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27 Aug 2015

Kings College School

Delivery has now finished for the windows on a ‘New Classroom’ at Kings College School in Wimbledon.

The project by Allies and Morrison comprises of OAK Composite double glazed windows and doors from our Krone system.

The rendered image below courtesy of Moka Studio shows the new classroom complex set within the grounds of the school.

Allies and Morrison Architects, King's College School

12 Mar 2015

Roundhouse Grand Designs Project – new images #fb #in

When Peter Berkin first contacted us about supplying a couple of folding doors to his house we had no idea it was going to be such an interesting project and journey.
The initial meeting around the kitchen table was informal and fact finding on both sides. Peter and Chard explained they were building a new house in their large garden and that the build would be filmed and featured on Grand Designs.

It was quickly realised we had so much more to offer than a couple of bifold doors and working with Peter’s architect we came up with a compliant spec for the rest of the glazing also.

The circular design of the building is quite unique and the main entrance and 3 extremely large picture windows are the first sign of the spectacular building you are about to see.
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The central courtyard which is the most impressive, features at its centre, 4 sets of triple glazed bifold doors with angled fixed triple glazed elements above, as the building spirals upwards. The design of the brackets to support these windows was, in itself, quite a challenge.
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The glazing featured is a triple glazed Scandinavian pine system, powder coated to the exact RAL colour required by the client and featuring both fixed and opening elements. Most of the opening elements are tilt and turn for excellent ventilation and easy cleaning but on the end of the building are some extremely large windows needing special design intent.
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Here the wind load has to be dealt with by the frames and so a steel plate was introduced between the frames to cope with the static wind load. There is also a set of inward opening double doors to take maximum advantage of the view over open fields (we won’t mention the housing estate that sprung up!).

This was both a challenging and rewarding project to supply, as the finished building is beyond our expectations and the clients were, after Chard’s initial hard fought negotiation which would have been at home on a large contract in central London, great to work with and understanding of the things that do happen inevitably on a building site (one of the picture windows arrived with a cracked glass).

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17 Feb 2015

Curved Oak Glazing

For this private residence in Scotland there was only one choice as far as the client was concerned, Oak.
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The house which is a mixture of old stonework and new timber clad needed something to blend into the very natural setting that would be long lasting and well insulating

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There are quite a number of bespoke elements on this project. From Angled glazing to large sliding doors, a special timber screen by the main entrance door and of course, the curved glazing.

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14 Jan 2015

Keynesham Town Hall – the Finished project

Following our post a few months ago we can now reveal the finished project we have supplied at Keynesham Town Hall.

The project designed by Aedas, consists of 3 buildings clad in Brass with Aluminium framed Danish windows from Krone.

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Our challenge was to supply very large elements which incorporated an acoustic louvre panel all fitted in our factory in Denmark.

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Another area of the building needed some very tall glazing which could deal with the wind load without the need for secondary steelwork behind.This was achieved by inserting a pre-designed steel plate between the frames to give the necessary stability under pressure.

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14 Jan 2015

A Room with a View – Meinertz Convec

One of our latest completed projects in London has a highly desirable view of some of London’s iconic structures.

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Completed in 2014 the project utilises the ultra slim Convec trench heater from Meinertz. The units 59 mm size made this view possible according to James Forster of Thornley & Lumb.

The Meinertz slim trench heater, Convec, allowed us to fit perimeter heating into a very tight floor void. Any other unit would have needed a plinth, which would have had serious knock on effects to the Ballustrades and this iconic view.
Connecting to our whole house control system makes this the perfect accompaniment to our underfloor heating for dealing with the cold down draughts from the full height glazing.

17 Sep 2014

Venturi UK supplies Grand Designs ‘ROUNDHOUSE’

Tonights (17-9-14) episode of Grand Designs featured the 'Roundhouse" in Milton Keynes where venturi UK supplied all the windows and doors back in August 2013. The house, an eco friendly, green roofed, triple glazed building is made from a timber frame around a central courtyard. Our windows, which have an average U Value of approx 0.8w/m2K, are made of Powder coated Scandinavian Pine with 3 layer argon filled glass. For more details use the contact us link
18 Jul 2014

Union St Cafe – After Dark

Why not go along to the Union St Cafe for a spot of dinner and take a look at the Secco OS2 windows whilst you are there.

