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Barrisol Acoustics® - Museum of Enzo Ferrari - Italy
Barrisol
This museum is the native home of Enzo Ferrari, this is the house where he first opened his work shop. London architectural studio “Surface Design” were responsible for the creation of this futuristic exhibition gallery.
The ceiling gallery comprises of 2700 m² of Barrisol sheet Blanc mat.
The walls of the studio are covered with 270 m² of Barrisol sheets Lumiere and Lumiere color and have images, movies and historical documents projected in a multimedia as a permanent part of the exhibition.
Architects: Jan Kaplicky (Future Systems) and Andrea Morgante (Shiro Studio).
NEWS FEED Style Launches Social Distancing Solutions
Style - Moveable Partition Specialists
The current pandemic has generated a pressing need to radically adapt virtually all indoor space, from hospitals to hotels, from commercial offices to education facilities. Responding to this, Style, the UK’s market leading operable wall specialist, has launched a new ‘social distancing’ section of their website, highlighting exactly how modern moveable partitioning systems can be effectively utilised to create safer environments for everyone.
With social distancing a key strategy for slowing the spread of Covid-19, moveable walls can be re-configured throughout the day to respond to changing demands on available space.
NEWS FEED - Style Partitions Wins Industry Awards
Style - Moveable Partition Specialists
Recognising their long-standing commitment to exceptional customer service and product excellence, partitioning experts Style has been named by Willmott Dixon as both the winner of their National Goods Supply Chain Award, as well as Goods Supply Chain Partner of the Year. In addition, Style was recently awarded their 12th FIS Gold Contractors’ Award for their creative moveable wall installations at the new Londoner Hotel. “It is fantastic to receive such high acclaim from our partners,” said Julian Sargent, Style’s group managing director. “The awards reflect both the strength of our team and the high quality of the Dorma Hüppe and Skyfold moveable wall systems, for which we are sole UK distributors.”Style has worked with Willmott Dixon for many years, providing innovative moveable wall systems across a wide variety of sectors. “Style sometime go under the radar as they are so effective and efficient when they survey and install that our site teams just don’t have to worry about them,” comments Andy Pritchard, head of supply chain for Willmott Dixon, London and South. “However, their performance scores certainly don’t go unnoticed, with 81% achieved over five projects, they are leading the way. Great effort from all parts of their business and well-deserved winners.” At The Londoner Hotel Style worked with architect Woods Bagot, interior designer Yabu Pushelberg, and contractors Blue Sky Building & EE Smith Contracts, to deliver extensive flexible space in the main ballroom and meeting rooms. The FIS judging panel personally visited and assessed the installation, commenting that ‘the finished product is superbly fixed, of the highest quality and provides the flexibility that perfectly complements this hotel.’
Style’s New London Showroom Launch a Huge Success
Style - Moveable Partition Specialists
Over 300 architects, specifiers, contractors and clients recently enjoyed the official launch party of Style’s impressive new London showroom. A market leader in operable wall solutions and the exclusive UK partner to Dorma Hüppe, Skyfold and SWG, Style welcomed the prestigious guest list with beer, bubbles and a buffet, whilst demonstrating the very latest moveable wall innovations and flexible space concepts.
Conveniently located in London’s Shoreditch, Style shares the showroom with Optima Contracting, experts in glazed partitioning systems and Atrium, the UK’s largest independent specialist lighting distributor.
Styles Preventative Maintenance & Service of Moveable Walls in Schools
Style - Moveable Partition Specialists
The management of the UK’s education estate facilities has never been more important. Responding to this, partitioning expert Style has recently undertaken planned maintenance work, as part of a 3-year service agreement, in a cluster of Scottish schools, quickly rectifying small areas of wear and tear that could otherwise have led to larger repair costs.
Style’s in-house trained team of technicians operates nationwide and is authorised and fully qualified to service and maintain, not only all Dorma Hüppe and Skyfold moveable walls, for which we are sole UK distributor, but also most other systems too,
Littleport Academy, Cambridgeshire
Rockfon
An ambitious £37.5 million Littleport complex comprising special educational needs (SEN) and primary schools, an Academy and a leisure centre. Rockfon ceilings, baffles and wall panels are installed throughout. Rockfon products were chosen because they offer excellent sound control, Class A1 fire safety and durability.
Morriston Hospital, Swansea
Rockfon
Rockfon MediCare Plus is installed throughout the wards, treatment rooms, corridors and dental school rooms. The tiles fulfil all the essential hygiene requirements in healthcare environments and comply with the Department of Health’s HBN and HTM guidelines. The water-repellent surface is resistant to bacteria and mould growth and can be steam cleaned. It has Bacteriological Class B1 certification and does not contribute to the growth of MRSA
Volkswagen Showroom, Copenhagen
Rockfon
Volkswagen wanted to create an exclusive visitor experience with wood-clad walls and ceiling tiles from Rockfon Color-all in a deep black tone to make the cars stand out.
