The former and future home of the Financial Times newspaper is being renovated to provide 270,000 sq ft of Grade A office space, complete with a walkable large-span glass roof designed and supplied by Wrightstyle. Bracken House is a Grade II Listed office building, originally built between 1955 and 1958, and lies adjacent to […]
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Raising a glass of codswallop to glass
In the USA, September is Glass Recycling Month. Jane Embury, our marketing director, takes a look at the wonders of glass – and suggests that we should also have a glass recycling month. As a building material, glass is both ubiquitous and timeless. It’s been with us, in the form of obsidian from volcanoes, since […]
Wrightstyle shops for more than a Lidl
We’ve won a third contract for national retailer Lidl. The new outlet in Llandaff North, Cardiff, has been designed as a “bespoke” store as it had to meet specific architectural demands. We’re supplying a number of internal screens and doors to Prestige Windows of Bristol for the 1,345 sq metre store, all fire-rated to 30 […]
The light fantastic
The USA is this month marking Workplace Eye Wellness Month. Jane Embury, marketing director at advanced glazing system supplier Wrightstyle, looks at light in the UK workplace, and why we should also be aware of eyesight issues. In the creation, it’s what God made first. You can see it but can’t feel or touch it. […]
Advanced Glazing for Hospital in Saudi Arabia
Wrightstyle has supplied advanced glazing to a prestigious healthcare project in Saudi Arabia. The contract in Riyadh was for some 2,000 square metres of external protection to VIP areas of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, which has over 900 beds and some 7,000 staff. The contract was of particular significance, as the […]