Supplied by our approved fabricator Wellington Glazing, the Matt black powder coated OS2 are a thermally broken alternative to an old non thermally broken steel window. The frames can also come in Stainless steel, Corten steel and Bronze.

09 Jul 2014

Secco factory visit for Biennale 2014

Venturi UK are proud to host representatives of some of the UK’s most prestigious architects for a tour of the Secco Sistemi factory and a private visit to the st marks basilica during the Biennale 2014 by Rem Koolhaas.

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Representatives from Foster & Partners, Herzog & De Meuron, KPF, ESA, Wilkinson Eyre, Stanton Williams and Gumuchdjian were given a guided tour of the showroom, production facility and Secco Lab, by Mauro Grossi of Secco Sistemi, to give further insight into how the Bronze and steel window and door systems are made.

Next stop is a tour of Venice and a private visit to the St Marks Basilica

22 May 2014

Secco article in Detail Architectural magazine

Short article on Secco Sistemi written after Ecobuild
18 Apr 2014

Before and After

Wellington Glazing, a Secco approved fabricator have recently taken on the task of replacing these old single glazed metal windows with modern thermally broken OS2 from Secco Sistemi.

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The OS2 is a slim thermally broken alternative to the traditional single glazed metal windows of the past. OS2 can be supplied painted or in Stainless Steel, Corten Steel or even Architectural Bronze and in heights up to 2.7m opening windows.

14 Apr 2014

First Look – NEW Keynsham Town Hall

Here is the first look ( at our photos anyway) of the new KTH project by Aedas Architects in Keynsham near Bristol.

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Venturi UK worked closely with the architect and design team for a glazing solution for this environmentally conscious building.
We supplied approximately 2000sq m of prefab glazing panels, a large number of which included acoustic louvres fitted in the factory.

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Finally a very tall area of glazing with no secondary steel structure was needed requiring structural steel plates between the adjoining frames.

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The project was built by Wilmott Dixon and supplied over a 6 month period late 2013 and early 2014.

The Wilmott Dixon project director in charge of the site said “Krone windows were the suppliers of windows for the Keynsham Project, and the service and quality of their product has been exceptional”

20 Mar 2014

Tower View Trench Heaters

Venturi UK have supplied, through their Danish heating systems supplier Meinertz, ultra slimline trench heating to a very high end residential project in St Katherines Dock overlooking the river Thames.
The slimline Convec trench was chosen due to it being only 59mm in height and due to limited floor void space was the only solution to meet the clients requirements. Had any other trench been used then a plinth would have been needed and the juliette balconies would have been higher spoiling the view. The apartments show the old and the new of London, as you can see both Tower Bridge and the Shard, through the inward opening bifold doors.
The convec floorline offers fan assisted heat (25dB) in a very slim space, ideal for under full height glazing working alongside under floor heating. Mechanical Engineer - Thornley & Lumb Mechanical Contractor - East West Connect Client - Hadley Homes
14 Mar 2014

A Succesful Ecobuild

Venturi UK are happy to say that the recent EcoBuild show was a great success for our Steel and Bronze systems supplier Secco Sistemi.
We were really pleased with the quality of visitors to the stand and it gave us a real opportunity to showcase our products to a wider audience. On display were our Bronze triple glazed sliding door, our Bronze 3.7m high triple glazed double inward opening window, our NEW EBE Style product aimed at the Heritage market and our NEW 2.7m high centre pivot OS2 window. We were proud to welcome representatives from some of the worlds top architectural practices, Kohn Pederson Fox, Foster & Partners, David Chipperfield, Wilkinson Eyre, PLP, Rogers Stirk Harbour, Stanton Williams to name a few. Again, we got excellent feedback on the slim profiles and on the enormous sizes of opening elements we can achieve. We look forward to meeting our visitors again in the near future when hopefully we will be helping them in the design of their newest projects.
06 Jan 2014

