Leeds Central Village (Phase 3) Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 3AB
Leeds Central Village Headline Facts:
526 reconstructed stone panels, covering 8,635 square meters.
Contractor : Downing
Architect : John McAslan & Partners
Material Finish: Recon. Acid Etched
Laidlaw Library, University of, Leeds LS2 9JT
Laidlaw Library Headline Facts:
Contractor : Shepherd
Architect : ADP Architects
Holyrood South, 96 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AJ
Holyrood South Headline Facts
136 reconstructed stone panels, covering 1,880 square meters.
Contractor : Balfour Beatty
Architect : Richard Murphy Architects
HMP Featherstone, New Road, Wolverhampton WV10 7PU
HMP Featherstone Headline Facts:
1,200 reconstructed stone panels, covering 22,800 square meters.
Contractor : Kier Construction
Architect : Pick Everard
Glasgow City Campus, Glasgow
Glasgow City Campus Headline Facts:
1,231 reconstructed stone panels, covering 14,263 square meters.
Contractor : Sir Robert McAlpine
Architect : Michael Laird / Reich and Hall
Glasgow Academy, Colebrooke Street, Glasgow G12 8HE
Glasgow Academy Headline Facts:
328 reconstructed stone panels covering 2,631 square meters.
Contractor : Dunne Group
Architect : Page / Park
The Eagle Centre, Derby
Eagle Centre Headline Facts:
500 reconstructed stone panels, covering 2,700 square meters.
Contractor : Westfield Shopping Towns
Architect : Westfield Shopping Towns
Craigmillar Library, 101 Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh EH16 4DS
Craigmillar Library Headline Facts:
300 reconstructed stone panels covering 2,600 square meters.
Contractor : Graham Construction
Architect : Keppie Architects
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
Clarence Dock, The Boulevard, Leeds LS10 1PZ
Clarence Dock Headline Facts:
442 reconstructed stone panels, covering 5,850 square meters.
Contractor : Shepherd
Architect : Carey Jones Architects
Newcastle Labs, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
Newcastle Labs Headline Facts:
398 reconstructed stone panels, covering 3,757 square meters.
Contractor : Kier Construction
Architect : Ryder Architecture
Calthorpe House, Birmingham
Calthorpe House Headline Facts:
400 reconstructed stone panels, covering 5,300 square meters.
Contractor : BAM
Architect : Webb Gray
Bridgewater Place, Leeds
Bridgewater Place Headline Facts:
1,050 reconstructed stone panels, covering 11,000 square meters.
Contractor : Bovis Lendlease
Architect : Aedas
Bluewater Shopping Centre, Bluewater Parkway, Dartford, Greenhithe DA9 9ST
Titanic Quarter, Queens Road, Belfast BT3 9DE
Titanic Quarter Headline Facts:
1,592 reconstructed stone panels, covering 10,303 square meters.
Contractor : Harcourt Construction
Architect : Todd Architects
Barton Square, Stretford, Manchester M17 8BN
Barton Square Headline Facts:
470 brick faced and reconstructed stone panels, covering 3,300 square meters.
Contractor : Lendlease
Architect : Leach Rhodes
One Bedford Avenue, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3AU
One Bedford Avenue Headline Facts:
253 reconstructed stone panels, covering 2,614 square meters.
Contractor : Mace Group
Architect : Bennetts Associates
Ashington Leisure Centre, Lintonville Terrace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9JY
Ashington Leisure Centre Headline Facts:
158 reconstructed stone panels, covering 4,737 square meters.
Contractor : Carillion
Architect : Ryder Architecture
Abell & Clelland, 32 John Islip St, Westminster, London SW1P 4DD
Abell & Clelland Headline Facts:
4,445 reconstructed stone panels, covering 26,071 square meters.
Contractor : Berkley Homes
Architect : EPR & DSDHA Architects
5 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London N1C 4AG
5 Pancras Square Headline Facts:
146 reconstructed stone panels, covering 1,350 square meters.
Contractor : Kier Construction
Architect : Weedon Partnership
The Finer Details:
This unique building has won many accolades for its design including the RIBA London Regional Award 2015, The RIBA London Sustainability Award 2015, and most recently, the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award. Furthermore it has achieved the BREEAM level of ‘Outstanding’.
It was built as the new headquarters for Camden Council and is clad at the lower levels with Techrete precast concrete panels. There were a lot of constraints encountered on site and the ground to 3rd floor cladding had to be installed in advance of the super structure. Due to the site logistics and proposed crane sizes and positons, normal installation hours could not be accommodated on site as these would have blocked deliveries and affected progress on site. There was also site off -loading restrictions.
To avoid these issues, Techrete panels were installed between 7pm and 7am using the site tower cranes. The line and level works were carried out during the day. Another challenge faced was the installation of the circular columns. This proved interesting as they were underslung units and there was reduced headroom available.
As with other projects in the Kings Cross area, there were network rail restrictions which required the downgrading of all craneage by 25%. This problem was alleviated by using mobile cranes where appropriate, although there was some back propping required to the slab during this operation.
A reconstituted stone mix was chosen in an acid etched finish which gives the building a regal finish, allowing it to blend effortlessly with the prestige of the neighbouring buildings and surroundings.