196-222 Kings Road, Chelsea, London SW3 5XP
Kings Road Headline Facts:
250 brick-facing, terracotta tile-facing and reconstructed stone panels, covering 3,700 sqm.
Contractor: Wates Group
Architect: PDP
Material Finish: Brick Faced
The International Rugby Experience, 40 O’Connell St, Limerick, V94 WK20
190 reconstructed stone and brick-facing panels, constructed offsite and covering 1,849m2
Contractor: Flynn Construction
Architect: Niall McLaughlin Architects
The Finer Details:
The International Rugby Experience is a world-class interactive tourist centre situated in the heart of Limerick city at the corner junction of O’Connell Street and Cecil Street. This unique development, which is of huge significance for Limerick city, comprises a seven-storey building with a two-storey portico at the front entrance, a two-storey block to the rear and a three-storey block over an existing building. It is expected that the visitor centre will easily attract in excess of 100,000 visitors per year.
Techrete were engaged to design and manufacture 190 brick-facing reconstructed stone panels offsite, which cover 1,849 square meters of the project façade. We worked closely with Flynn Construction and Niall McLaughlin Architects from an early stage to ensure that the ambitious architectural plans could be realised. Techrete are proud to have been involved in the development of this world-class visitor centre
The Distillers Building, Smithfield, Dublin 7
The Distillers Building Headline Facts:
197 brick-facing precast concrete panels, covering 1,969m2
Contractor: John Sisk & Son
Architect: BKD Architects
Haymarket House, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Haymarket House Headline Facts:
129 brick-facing precast concrete panels, covering 2,006m2
Contractor: Collen Construction
Architect: Reddy Architecture & Urbanism
Creed Court, 5 Ludgate Hill, London, London, EC4M 7AA
Creed Court Headline Facts:
180 brick-facing & natural stone panels, manufactured off-site and covering 1,456m2 of the facade.
Contractor: McAleer & Rushe
Architect: Dexter Moren & Consarc Design Group
29 Ducie Street, Manchester M12JL
Dakota Hotel Headline Facts:
131 brick-facing sandwich panels, covering 1,676m2 of the facade.
Contractor: PCE
Architect: Kilmartin and Plowman & Partners
27 Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2, D02 KT92
ESB HQ Headline Facts:
2,227 reconstructed stone and brick-facing panels, covering 16,483m2
Contractor: PJ Hegarty & Sons
Architect: Grafton Architects & O’Mahony Pike
Orchard Wharf, Silvocea Way, London E14 0JJ, United Kingdom
Orchard Wharf Headline Facts:
928 brick-facing panels covering 8,009m2
Contractor: CJ O’Shea Contracting
Architect: BUJ Architects
Wolverhampton i9 Interchange, Wolverhampton, WV1 1LD
Wolverhampton i9 Headline Facts:
239 brick-facing panels, all constructed offsite and covering 2,358m2
Contractor : Grahams
Architect : Glenn Howells
Photo credit: Gregg Holmes Photography
Athlete’s Village No. 3 & 4, Victory Parade, East Village, London E15 2ER
Athlete’s Village No. 3 & 4 Headline Facts:
2,065 reconstructed stone and brick faced panels, constructed offsite and covering 17,199m2 of the facades.
Contractor : Lendlease
Architect : Patel Taylor Architects
Mount Oswald, Durham University, Leazes Road, Durham, DH1 1TA
Durham University Headline Facts :
1,500 brick-facing and reconstructed stone panels, constructed offsite, covering 12,500m2.
Contractor : PCE
Architect : Willmore Iles Architects
Watch Drone Footage of this Project here:
Video Credit : Interserve
73 – 77 Commercial Road, London E1 1RD
Commercial Road Headline Facts:
223 sandwich panels, constructed offsite, covering 2,562m2.
Contractor : PCE
Architect: Dexter Moren Associates
Grangegorman Lower, Arran Quay, Dublin 7
Grangegorman Central Quad Headline Facts:
611 brick faced panels covering 9,439 square meters.
Contractor : Sisk / FCC JV
Architect : FCB Studios
5A Kensington Church St, Kensington, London W8 4LD
Lancer Square Headline Facts:
469 natural stone faced and brick faced panels, covering 6,760 square meters.
