Hansenglass Helps Complete Glazing in Edinburgh

An impressive new commercial development in Scotland's capital has made full use of HansenGlass' capabilities in terms of both solar control and the supply of decorative glazed panels.

Involved as a key supply chain partner for Charles Henshaw and Sons, the Edinburgh based facade specialists, HansenGlass fabricated some 4,000 double glazed units for the curtain walling on Number One South Gyle Crescent in Edinburgh: a development for The Highland Properties Group by HBG Scotland Limited.

While the bulk of the insulating glass units supplied were from HansenGlass' ThermoCool range to provide control of solar gain within the three floors of offices, the designs of Michael Laird Architects also made use of the manufacturers Ceraphic and Ceramalite panels.

These products producing a highly striking visual effect as the enclosure to the floor zones.

The head of Charles Henshaw's design office, Mr Donald Fraser, comments "We have clad Number One South Gyle Crescent using the Kawneer aluminium system, calling on HansenGlass to supply all of the glazing units because of our past experience of working with the company.

"Aside from the ThermoCool units the architect also wanted to make use of a coloured backing panel with a tightly banded horizontal painted pattern on the outside of spandrel units.

This was achieved by employing HansenGlass' enamelled Ceramalite panels behind the Ceraphic outer panes featuring thin, four millimetre lines with five millimetre gaps.

This stretches from the ceiling level right up to sill level on the next floor." In addition to the external elevations, Charles Henshaw and HansenGlass combined again in the creation of a stunning internal courtyard that provides a focal point for this impressive commercial development.

Donald Fraser concludes: "Given the scale of the property, the tight programme times and the performance demands for the glass, it was essential for us to work with a supplier we could rely on and HansenGlass has met all our expectations in terms of both design assistance and product quality".

The last of the HansenGlass units to be installed on the building were delivered to Charles Henshaw in July for the enclosure of the two feature stairtowers which incorporate areas of sloped glazing.

HansenGlass is part of the Anglo-Scandinavian HansenGroup, one of Europe's leading fenestration specialists in curtain walls, commercial windows, steel doors and fire resistant structural glazing.

The Group has annual sales of some ?100 million and employs over 1,000 people.

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