well-known
product. We have used it on other projects in its beaded version.
“The curtain wall is a major element of the main elevation and the
Kawneer PF system provides the sheer, capless aesthetic we were
looking for and visually complements the crisp limestone cladding.”
Email:
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