Kawneer's AA®100 curtain walling, AA®601 top-hung casement windows, and AA®605 low/medium duty swing doors and series 190 heavy-duty commercial entrance doors, which feature on all elevations of the striking building, have also helped BDP architects achieve the design objective of it being open and transparent to the community.
The £35 million building on the banks of the River Usk, next to the city's new landmark footbridge, houses the University's Faculty of Arts and Business. This creates a magnet for cultural activity along the riverfront as well as a centre for enterprise that embraces a contemporary arts centre, extensive exhibition space and a national photographic archive.
A collaboration between the university, city council and Newport Unlimited, the urban regeneration company for the city, the new campus is part of a major redevelopment of Newport's city centre.
The glazed elements were installed by approved specialist contractor AB Glass for main contractor Willmott Dixon Construction who specified Kawneer systems with secondary steelwork to achieve the required spans (typically 10.5 metres at ground floor and up to 17 metres at first floor).
A BDP senior architect said this combination was in preference to a steel curtain wall system as it was the "most economical solution".
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Kawneer systems help university with BREEAM and transparency
Date: 17 November 2011
Source: http://www.industrytoday.co.uk
Glazing elements by leading architectural aluminium systems supplier Kawneer have helped the first phase of the redevelopment of the city centre campus of the University of Wales, Newport (www.kawneer.co.uk/pr/uown) achieve a BREAAM "Excellent" rating.