AIDO, an endorsed brand of Dormakaba, offers products like door hardware, electronic access control, interior glass systems, and hotel locking systems and has participated in the Aluminium Expo 2026, which took place between May 1–3 at the Calicut Trade Centre, organised by the Aluminium Dealer...
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) announced that it has released the design for the Tennessee Performing Arts Centre for the riverside Tennessee Performing Arts Centre in Nashville, USA. The centre will be covered in a flowing curtain of aluminium pipes. The design team, which is behind the project and...
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Kengo Kuma and Associates has built an art centre with an intricate aluminium-moulded facade at a former cotton mill in China, which has been converted into a shop and office complex. Kengo Kuma's Japan-based firm converted the entire 10,440-square-metre mill to create the new retail, office and...
The civic authorities in Australia are planning major facelift for their car parking facilities across important cities this fiscal. While there are some reports that indicate a dip in car ownership due to younger generations shunning cars in favour of car sharing, the recent ABS figures show car...
Glass & Aluminum + WinDoorEx Middle East opened its doors yesterday, and will be held till 20th February 2016 at the Cairo International Convention & Exhibition centre (CICC) in Cairo, Egypt. Glass & Aluminum + WinDoorEx Middle East is one of the largest trade fairs for windows, doors, facades,...
Aluminium façade systems from the Technal brand have been specified for a third project at Chelsea Football Club’s training academy campus in the UK - a seamless below-ground extension to an existing pavilion. Sited on green-belt land, the extension demanded a sensitive architectural approach to...
Specially-adapted aluminium façade systems from the Wicona brand have been specified for a new £26m library for the University of Leeds, one of the largest universities in the UK. Wicona is one of Sapa’s aluminium building systems brands. The 6,500-square meter learning hub is expected to help the...
Aluminium fabricators Dudley’s Aluminium is set to complete work on a landmark contract, supporting the construction of Cardiff University’s Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC). CUBRIC will open in spring 2016, and the £44m centre will become one of Europe’s top facilities for brain imaging. The...
Central do Alumínio began its metal-building business in some of the boldest and most modern building projects in Rio de Janeiro. Now its work can be seen all over Brazil. Sapa is contributing. Central do Alumínio is one of the premier metal builders in Brazil, specializing in aluminium frames for...
Reynaers Aluminium, the UK’s leading aluminium glazing systems maker has introduced all new aluminium curtain walling products as a part of its "At Home" range of glazing systems. Working in conjunction with CF 77 bi-folding doors and CS 68 aluminium doors and windows, Reynaers’ curtain walling...
A high-specification glass and aluminium façade has been created using advanced Wicona-brand curtain walling solutions for a £24 million regeneration project overlooking the River Clyde in Glasgow. The new administrative headquarters for Police Scotland will provide Grade “A” office accommodation...
Technal-brand aluminium curtain walling systems have contributed to an “A” rating for energy efficiency for The Codeworks – a striking new office and data center which forms the first phase of the Strata Campus in Stockport, UK. The 30,000-square-foot development for the insurance software...
Green aluminium panels cover the facade of this contemporary art gallery in Auckland, New Zealand, where a ceiling shaped like a gramophone horn funnels in light from an opening in the roof. The Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery by local studio Mitchell and Stout Architects is set on a sloping...
Lamar Investment and Real Estate Development Company, a leading real estate developer based in Saudi Arabia, has awarded an external façade contract worth SR200 million ($53 million) to UAE-based Technical Glass and Aluminium Company, for its upcoming project in Jeddah. Work on the façade is...
The British city of Sheffield has completed the first phase in the redevelopment of one of its primary retail sites, The Moor, with a building that uses more than 1,200 square meters of Technal-brand aluminium façade systems. The redeveloped Moor Market is the first new, purpose-built market to be...
Yasuda Metal Industries, based in Osaka, Japan, has placed an order with SMS Meer for an extrusion press of type HybrEx 14. Yasuda intends to use the press, which can attain a maximum force of 14.5 MN, to produce light-metal sections for windows and facades. It is capable of processing billets of...
Sapa’s Wicona brand is the first aluminium systems supplier to utilize thermally insulated aluminium profiles with thermal breaks made from recycled polyamide. The new webbing is standard and at no extra cost in the brand’s range of aluminium façade, window and door systems. Using webbing made from...
Organized by Guangzhou Citiexpo Co Ltd, the 21st Aluminum Window Door Facade Expo will be the essential hub for the building envelope industry to view new products and innovative technologies, as well as networking with exhibiting companies and professional visitors. According to Navigant...
The Crystal has been named for its architectural resemblance with a rock crystal, and the building has become one of the most remarkable in London. Sapa Building System has contributed energy-efficient windows for the Crystal’s complex façade. Built and operated by Siemens, the Crystal is a global...
RCKa Architects specified the aluminium glazing systems for De La Rue’s new technology center at Overton Mill in Hampshire. The project also included refurbishment of an existing 1980s office building to house the new research facility. RCKa’s goal was to create a distinctive, world-class building...