Southmead Hospital, Bristol
Rockfon
Southmead Hospital in Bristol is one of the most environmentally friendly buildings of its size in the UK. The choice of intelligent materials, solutions and innovative processes rewarded the hospital with an “excellent” BREEAM Certification.
Skoyen Atrium, Oslo
Rockfon
A 62,000m2 office building is the headquarters of Mesta. Drawing inspiration from the natural beauty of Norway, various zones emulate the calming influence of the coast and the serenity of the forest, enhancing well-being and fostering productivity.
Sytner BMW, Sheffield
Rockfon
Rockfon® Tropic™ ceilings are installed in Europe’s largest car showroom,
Sytner BMW, Sheffield.
Designed by AT Architects, the three-storey, 18,500m² BMW and Mini dealership can display up to 872 cars. Its impressive facilities are arranged to offer the very best service and convenience in luxurious surroundings. There are customer lounges, which include Europe’s first dedicated M lounge which displays all BMW M models, with a barista serving complimentary refreshments in the bar café.
Unity Place, Swindon
Rockfon
The new six floor state-of-the-art Swindon offices of Zurich Insurance represent a £39m investment by the Swiss-owned global brand. Boasting a myriad of eco-friendly features and amenities, the project is now aiming for BREEAM “Excellent” accreditation
Soundis Absorb-R Timber Grooved and Perforated Wall Panels at University of Birmingham
Soundis
The University launched ambitious new plans for a £40 million state-of-the-art Collaborative Teaching Laboratory (CTL) to facilitate the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects.Our work for the project included the supply of approximately 684m2 of Soundis Absorb-R timber wall panels. The client opted for a combination of 8/3m Absorb-R WoodTec Grooved and Soundis Absorb-R WooTec Perforated 2/2/0.5 Perforated panels. This combination of the two styles creates a stylish yet elegant finish.Black panels were chosen for the walls and white panels for the railing areas, the contrast of the colours further promoting that modern style for the university.The old choice between Engineering-led functionality, and beautiful design not longer applies. Cutting-edge new technologies allow solid wood panels and multi-layer panels to be micro perforated to serve as highly effective sound absorbing cladding. Panel textures can also be tailored to serve project requirements.
Mailbox Birmingham using Apton's Glazed Partitions, acoustic doors and sliding glass doors.
Apton Partitioning
The Mailbox is situated within the city centre of Birmingham, England. To represent the unique history of the building, office spaces at Mailbox are built in a light and minimalistic style, complemented by our Quartz single glazed frameless system, Stile Aluminium single glazed door and our QuartzGlide 2 sliding door.
Sparsholt College
DYNAMIK Sports Flooring
Sparsholt's continued growth over recent years meant that a new sports hall was required to enhance their sporting facilities. The new building included a four badminton court hall along with a modern Dance/Aerobic Studio and extensive Fitness Suite. The majority of the work was completed using the area elastic Komfort Plus sprung sports flooring system finished in Tarkett solid Sports Vinyl.
Fulneck School
DYNAMIK Sports Flooring
Fulneck School were seeking a new and improved sports surface to freshen up the hall and transform their indoor space.
For this reason, DYNAMIK overlaid the old timber school sports floor with a DYNAMIK seamless Polyethylene (PU). We advocate the benefits of solid synthetic surfaces for exceptional durability and seamless installation.
Ryan Walker, Director of Sport at Fulneck School, had this to say:
"The new flooring has really transformed our indoor space. It is now a first-class facility and all students at Fulneck School will really benefit from using it when we return".
Dulwich College
DYNAMIK Sports Flooring
The DYNAMIK sprung system finished with a solid sport linoleum allows the space to not only provide high performance sporting opportunities for alumni, but could be utilised for non-sporting events such as meetings, community groups and social occasions, due to its high indentation resistance and durability.
DYNAMIK Sports have built a strong reputation for providing class leading internal sprung sports floor systems and are Sport England & BS EN 14904 compliant. DYNAMIK are the official sports flooring suppliers to Basketball England & England Netball.
