43 Hanover Riverside, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin
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520 natural stone faced and reconstructed stone panels, covering 4,820 square meters.
Contractor : P. Elliott
Architect : KMD
43 Hanover Riverside, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin
520 natural stone faced and reconstructed stone panels, covering 4,820 square meters.
Contractor : P. Elliott
Architect : KMD
Media City, The Greenhouse, 101-110 Broadway, Salford M50 2EQ
500 reconstructed stone panels, covering 6,300 square meters.
Contractor : Lendlease
Architect : Chapman Taylor
Glasgow Academy, Colebrooke Street, Glasgow G12 8HE
328 reconstructed stone panels covering 2,631 square meters.
Contractor : Dunne Group
Architect : Page / Park
Galway Clinic, Doughiska, Co. Galway, H91 HHT0
350 reconstructed stone panels, covering 3,528 square meters.
Contractor : McNamara
Architect : David Jordan Architects
Clones Library, 98 Largy Avenue, Clones, Co. Monaghan
98 reconstructed stone panels, covering 1,260 square meters.
Contractor : P. Elliotts
Architect : Keith Williams Architects
Anne Rowling Regenerative Clinic, Chancellor’s Building, University of Edinburgh, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB
25 reconstructed stone panels, covering 285 square meters.
Contractor : Mansell
Architect : Keppie
De Vere Gardens, Kensington, London
168 reconstructed stone panels, covering 1,600 square meters.
Contractor : Sir Robert McAlpine
Architect : David Chipperfield
NIBRT, UCD, Foster’s Avenue, Belfield, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
150 reconstructed stone panels, covering 3,002 square meters.
Contractor : John Sisk & Son
Architect : Jacobs Architects
Hilton Hotel, Malahide Rd, Northern Cross, Co. Dublin
250 reconstructed stone panels, covering 2,500 square meters.
Contractor : PJ Walls
Architect : James Smith Architects
Opus, 6 Hanover Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2
Award Winner : ‘Highly Commended’ – Irish Concrete Society Awards 2020
850 reconstructed stone panels, covering 6,700 square meters.
Contractor : Cairn Homes
Architect : McCauley Daye O’Connell
Opus 6, Hanover Quay, is a landmark residential development of 120 apartments over 2,600 sqm, located in the heart of Dublin’s Grand Canal Square district. Having gained the nickname “Silicon Docks”, this area has been regenerated from a working industrial dock to become Dublin’s premier business and technology district. The design was developed as a response to the context of the site taking influence from the maritime history, evoked in the dynamic curvilinear form defined by the fluid black horizontal precast bands stretching across glazed façade.
The building cantilevers over the footpath at the front and rear, floating above the tall glass walls. This horizontal band and loop design extends from the waterfront around elegant curved corners at Hanover and Chocolate Park and into and around the ground level and individual lobby entrance door of the inner courtyard. The curtain wall façade with continuous glazed balustrades and curvilinear polished reconstituted stone, reinforces the maritime aesthetic that was key to the scheme. The heavy black, curved panels appear to float over-head, giving the building an exciting and distinctive dynamic.
Techrete were engaged by Carin Homes to design, manufacture and install the precast elements of the striking facade of this McCauley Daye O’Connell designed project. Techrete were chosen for our efficiency in terms of material use, time and quality control that this highly engineered building required, which would otherwise be difficult to achieve.
Techrete’s black mix with a polished finish consists of black basalt, sands and aggregates. Additionally, white cement was used to guarantee consistency of colour and finish between the panels. The elegant tight curved panels were all hand polished. Specially designed moulds were created to overcome the complex geometry of the black precast facade and contrasting white balcony designs. In addition, the panels could only be installed after the glazing which required precision handling. The panels were erected with tight tolerances as any slight movement could have caused breakages to the glazed curtain wall elements.
The concrete floors above ground level consist of post-tensioned slabs, which allows for slabs which use over 20% less RC concrete to be utilised throughout, representing a significant reduction in the overall carbon footprint. This highly engineered construction further allowed the building to cantilever beyond the extent of the ground floor, while still supporting the dynamic precast stone loops providing views and forms, that would otherwise have been unachievable.
Gallery Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2
500 reconstructed stone panels, covering 4,400 square meters.
Contractor : Pierse Contracting
Architect : HKR Architects
One New Ludgate, 60 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7AW
1,850 reconstructed stone panels covering 5,900 square meters.
Contractor : Skanska / Scheldebouw
Architect : Fletcher Priest
1 New Ludgate, is a retail and commercial development located two blocks east of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and was named the City of London Building of the Year 2016. The system was designed to be installed without the necessity of external access. The vertical fins were supported by a bespoke unitised curtain walling system and they were installed on-site with the glazing. The horizontal ledges are supported on the concrete fins, acting as the horizontal restraint for the cladding as a whole and without interfacing with the glass cladding weather line.
The ground level columns and upper face of the spandrels are polished, which allows for better weathering and lower maintenance. The vertical fins and bottom face of the spandrels are grit blasted for a homogeneous street view. The mix has been specifically designed using Spanish dolomite aggregates and pigments, to achieve this unique impact in the City of London. Awards for this project include RICS London Award 2016, ‘Best Commercial Building’ and ‘City of London Building of the Year’ 2016.
Burntwood Lane, London SW17 0AQ
660 reconstructed stone panels, covering 8,581 square meters.
Contractor : Lendlease
Architect : Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Video credit : AHMM
Video Credit : AHMM