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News Release from: Sto | Subject: StoTherm Classic system
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 February 2006
StoTherm Classic adds curves to new look
Butlins
PWP Architects specified the StoTherm Classic system for its energy efficient thermal performance and revolutionary high elasticity and crack resistance.
If you think Butlins is synonymous with chalet accommodation in holiday camps, think again Britain's favourite holiday company has opened its first ever Resort hotel on the beach front at Bognor Regis, West Sussex
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 16 Dec 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Appropriately named Shoreline, the 10m hotel resembles a luxury cruise liner and the architects needed an external wall insulation system that seamlessly follows the building's curves and would withstand the harsh marine environment.
The StoTherm Classic system, coated with StoSilco finishing plaster provided the perfect solution.
Shawn Lambert, senior architect at Hampshire-based PWP Architects specified the StoTherm Classic system for its energy efficient thermal performance and revolutionary high elasticity and crack resistance.
Said Shawn "The hotel features many curved walls and the StoTherm system moulded round the exterior to achieve the seamless look we wanted.
Despite the curved structure, installation was very fast as the insulation is bonded to a single skin exterior wall with no cavity required for extra insulation.
This also allowed us to maximise the internal space in the hotel, an important factor for Butlins".
Shawn continued "Because of the hotel's seafront location, Sto's technical department advised using StoSilco finishing plaster, which is extremely weather resistant and will require little maintenance to retain its original appearance".
The StoTherm Classic system is equally suited to contemporary and classic architectural styles.
StoSilco is available in a variety of different textures, five different grain sizes and can be tinted in any one of the 465 colours in the StoColor Silicone range.
The brilliant white specified for Butlins Shoreline hotel will ensure that it stands out on the seafront for many years to come.
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