SAPA dual colour system for village project

Sapa Building Systems' dual colour Dualframe 75 system has been used at the prestigious Poundbury Village development in Dorset.

Sapa Building Systems' dual colour Dualframe 75 system has been used at the prestigious Poundbury Village development in Dorset.

Harmony Profiles of Exeter undertook the fenestration contract at Poundbury for a large mixed commercial and residential building that featured over 60 Dualframe 75 windows, including a number of elegant arched top windows.

The Poundbury development combines traditional architecture with modern living and working requirements and the buildings within the village make extensive use of Dorset materials such as stone, slate and render.

The external face of the Dualframe windows specified for the project were polyester powder coated in Gypsum Bronze which complements the light colour render finish of the building, whilst a conventional white has been used for the internal faces.

Frame inserts were incorporated into the windows to achieve the most aesthetically pleasing sightlines for the glazing whilst the overall slim frames of the Dualframe system meant that the interior of the building was still flooded with natural light The architecture of Poundbury Village, which is a development of private and social housing intermingled with commercial buildings, is dominated by local and sometimes recycled material and takes inspiration from the rich heritage of Dorset.

Harmony undertook the project for builders KDJ Slade and Sons and Cornhill Estates.

Architect for the project was London-based Porphyrios Associates.

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