George Clarke’s seal of approval

Any of you who watch 'The Restoration Man' who saw the 2nd January episode will be forgiven for thinking this was a show about just the windows in this project. There was a lot of focus on the windows as, George Clarke, the architect and presenter tried to persuade the clients Ali and Matt Grey to choose steel windows for their renovation of a Victorian pumping station in Darnicle Hill, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. The windows eventually chosen were from the OS2 range of our Italian systems supplier Secco Sistemi and were steel windows finished in a matt black paint finish.
Both clients and presenter were very happy with the end result and that is testament to a very good system and a very good fabricator and installer Wellington Glazing. The ultra slim thermally broken OS2 system is ideal for period buildings yet still provides U Values of around 1.5/1.6w/m2k. As well as being available in painted steel the system can come in stainless steel, Corten steel and Bronze.
27 Nov 2013

Grade II Listed Trench heating

The project was designed by Bakewell based architects Smith and Roper. The trench heater is being used to heat an extension to the main house which has full height glazing set within the stone columns. Smith and Roper are award winning RIBA architects who specialise in the creative reordering of historical and listed buildings and the realisation of dynamic new architecture.
27 Sep 2013

OS2 Now available in Stainless Steel

OS2 was designed to meet the specific need to provide historical and monumental buildings with frames that were visibly similar to the old metal window. Today we extend its range from 6 to 36 profiles and add stainless steel to the current list of available materials: galvanized steel, corten steel and brass. OS2 comes with visible profiles of only 47 mm for the lateral section and 62 mm for the central section, all made with thermal break profiles from the technologically innovative Secco System.
26 Aug 2013

Secco CPD gains RIBA approval

Our CPD ‘The Evolution of Steel Windows’, has just been given approval by RIBA as part of the RIBA CPD Core Curriculum of CPDs. The CPD sponsored by Secco Sistemi, looks at the way performance and aesthetics of steel and bronze windows has improved over the last 100 years and focuses on comparing the properties, both negative and positive of the different systems on offer.
Use the contact us page for more details or to arrange a CPD.
22 Jul 2013

The Grove – Code for Sustainable Homes level 4 with Krone Windows

Venturi UK has supplied Suffolk Developer, Greenstead Ltd, with windows for 3 houses in their latest development The Grove, in Great Yeldham, Essex. The 3 houses are built to Code for Sustainable Homes level 4 standards and offer the best in money saving ideas. Clad in Red Cedar and with Triple glazed Timber Aluminium windows they also feature solar heating, Air source heat pumps and rainwater harvesting. The developers Greenstead Ltd along with their Architect, Modece Architects, have built 3 wonderful detached houses to a very high standard and energy efficiency. Only just over 3000 other homes in the UK are built to this impeccable standard.
Click the links below for more details and click our Gallery for more images of the finished development.
05 Jul 2013
01 Jun 2013

Secco – EBE – a new sliding door beyond expectations

Thanks to an intense designing, modelling and certifying activity, the new EBE 85 sliding door achieves top-of-the-industry performance with unique and never-tested-before certified dimensions.
A product that combines beauty, quality and comfort without compromising.
43 db noise reduction on a dimension of 4380×3000 (one fixed and one sliding door)
Class 4 air-tightness on a dimension of 3684×3093 (2 sliding doors)
Class 8A water-tightness on a dimension of 3684×3093 (2 sliding doors)
Class C3 wind load resistance on a dimension of 3684×3093 (2 sliding doors)
Uw= 1,20 W/m2K thermal transmittance on a dimension of 3800×3000 (2 sliding doors)
Sliding force required < 100 Nm for a 380 Kg door
Dimensions expressed in mm

