Clearly award-winning designs | Clear Structures

Tropical Ravine
Photo source
www.clearstructures.co.uk

Date: 6 March 2019

Two Clear Structures projects have been shortlisted for the inaugural AJ Specification Awards 2019.

Celebrating collaboration and the innovative use of materials and products to overcome challenges, the awards have 12 categories, each judged by a panel of experts.

In particular, Hall Black Douglas Architects has been shortlisted with Topglass Contracts in the Doors & Windows category for their work on the Tropical Ravine, situated in Belfast’s Botanic Gardens.

A three year, £3.8m restoration provided a much needed update while reinstating the listed greenhouse’s Victorian features. Clear Structures worked with Topglass on the structure’s entrance and lobby screens, internal glass walls, glass balustrades and steel frames.

Tropical Ravine

The renovation has helped ensure the preservation of a rich botanical collection, including some of the world’s oldest plants, for future audiences to enjoy.

For the visually striking V&A Dundee, Kengo Kuma & Associates, PiM.studio Architects and James F Stephen Architects, with Façade & Glazing Solutions UK, have been shortlisted in the Façades and Glazing category. Scotland’s first design museum opened last September and has since captured the imaginations of an international audience.

VA Dundee

Upon entering the museum, visitors are welcomed into a captivating and spacious atrium, featuring prominent glass features designed by Clear Structures. Our work included the bolted glass balustrading to the main feature staircase and the base clamped glass to the atrium mezzanine.

The winners of the AJ Specification Awards will be announced on 15th February.

To find out more about Clear Structures’ work, click here.

600450 Clearly award-winning designs | Clear Structures glassonweb.com

Others also read

The first edition of Glass-Tech Poland took place from June 3–5, 2025, at Ptak Warsaw Expo, marking a strong debut for what promises to become a key event for the glass technology sector in industry and construction.
Registration is now open for the FGIA Insulating Glass Fabricators Workshop, which will be held September 16-18 at the Intertek testing facility in Fridley, MN.
The new FENSTERBAU FRONTALE Innovation Award will debut in 2026, honoring standout product innovations. Applications open in late June 2025.
The FGIA Virtual Summer Summit offered key insights into the current state of the fenestration and glazing industry across the U.S. and Canada, highlighting major challenges and opportunities ahead.
New “Glass in a Box” Product Line Provides Instant Material Availability for Standard Showers, Entrances, and Railings.
Glazpart is pleased to announce that it has attained Gold (the highest level) award for sustainability of the company’s stand at FIT Show 2025.

Add new comment

From industry

NEWS RELATED PRODUCTS

Rider Glass Company Limited
Rider Glass Company Limited
Glas Trösch Holding AG
A+W Software GmbH