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News Release from: Formica | Subject: High pressure laminate
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 December 2007
Formica laminate at the Emirates Stadium
Formica supplied over 1,000 sheets of high pressure laminate for interiors at the Emirates Stadium, including Formica Compact for players' changing rooms, and general admission toilet facilities.
The Emirates Stadium is a striking addition to London's civic architecture With a capacity of 60,000, it is the new home of Arsenal FC
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 28 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The recently completed football stadium is England's third largest facility, and was designed by architects HOK Sport.
The materials chosen give a clear reading of the building's function, the aspirations of Arsenal FC and the supporters' passions.
The toughened glass plank facade at podium level responds to the more robust environment of large crowds, and glazed and woven steel mesh screens overlap the exposed concrete of the vertical circulation cores.
A metallic under-clad roof seemingly floats above the exposed concrete seating bowl.
Formica Limited was delighted to have supplied over 1,000 sheets of High Pressure Laminate (HPL) for the interiors, including Formica Compact for the players' changing rooms, and general admission toilet facilities, as it is ideally suited to high impact and high moisture environments.
The striking Spectrum Red Formica Compact echoes Arsenal's distinctive team colour.
Many of the 'back of house' reception desks and print journalists' and photographers' bespoke workstations, along with press desks in the seating bowl, were also fabricated using HPL from Formica Limited bonded to an MDF substrate.
Charles Cooke at HOK Sport commented: "We chose Formica laminate because of its durability, appearance and fitness for purpose".
The state-of-the-art stadium is an eye-catching oval structure and key design features include an undulating seating bowl and large external roof trusses.
This landmark building's striking appearance inside and out has proved popular with visitors and rising dramatically behind rows of Victorian terraced houses, it reveals itself in unusual, unexpected vistas creating a striking juxtaposition of scale.
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