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26 Apr 2013

Pre heating air with Finned tubes

Meinertz have supplied finned tube radiators to create a trenched fresh air preheating system, at the Grassmarket Community Project in Edinburgh old town
The parallel configuration exposes the incoming air to the heating elements, with a comfortable indoor environment as a result.
Architect: Gareth Hoskins Architect Mechanical Consultant: Max Fordham
08 Mar 2013

Ecobuild, A Great Success

Venturi UK have been at Ecobuild this week with Secco Sistemi, our Italian steel and Brass window supplier.
The show was a great success and we had a lot of Architects on the stand who were very complimentary of the system. Everyone seemed to admire our 3.7m high Brass door in the EBE85 system and many were amazed by our OS2 thermally broken W40 Windows for their slim sight lines. We were proud to have had representatives of Foster + Partners, David Chipperfield Architects, Zaha Hadid and Urban Salon to name but a few. Why not ask us for a CPD or more details?
15 Feb 2013

Belfast High Performing Pew Heaters

Meinertz and our show room BM Heat Services in Belfast have supplied 136 low convectors to the Sacred Heart Church in Belfast.
The 70 mm height makes the CL07 model ideal for mounting under church pews, as they are completely unobtrusive, and when painted to match the timber become close to invisible, whilst still being high performers. Architect: The Boyd Partnership Mechanical Consultant: Simpson & Crawford Consulting Limited
07 Jan 2013

Northants Barn Conversion

Venturi UK have supplied BiFold Doors and traditional windows for this barn conversion in Northamptonshire.
Combining modern building standards with traditional aesthetics is never easy but with a very demanding client it was a must on this project. This barn was renovated and modernised as a retirement home for the client and has lots of modern touches. It incorporates the latest in Double Glazing with Double glazed Sash windows and BiFold doors. it also has solar energy and a very special boiler room that has to be seen to be believed.
17 Oct 2012

PROPERTY DESIGN ROADSHOW

Property Design Roadshow @ Heswall Arts Festival
venturi UK were one of a select few companies invited to a recent Property Design Roadshow by Architects-Direct.com. The show featured Windows, Bi-fold Doors, Rooflights, Flooring and Interior Designers Cara Design. The show had a good number of visitors many of whom were in the process of renovating their own houses as well as other local architects browsing for new potential products to specify. The Heswall Arts Festival is running from 13th to 27th October 2012. Roadshow Flyer
02 Aug 2012

Trio of venturi products!

venturi UK have supplied products from three of our suppliers for one project in South West London. Through Architect Your Home in Richmond venturi UK supplied BiFolding doors, Sliding Sash Windows and Radiators. The two sets of BiFolding doors from Lacuna are 5 Panel/Blade BiFold doors for a 3.5m opening and are triple glazed with exceptional insulation. The White painted hardwood is fully FSC compliant. The top hung doors open up the rear of the property and allow the outside in. The client also needed some new sliding sash windows which were manufactured by our specialist carpenter and window manufacturer Horn Vinduer (Horn Windows). The modern sliding sash windows are double glazed and use a modern spring loaded system which allows double glazing to be used and no longer means ‘invasive surgery’ should the mechanism need any adjustment. Finally the whole house renovation needed all new heating and so the Architect specified from the Meinertz flat fronted range of radiators. Using both vertical and horizontal radiators allowed them to fit into discreet areas to keep valuable wall space for other furniture.
The architects are Architect Your Home and the builders are Argyll Building Services.
17 Jul 2012

Bermondsey Wins RIBA Regional Award

Bermondsey Island by Urban Salon Architects has won one of the much coveted RIBA Regional Awards for the London Region. The project was completed in 2011 and all the Windows were supplied by Krone windows through their UK partner Venturi UK.
23 Apr 2012

Meinertz supply Luxury Holiday Dwelling

Meinertz have supplied discreet radiator heating solutions to a luxurious modern holiday villa on the Suffolk coast. Available for rent through Living Architecture, The Dune House was managed by project architects Mole Architects.
“Although you cant really see the radiators, they look great” Ian Bramwell, Mole Architects.
Visit Living Architecture to see this and other Architect Designed holiday rentals.