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Bielefeld. At the end of February 2016, Schüco International KG received two of the renowned Gold iF Design Awards. The winners were the innovative and aesthetically outstanding Schüco Parametric System and Schüco FWS 60 CV façade systems.
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The Okraglak department store in Poznan, the Plac Unii City Shopping Centre and Q22 office building in Warsaw, are historical structures that successfully blend into the surrounding modern architecture.
After successfully delivering the roofing and cladding of the WestQuay Shopping Centre in Southampton over 15 years ago, the Lakesmere Group is now back on site delivering a new contract as part of the creation of WestQuay Watermark.
Over a 3 year period, Nathan Allan provided a substantial number of large, kiln formed textured glass panels to Lakeview Glass, for the Shellcreek project in Houston TX. Panels ranged in sizes up to 5’6 wide x 11’0 high.
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Vetrotech UK has supplied glass for a landmark installation by steel and aluminium fabricators, Arkoni.
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The University of Wyoming’s Laramie campus continues its growth with two newly renovated and expanded buildings.
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