Heathrow Express, Heathrow Airport, London TW6
Heathrow Express Headline Facts :
10,000 GRC panels, covering two underground stations at Heathrow Airport
Contractor : Laing Bailey JV
Architect : Wolfe Ollins
Heathrow Express, Heathrow Airport, London TW6
10,000 GRC panels, covering two underground stations at Heathrow Airport
Contractor : Laing Bailey JV
Architect : Wolfe Ollins
32 London Bridge St, London SE1 9SG
1,500 square meters of GRC panels
Contractor : Mace
Architect : Renzzo Piano
Lewisham Gateway, London, SE13 7RZ
1,000 GRC panels, covering 5,500 square meters.
Contractor : Sisk & Son
Architect : PRP Architects
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Rd, London SE1 6HZ
280 GRC panels, covering 3,100 square meters.
Contractor : Lendlease
Architect : Foster & Partners
UCD Engineering & Materials Science Centre, Stillorgan Road, Belfield, Dublin 4
200 GRC panels, covering 2,500 square meters.
Contractor : Cleary & Doyle
Architect : Scott Tallon Walker
Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
525 GRC panels, covering 2,500 square meters.
Contractor : McSharry’s
Architect : O’Mahony Pike
Two New Ludgate, 26 Old Bailey, London EC4M 7HW
1,230 GRC panels covering 5,000 square meters.
Contractor : Skanska / Gartner
Architect : Sauerbruch Hutton
Tapestry, 1 Canal Reach, Kings Cross, London N1C 4AZ
2,400 GRC panels, covering 9,000 square meters.
Contractor : Kier Construction
Architect : Niall McLoughlin Architects
This is perhaps one of the most distinctive buildings in the Kings Cross development set along St. Pancras Lough.
It is a mixed use structure combining, residential, retail, bars, cafes and a multi-storey car park. The influence for the design of this building comes from ancient Assyrian textiles, along with other patterns from ancient Egypt right up to the twentieth century.
In addition, the building features intricate tapestry like grooves, which draws inspiration from the past when lavish tapestries would be hung on buildings to separate the outside from the inside. Techrete have a long established relationship with the architect. This was developed when they worked on the Olympic Athletes Village together and created reproductions of the Elgin marbles. The process Techrete developed involved using CNC machines to create the moulds and the methodology developed on the Olympic Village project was employed in this project. This method allowed Techrete to create sharp formal patterns using concrete moulds and the resultant intricate pattern on the panels, gives them an almost sculptural quality.
The precast elements were created with a Techrete bespoke deep red mix of GRC. The balconies were manufactured off site and were erected as individual complete units.