Marks & Spencers, Belfast & Dublin
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Products Used Pilkington Planar™,Pilkington Optifloat™,Pilkington K Glass™,Pilkington Optiwhite™,Pilkington Suncool™,Pilkington Planar Activ™ Description Recent refurbishments at Marks & Spencer stores in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have been transformed by Pilkington Planar™. Located in Dublin and Belfast, both shops make extensive use of the glazing in recent refurbishments. Each project had its own special architectural requirements that took full advantage of the system’s impressive design possibilities, which allow the creation of a glass envelope for any building, with frameless facades on any plane. The Dublin store is on the pedestrianised Grafton Street, one of the busiest in the city. The renovation made use of the top floor of the building, for the first time, utilising glazing to create a new bright and airy restaurant. Installers Wexford Viking Glass fitted the glass to a newly constructed steel frame, including space for two roof lights, for which Pilkington Planar Activ™ self cleaning glass was specified. Pilkington Planar Activ™ was specified for the roof lights because access is very difficult for cleaners. The roof light glazing was installed at night to minimise disruption to shoppers.
In Belfast, the extension and remodelling of the department store uses 300m2 of Pilkington Planar™ glazing to bring it into the 21st Century. The strength of the frameless structural glazing system is demonstrated in the design, which uses double length 19mm cantilevered glass fins to support two rows of glass.
Pilkington Planar™ SPECIFICATION Marks & Spencer Dublin Roof lights 60m2 of Pilkington Planar™ glazing comprising:
Laminated Glass fin construction:
80m2 of Pilkington Planar™ glazing comprising: Outer pane: 10mm Pilkington Suncool™ High Performance Air space: 16mm Inner pane: 6mm Pilkington K Glass™ inner
Marks and Spencer Belfast Front façade 300m2 of double glazed Pilkington Planar™ comprising: Outer pane: 12mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ Air space: 16mm Inner pane: 6mm Pilkington K Glass™
Reference UK0058 Location Metres Dublin - 140m2 , Belfast - 300m2 Architect DUBLIN Client Commercial Accredited Installer BELFAST
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