Olympic Media Centre Transformation A major project to transform the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics media centre into a creative hub is nearing completion, with fire-resistant glazed atriums supplied by Devizes-based Wrightstyle, utilising specialist glass from Pyroguard. Here East is a new campus for the creative and digital industries, transforming the former press and broadcast […]
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A transparent glass solution to noise pollution
We can’t see or smell it, but noise pollution is one of the most insidious pollutants of the modern world (writes Wrightstyle’s managing director, Tim Kempster). Whether it’s the neighbours upstairs having a party at 5 am (complete with herd of elephants) or a jet aircraft coming into land – with you directly underneath the […]
Responsible people and fire safety
Not so long ago, fire safety was largely about common sense. Before modern fire and building regulations, responsibility for a building’s safety, and the safety of its occupants, depended largely on how seriously a building owner took that responsibility. Tim Kempster, the company’s managing director, looks at how fire safety must be policed by responsible […]
Light and glass in modern architecture
Light and glass go hand in hand. Most building materials have weight and mass, whether concrete, a brick or a length of structural steel. There is, however, one building material that has neither weight nor mass. Light in Architecture The Greeks called it Helios, the Romans Sol and, despite forming over 98% of the solar […]
King’s Cross officially reopened with the Wrightstyle protection
Iconic King’s Cross Redevelopment The final stage of the £550 million redevelopment of London’s King’s Cross station has been completed, with the iconic station at the heart of a £2.2 billion regeneration of the surrounding district. King’s Cross Square, the 75,000 sq ft area to the front of the station, and which is larger than […]