Whiteboard paint for commercial refurbishment and office fit out
ESCREO
Over the years ESCREO has realised many projects together with Cachè Atelier - a leading architectural and interior design studio, to make office spaces more productive and more creative. Cachè Atelier have realised a number of sustainable and creative office fit out and refurbishment projects in their own distinctive style. Depending on the specific needs of each company, they have been making use of ESCREO whiteboard paint, ESCREO clear whiteboard paint and ESCREO magnetic whiteboard paint in their interior design projects. We are glad that we are their trusted partner as well as that ESCREO whiteboard paint products have been best serving their needs when it comes to writable surfaces in office fit out and refurbishment projects. If you are interested in learning why they choose ESCREO writable walls for their interior design projects and what ESCREO brings them you can read the full interview with them on our website. You will also learn how together we create office spaces specific to each company, to accommodate and serve their true needs rather than creating universal office spaces that work for all clients.
Walls can purify the air with ESCREO Clean Air
ESCREO
For almost a decade, ESCREO whiteboard paints have been helping companies transform their workplaces, making them more creative, organised and open to collaboration. Creativity and innovation are embedded in the DNA of the company and its team from the very beginning. Thanks to this, they manage to find a solution to a problem that negatively affects our productivity and well-being, namely poor air quality. This is how ESCREO Clean Air was born - the latest addition to ESCREO's carbon neutral portfolio of functional paints. ESCREO Clean Air is an interior air purifying paint, which reduces air pollution by more than 90.1%. One of the magic components is an enhanced mineral which attracts and neutralises harmful pollutants, incl. VOCs, odours, air chemicals and CO2. The non-toxic environmentally friendly water-based formula is a great collaboration between modern technology and a clever "problem-solving" approach, through which ESCREO can help commercial building owners use hitherto passive areas such as walls to further purify the air indoors, making the premises more attractive to current and future users.
Cambridge Central Mosque, Mill Road
Cellecta Ltd
Cambridge Central Mosque is Europe's first eco-friendly mosque and the first purpose-built mosque within the city of Cambridge. The mosque is well insulated and naturally ventilated, using efficient heat lights in the roof and solar panels on the top to help generate renewable energy.Cellecta XFLO Micro was specified by Marks Barfield Architects as its underfloor heating insulation boards were used to help create an efficient and environmentally friendly heating system. Cellecta ScreedBoard 20 was also specified for the overlay floorboard. It is suitable for all types of steel, concrete and timber floors.Warmafloor were awarded this 250m² contract to develop this eco-friendly structure.
Cardiff City FC, Leckwith Road
Cellecta Ltd
Cardiff City Football Club has expanded into the new east Stand extension at Cardiff City Stadium. The expansion added a further 5000 seats to the stadium’s capacity followed by the addition of another 2,500 to 3,000 seats at each of the ends, raising capacity to a total of 38,000 seats, it also includes new corporate hospitality facilities. The stand is said to include plans for a concourse area on either side with a plush corporate area and catering facilities incorporated in the centre.Cellecta’s HEXATHERM XFLOOR 500 has been specified by Arup due to its high compressive strength insulation boards that were used under a concrete slab to comply with part L Building regulations.Lang O'Rourke was awarded this 350m² contract to construct this expansion.
Barrisol Acoustics® - Network Rail Headquarter - United Kingdom
Barrisol
The aim of this project, designed by architects « cabinet GMW », in Milton Keynes, was to renovate the workplace with giving it new modern offices, in accordance with the dynamism of the company.
These new offices, planned to welcome up to 3000 staff, provide a natural sound comfort thank to Barrisol® microacoustic White matt.
GLOBAL BANK SPECIFIES STYLE TO DIVIDE SPACIOUS NEW OFFICES
Style - Moveable Partition Specialists
Capital One, a top UK credit card provider, recently relocated their London offices to the White Collar Factory, a state-of-the art development in Old Street. A showcase for modern working practices, partitioning experts Style worked with architects, HLW International LLP, and contractor, BW Workplace Experts, to create flexible room configuration in the meeting area.
Allowing the space to be rapidly reconfigured, Style installed a DORMA Moveo semi-automatic glazed moveable wall, which quickly forms a central divide to create two substantial meeting rooms. A second DORMA wall sub-divides that space into two further, smaller rooms.
Style Offers Expert Partitioning Advice to School - Highcliffe School
Style - Moveable Partition Specialists
Highcliffe School in Dorset originally requested a visit from Style’s service and repair team, to offer advice regarding a moveable wall that was no longer functioning. Having carried out extensive inspection and testing, Style’s technicians concluded that it was beyond repair and that the best solution would be to install a new, Stylefold 120 modern folding wall system. A key benefit of the Stylefold system is its ease of operation, offering maximum flexibility for the school to use the wall on a day-to-day basis to divide the main hall from the canteen service desk and newly installed chiller.
