The client is very pleased with the overall outcome and how the building sits as a suite of three.” They’re also well priced in the market, I believe. He added: “We tend to use Kawneer a lot as we have a good relationship with their support team and local reps.

The simplicity of weatherproofing by glazing in the EPDM makes it an ideal system.” Photos: Greg Harding “The opening lights aided the ventilation system with the ability for purge ventilation whilst still maintaining acceptable sightlines. “The system provided the match to the planning images, enabling us to deliver the project to the aesthetic and practical vision,” he said. The first phase of The Slate Yard was one of the first institutionally funded, custom-built BTR (Build to Rent) schemes to be delivered in Greater Manchester, with all three phases at The Slate Yard forward funded by Legal & General.Īrchitect Feidhlim White of AHR, which frequently deploys Kawneer, said the systems were specified due to their aesthetics, practicalities, and cost-effectiveness as well as the company’s standards of customer service.

The 20-storey building comprises 199 apartments for rent for client The English Cities Fund (ECF) – a partnership between national urban regenerator Muse Developments, Legal & General, Homes England and Salford Council.ĮCF is currently delivering some of the most complex urban regeneration projects across the UK. Two types of Kawneer’s zone-drained curtain walling – AA®100 with 50mm sightlines and AA®110 with 65mm – as well as AA®541 top-hung casement windows and thermally superior AA®720 balcony doors were specified by AHR architects for Plot A7 at The Slate Yard. Curtain walling, windows and doors by Kawneer were used on the third and final phase at The Slate Yard.Īrchitectural glazing systems by leading UK manufacturer Kawneer featured on the third and final apartment building at The Slate Yard, which forms part of the wider £1 billion, 50-acre Salford Central masterplan.

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