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  • September 2015

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  • A sculptural staircase in HI-MACS® for a contract project in between architecture and interior design

    • 30 September 2015

    HI-MACS® is back as the protagonist of architecture in Italy, thanks to a project from the architect Ilaria Mosso who, together with Simone Piva, supervised the construction of the new headquarters of the company, Inox Fondi Srl of Villamarzana, Rovigo.

    Atelier is Astro’s industrial revelation

    • 30 September 2015

    Astro’s Atelier range has been created to evoke the type of task-lamp you would find in a craftsman’s workshop of old: think toolmaker, architect or jewellery designer.

    nora rubber floorings in Twickenham Stadium

    • 29 September 2015

    With 1,000 SQM of nora rubber floor coverings installed at Twickenham Stadium, the England Rugby team are supported in more ways than one.

    DuPont™ Corian® gives shape to ISLE by LORIS&LIVIA, the London Design Festival’s pop-up shop at the V&A

    • 29 September 2015

    DuPont™ Corian® has a long and creative relationship with both the London Design Festival and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Featured permanently as plinths in the Architecture Galleries, table tops in the Café and further installations and facilities, the high-tech solid surface also forms the striking temporary reception desk for the Festival. This year, the multiple talents DuPont™ Corian® have been employed in a retail capacity.

    Armourcoat Rusteel has won the NAS Design Partnership 'Product of the Year' Award 2015

    • 29 September 2015

    Held in London on 24th September, the NAS (National Association of Shopfitters) Design Partnership Awards celebrated the most visionary collaboration between the very best of interior design and innovative fit out contractors. The 'Product of the Year' Award for Rusteel was presented on the night to Armourcoat CEO Guy Whitehead by Vanessa Brady OBE, President of the Society of British & International Design (SBID).

    Concord Takes Flight with London’s Emirate Air Line

    • 25 September 2015

    The UK’s first urban cable car, Emirates Air Line, has seen nearly three-million visitors pass through its gates and across the River Thames. Offering spectacular views of London’s skyline, while transporting up to 2,500 people per hour, the Transport for London project benefits from Concord indoor and Simes outdoor lighting solutions.

    Concord Shines a New Light on Leading Northern Ireland Museum

    • 25 September 2015

    Concord, a leading European specialist in architectural lighting, has supplied a new lighting scheme for the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum in Cultra, Northern Ireland. The new scheme features three Concord products - LyteLab, Stadium and Beacon – which have been installed throughout the museum’s various gallery spaces to improve both exhibit illumination and general lighting.

    Rustic Kährs designs chosen for Isle of Man pub chain

    • 24 September 2015

    Kährs wood flooring designs have been installed throughout six Heron & Brearley pub/restaurants on the Isle of Man. The installations - at The Highwayman, The Queens Hotel, The Heron, The Archibald Knox, The Rosemount and The Raven - were carried out by flooring contractor, AC Swales. Two wood designs - Kährs Oak Aosta and Kährs Oak Dun - were specified through the interiors.

    Axor One: A New Interactive Shower Control Element Designed by Barber & Osgerby

    • 24 September 2015

    What if individual control elements could be eliminated to make room for an uncluttered shower experience? Axor has worked on an answer to this question with the London-based design duo Barber & Osgerby. Axor One – the brand’s first all-in-one interactive shower control element – is a masterpiece of intuition, a confident, and yet unobtrusive statement in the shower. Generously proportioned, but fascinatingly clean, it is a focal point for the senses – a haven of tranquility in tomorrow’s shower space. Axor One makes its debut at the London Design Festival on September 22nd.

    Polyflor flooring helps create stylish café at Belong Warrington care village

    • 24 September 2015

    High design and high performance Expona Design luxury vinyl tiles from commercial and residential vinyl flooring manufacturer Polyflor were used to create a modern bistro at the Belong Warrington care village in Cheshire recently.

    A MINERGIE house with the highest certification in Switzerland's Rhonetal valley

    • 23 September 2015

    The HI-MACS® kitchen is the heart of the home. A MINERGIE house with the highest certification in Switzerland's Rhonetal valley.

    Curved baffles pioneered by Armstrong Ceilings

    • 21 September 2015

    Armstrong Ceilings has stolen an industry first with the launch of curved mineral baffles to enhance its existing range of rectangular ones.

    New System to Support Vertical Elements From NVELOPE

    • 18 September 2015

    NVELOPE, the market leader in rainscreen cladding support systems, recently introduced NH2, a system that can be used to support vertical elements. Satisfying safety standards, the NH2 cladding support system plays a major role in the aesthetic envelope of a building and provides added performance benefits.

    Student Housing Fixed by Kladfix

    • 18 September 2015

    Kladfix, the rainscreen cladding support system specialist has supplied its KX01 fittings for a new £14.5 million development project transforming the historic Deaconess House on Edinburgh’s Pleasance into 315 student apartments for the University of Edinburgh.

    Ingenious new Emergency Shelter System for humanitarian crises

    • 17 September 2015

    High-tech, lightweight and adaptable to any environment: SURI shelters from Suricatta Systems optimise DuPont™ Tyvek® membranes and DuPont™ Plantex® geotextiles

    Affinity2⁵⁵ - Heavy commercial LVT in a brand new specification

    • 17 September 2015

    Polyflor is pleased to announce the launch of their innovative Affinity2⁵⁵ range of high design, heavy commercial luxury vinyl tiles which have been created to work in perfect harmony with vinyl sheet flooring ranges.

    Armstrong introduces a Perla of an offer to specifiers

    • 16 September 2015

    Armstrong Ceilings has relaunched its popular Perla portfolio to offer specifiers a simplified but improved contemporary laminated range which is also Cradle to Cradle certified.

    Enna: we are now a beautiful family

    • 16 September 2015

    “I wanted it to pare back the design of this new Enna range to its most pure, most minimal form”, said Astro’s design maestro, James Bassant.

    CEMBRIT’S PROVIDES ARCHITECTS WITH BBA CERTIFIED SLATES

    • 16 September 2015

    The importance of BBA (British Board of Agrément) certification is well-known as an independent mark of approval for suppliers to the construction industry, and Cembrit has the distinction of having its complete range of fibre cement fully accredited by the organisation.

    Kährs launches dynamic Småland Collection

    • 16 September 2015

    Kährs has introduced a new collection of ten rustic oak wood floors. Part of Kährs Supreme Range, the Småland Collection features a dynamic timber surface with a unique composition of knots, graining and cracks. Its very rustic, undulating appearance is complemented with a range of surfaces treatments, which create a multi-faceted surface. Kährs Småland Collection is suitable for contract and residential environments - and features a multi-layered construction, which can be installed over underfloor heating.