NEWS FEED Flexible education space in a post-virus world
Style - Moveable Partition Specialists
Given the current restrictions required to manage the spread of the coronavirus, education estate managers must implement plans to allow students to return as soon as possible, whilst still maintaining social distancing guidelines. Part of the solution is to replace the dividing wall between classrooms with a moveable wall, allowing a class of 30 pupils to spread out and be safely taught by a single teacher. Partitioning expert Style, has a wide range of cost-effective solutions, ranging from manually operated systems to market leading fully automatic systems, with some packages available on short lead times for rapid installation.
NEWS FEED Flexible office space in a post-pandemic world
Style - Moveable Partition Specialists
Although home working has become the new norm, there will always be a need for people to meet for collaborative working and negotiations which just cannot be carried out as effectively using online technology. Allowing commercial offices to be quickly reconfigured, the use of moveable wall systems will be a cornerstone to the redesign process, delivering flexible space that can be quickly adapted to help ensure social distancing requirements can be safely maintained.
Brynseng School, Oslo, Norway
Rockfon
Rockfon Samson is ideal for high activity level areas and is installed in the corridor ceilings at Brynseng School.
ARK office building, Hammersmith
Rockfon
First built in 1992, the ARK office building landmark in London was refurbished by Gensler and BW to align with the demands of today’s workforce who desire spaces, facilities, and amenities that are conducive to a healthy work-life balance.
Ramberg office, Vestfold, Norway
Rockfon
Inspired by how different colours affect us psychologically, Ramberg chose a palette of Rockfon Color-all natural colours for their new office premises, to create calm, comfortable interiors throughout the building.
Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
Rockfon
Senior Project Architect Stephen Herbert from HOK were responsible for the design, “We were looking for a ceiling manufacturer that could provide a full range of ceiling systems appropriate to the specific requirements of the function of each space. We were also very careful about specification with regards compliance to the Government’s ‘Health Technical Memoranda’ for the NHS.”
The main contractor Skanska said, “We specified Rockfon because of their technical suitability, appearance and easy maintenance. We’re pleased with the finished installation and would certainly specify Rockfon on future projects.”
Rockfon Blanka®, Rockfon® MediCare® Standard, Rockfon® MediCare® Plus Rockfon® System MaxiSpan™
Coverock V insulated Rainscreen cladding at Maldron Hotel - Manchester
Coverock Insulation Ltd
A high rise 188 bedroom Hotel development in the Centre of Manchester. Concrete Frame with SFS infill and finished with Aluminium Rainscreen Cladding. 180mm & 220mm Coverock V insulating the envelope of the building to meet the thermal performance required.
Bath University, Somerset
DYNAMIK Sports Flooring
Over recent years Bath University has gained the reputation of being a highly ambitious and successful university when it comes to sport. This has required the University to invest heavily into expanding its sporting facilities to continue their success.
Alongside the students the England netball team use the sport facilities by making the university one of their Intensive Netball Training Centres. Such rigorous and frequent training needs a floor that can offer reliability. The England Netball team found just that with the Helsinki system and European Oak surface.
Chadwell Heath Academy
DYNAMIK Sports Flooring
This forward thinking school chose a DYNAMIK Sprung Flexi-Beam System finished in 22mm Tarkett Engineered Oak playing surface. Their school emblem was designed as a vinyl graphic in full colour to also include the basketball centre line and centre circle allowing the court to be Sport England compliant.
Essex Sport Arena
DYNAMIK Sports Flooring
With over 2,000 m2 of floor space and seating for up to 1,655 people, the £12million Essex Sport Arena is another innovative facility where DYNAMIK Sport has installed their world class sports flooring. Home to the netball super league with 3 netball courts, 8 badminton courts, 3 basketball courts, 5 volleyball courts and 2 futsal courts, all available for hire to sports groups.
The arena boasts DYNAMIK’s A4 area elastic sprung floor which we hope will play some part in supporting elite sport and the future successes of the teams.
ACS International School
DYNAMIK Sports Flooring
ACS International Schools educate over 3,300 students across four sites. Firm believers that sport plays a huge part in personal character building going far beyond physical development, the school decided to invest in the best flooring system.
Basketball and Volleyball are key activities within the new sports hall so in addition to two match basketball and three match volleyball courts there is a “show court” for both with seating for 400 spectators. The ideal DYNAMIK Helsinki sports floor system fully supports bleacher seating and the DYNAMIK Athen sports floor system was selected for the Dance Studio.
Harris Invictus Academy
DYNAMIK Sports Flooring
The Sports Hall and Activity Studio were installed with the DYNAMIK Flexi-Beam Plus and Flexi-Beam Elite sprung floor systems. They chose a Tarkett Sports Linoleum which is a solid synthetic playing surface ideal for multi-use areas as used in busy schools. The Activity Studio was installed with Flexi-Beam Elite in European Oak.
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