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Shackerley | Delivering a local authority’s vision for retail destination

|Date: 11 May, 2020

Shackerley | Delivering a local authority’s vision for retail destination

Maintaining a bustling high street with a mix of retail and leisure options is a challenge facing many UK ...

Maintaining a bustling high street with a mix of retail and leisure options is a challenge facing many UK towns. In Chorley, Lancashire, the local authority has met this challenge by purchasing and de ...

11 May, 2020
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Proteus Façades | Rainscreen cladding systems

|Date: 11 October, 2019

Proteus Façades | Rainscreen cladding systems

Simon Gregory considers how rainscreen cladding systems are enabling architects to move away from the tra ...

Simon Gregory considers how rainscreen cladding systems are enabling architects to move away from the traditional school building design to create structures that inspire a new generation of students. ...

11 October, 2019
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Equitone specified for science block reconstruction

|Date: 23 April, 2018

Equitone specified for science block reconstruction

A crumbling science block has been rebuilt using Equitone fibre cement facade material to give a striking ...

A crumbling science block has been rebuilt using Equitone fibre cement facade material to give a striking and contemporary exterior to the new facilities. The former 1950s building at Harrogate Gramma ...

23 April, 2018
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Cladding unites new and old at the University of Manchester

|Date: 14 February, 2018

Cladding unites new and old at the University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is investing in a ‘Future Union’ refurbishment and extension as part of its ...

The University of Manchester is investing in a ‘Future Union’ refurbishment and extension as part of its £1bn campus improvement programme, which involved the use of Shackerley’s SureClad cladding sys ...

14 February, 2018
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High gloss façade for student accommodation

|Date: 19 January, 2018

High gloss façade for student accommodation

Horbury Facades, part of the Horbury Group, has secured a contract to detail, supply and install a high g ...

Horbury Facades, part of the Horbury Group, has secured a contract to detail, supply and install a high gloss rainscreen façade on the new Vita Student building in Manchester. The student accommodatio ...

19 January, 2018
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Equitone gives £2m Lincoln medical centre a contemporary look

|Date: 8 January, 2018

Equitone gives £2m Lincoln medical centre a contemporary look

A doctors’ surgery near Lincoln has been rebuilt using Equitone fibre cement façade material, giving the ...

A doctors’ surgery near Lincoln has been rebuilt using Equitone fibre cement façade material, giving the new premises a natural, contemporary look. Richmond Medical Centre, in North Hykeham, has been ...

8 January, 2018
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Youth centre delivers award winning design with Thrutone Fibre Cement Slate from Marley Eternit

|Date: 3 March, 2017

Youth centre delivers award winning design with Thrutone Fibre Cement Slate from Marley Eternit

Young people in Hampshire are benefitting from a new community hub combining stand-out design with increa ...

Young people in Hampshire are benefitting from a new community hub combining stand-out design with increased functionality. A highlight of the build is the seamless blend of roof and façade achieved t ...

3 March, 2017
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