In the second of her two-part article on civic architecture, Jane Embury looks at some glass advantages. In my previous article, I looked at how the general election should be more than about Brexit. The main political parties have all said that the age of austerity is over, and much public investment is needed. My […]
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The Wrightstyle Challenge
Chris Peters, our Chief Design Manager, looks at how far advanced glazing systems have come. We think of fires as uncommon events, but they’re not as uncommon as you might guess. Because fire and rescue services attended 573,221 incidents in the year to June 2019. This was a 2% increase compared with the previous year. […]
Remember, remember
Tim Kempster, our managing director, casts a backward glance at the UK’s most infamous plot. Today we celebrate Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night. It’s the date in 1605 when Guy Fawkes was apprehended while guarding explosives that he and his co-conspirators had hidden under the House of Lords. It was a plot to kill […]
A history of safety
Jane Embury, director, concludes her backward look at the history of building fire regulations. In the first part of my gallop through the history of fire safety standards, I said that the first fire regulations were made by William the Conqueror in the 11th century. He decreed that all hearth fires should be extinguished at […]
The future of glass and steel glazing systems
At Wrightstyle, we like to think that we know everything there is about steel glazing systems, writes Jane Embury, marketing director. That’s the heart and soul of our business. Our expertise is to design and fabricate steel systems to guard against fire, or ballistic and bomb attack. Each off those threats carry their own unique […]