Contractor : Mace
Architect : Squire & Partners
Wembley Park, Wembley, Brent, London
E05 Wembley Park Headline Facts:
1,610 brick faced and reconstructed stone panels with punched windows and Juliette balconies, covering 17,500 square meters.
Contractor : Sisk
Architect : PRP
The Finer Details :
Wembley Park is a transformational urban regeneration scheme in the heart of London, renewing the long-neglected space around the national stadium in London. It is creating a vibrant new district which will be home to the UK’s largest single-site build to rent scheme, with over 7,000 residential units, helping to address the UK’s shortage of affordable homes. Since 2004, a range of impressive projects have been delivered at Wembley Park, however the E05 project is the first time that precast concrete has been selected as the preferred facade at Wembley Park. Techrete were awarded the contract and works began in December of 2018.
E05 comprises 458 residences and associated amenities over three blocks, ranging between 10 and 21 storeys. Located immediately adjacent to the stadium, it also provides a linked basement car park for residents, a ground level coach park and two levels of accessible parking for Wembley Stadium. Sisk are expected to complete all works onsite by October 2020.
Within 18 months (December 2018 – May 2020), Techrete had designed, manufactured, and installed 1,610 architectural precast brick-faced panels, incorporating 2,000 windows and covering 17,500 square meters of the buildings facades.
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Video Courtesy of Quintain. Video Credit : Site Eye
University College London Hospital, 235 Euston Rd, Bloomsbury, London NW1 2BU
UCLH Headline Facts:
1,381 brick faced panels, covering 17, 227m²
Contractor : Mace
Architect : Pilbrow & Partners
The Marq, 32 Duke Street, London SW1Y 6DF
The Marq, Duke’s Court Headline Facts:
157 brick faced, portland stone faced and gold gilded panels, covering 2,511 square meters.
Contractor : Skanska
Architect : Rolfe Judd and John McAslan & Partners
The Finer Details:
Duke’s Court is a mixed development of retail and office space on the corner of Duke Street and Jermyn Street in St James, London. Designed by John McAslan & Partners and Rolfe Judd Architects and delivered by Skanska, Duke’s Court features beautiful gold gilding on the corner façade panels and a brass frame around the windows, all adding a touch of glamour to this particular corner of London’s West End.
Techrete were appointed by Skanska to design, manufacture and install 157 panels in total. This included insulated Portland Stone faced panels, brick faced panels with factory fitted punch windows. The mixture of Portland stone, two variations of brown and white brick and a Belgian blue limestone plinth were all developed to create the overall effect of Duke’s Court’s façade.
The pre-formed unitised punch window panels were in some cases, three windows wide and are stacked on Portland stone mullions between the ground and first floor. The footprint of the building was so tight that this system was essential for the project and allowed us to install from inside of the building, thus avoiding scaffolding, which would have invaded public pedestrian zones.
The panel design combines both a stacked and steel corbel system restrained back to the main steel frame. The factory insulated panels, fire stop details and the factory installed windows system were all coordinated via 3D modelling.
The corner façade features specially commissioned artwork on the panels. The gold leaf inlay on the carved stone was to resemble a ‘dropped thread’. Grooves were cut into the Portland stone panels for the gilding of the gold leaf and Techrete provided the drawings for these grooves.
The contemporary design coupled with the touch of classical glamour on the unusual corner façade and its location in such a prestigious area of London, have all been factors in contributing to the high-profile nature of this project for Techrete. The elegant Portland stone, the warm brick and the gold gilding all together demonstrate how a combination of finishes can create a striking, contemporary façade and this will stand to us in the future when architects are considering this element right at the beginning of a projects.
Duke’s Court is one of the first buildings to achieve ‘BREEAM Outstanding’ for both its façade and core.
London Fruit & Wool Exchange, 1-10 Brushfield Sreet, Poplar, London E1 6EN
London Fruit & Wool Exchange Headline Facts:
646 reconstructed stone and brick faced panels, covering 5,232 square meters.
Contractor : Sir Robert McAlpine
Architect : Bennetts Associates
Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, London
Grosvenor Street Headline Facts:
147 brick faced panels, covering 1,378 square meters.
Contractor : Sir Robert McAlpine
Architect : BFLS
Collegelands, Havannah Street, Glasgow G4 0UB
Collegelands Headline Facts:
750 brick faced and reconstructed stone panels, covering 8,500 square meters.
Contractor : Dawn Construction
Architect : Page Park Architects