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Kährs receives Interiors Monthly Award
Kährs has been voted ‘Best Solid/Engineered Wood Manufacturer’ by readers of Interiors Monthly – a UK business magazine for the residential interiors market. The high profile award follows the CFJ/CFA ‘Hardwood Flooring Product of the Year’ Award, which Kährs received earlier this year.
Kährs designs chosen for Environ’s Keepers Court
Kährs wood floor designs have been chosen for Environ’s recently completed Keepers Court development in Kings Hill, Kent. Installed over underfloor heating, surfaces chosen included white-toned Oak Linen Artisan and honey-toned Oak Hampshire. The bright, fresh tones reflect the homes’ elegant and airy interior designs, whilst Kährs engineered construction provides performance and environmental benefits.
Stokvis Offers Efficiency and Flexibility with Econo-Air
The Econo-Air gas-fired heating and ventilation systems from Stokvis offer excellent indoor air quality and optimum energy efficiency for large buildings across a range of industrial and commercial applications.
A NEW ZENITH!
A highly innovative solution, Style has installed their unique Skyfold Zenith automatic partitioning wall in prestigious refurbished offices on the 31st floor of the iconic Walkie Talkie building. As with all Skyfold partitions, the Zenith descends from within the ceiling cavity at the touch of a button, but rather than unfolding as concertinaed panels, it slides automatically into place as almost entirely flat vertical panels. This allows the space to be quickly divided with the minimum of disruption or reorganisation of furniture. Offering phenomenal 54dB acoustics, the Zenith partition combines here with a DORMA Moveo ‘magic glass’ wall to create different sized spaces to meet requirements.
Bona ensures slip resistance in busy food service area
A combination of a primer and non-slip, waterborne lacquer from Bona has been used to renovate the oak plank floor in a busy food service area at the Thorpe Park Hotel & Spa, Leeds. The Bona technical team wrote the specification to meet the performance criteria required by the hotel and the treatment was carried out by John Garner, a Bona certified contractor. The Bona finishes used were supplied by Taylored Flooring of Cheadle, Cheshire.
Darling New – a design classic
Darling New is a Duravit design classic. Developed in collaboration with sieger design, Darling New features harmonious shapes highlighted by delicate edges. For 2016, new products have been added to this already extensive bathroom series in order to meet the most sophisticated design and comfort requirements.
Stokvis Modupak Heats Rail Depot Inspection Pits
The Network Rail Tyseley depot in Birmingham has fulfilled a crucial maintenance role as part of the UK’s railway network for many years, with facilities for the overhaul and repair of locomotives. And just as the trains it services have changed radically down the decades, the depot’s own plant and equipment have required updating, with an advanced Modupak R40 Series Boiler arrangement from Stokvis Energy Systems now having been installed in place of the redundant Boilers.
Astro’s new home speaks the brand’s language
“Inspiring”, “dynamic” and “progressive” are not words you would associate with many office buildings, but this is precisely what Astro Lighting have created for ‘The Astro Building’.
Air Pollution High on the Agenda
With air pollution hitting the headlines and London’s new mayor pledging hard hitting measures for cleaner air, GEZE UK is urging retailers, architects and specifiers to “do your bit” when specifying entrance systems to keep pollution ‘out’ and the benefits of air conditioning ‘in’.
Hansgrohe’s Crometta shower range combines responsible use of water with high-end design.
Certification is becoming increasingly important in the project sector. BREEAM and the Code for Sustainable Homes aim to encourage more efficient use of water and energy; and WRAS (Water Regulations Advisory Scheme) also has a compliance scheme that is a legal requirement in the UK for all commercial buildings.
Shades of Grey
Junckers has launched a new, solid hardwood floor in grey, the most sought-after shadefor floors in the design industry today. Vista Grey is a subtly textured floor made in solidoak, which combines pale grey with white tones to enhance and highlight the naturalgrain structure of the timber.
Bathroom furniture with additional storage space
Spacious bathroom furniture on two or four legs – now also for Vero, X-Large and Happy D.2
Junckers Sustainable, Solid Wood Floors Specified for New Gallery
Hugh Broughton Architects have specified Junckers solid hardwood flooring for the new Harley Gallery on the Welbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire. The new 890 sq m gallery, set within the grounds of the existing Harley Gallery, will show changing displays of the privately owned Portland Collection.
Pure Class in Sheer Glass
Customers to a luxury car dealership in Birmingham will be able to reflect on the best of its brands with the installation of a glazed manual sliding wall defining the Bentley and Lamborghini areas of its showroom.
Inspirational Design and Clever Solutions for the Hotel Market
At Sleep 2016, award-winning German steel/enamel bath, shower floor and washbasin specialist, Bette, will be showing on stand M3 how it combines inspirational design and manufacturing expertise with clever solutions for the hotel market.
Washbasin and bathroom furniture merge to form a single unit
To meet the highest design requirements in the bathroom, Duravit has developed an innovative method that is truly ground breaking; it involves connecting the ceramic furniture washbasin to the surface of the vanity unit to create a perfect whole. This completely new look produces an exceptionally sleek washing area.
Discreet Domani joins Kährs collection
Kährs has introduced its new Domani Collection of wood floors. The new collection includes seven designs, with a discreet contemporary-rustic grain and a hard wax oil finish. The new oak and maple floors are offered in a spectrum of natural colour tones, including chic white and grey tones, naturals and rich dark browns.
GEZE UK’s entrance for the Whitworth Gallery is a work of art
When the Whitworth, part of The University of Manchester, launched an architectural competition for its extension, it wanted a design that would make its important collection accessible to a wider range of visitors and re-establish the relationship with its grounds, home of England’s first gallery in a park.
Triton extends liquid applied waterproofing range
Triton has extended its range of liquid applied waterproofing products to offer a wider choice of systems primarily for the reliable waterproofing of roofs and podium decks. Each of the three new systems provides Type A barrier protection waterproofing as defined in BS 8102 (2009). They are quick and easy to apply, very fast curing and suitable for application in cooler temperatures – therefore extending the season for application and reducing the downtime of areas treated.
Knightsbridge at 100% Design Event, Olympia London
Knightsbridge are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at this years 100% Design Event.
