IQ glass was commissioned to design and install an expansive bespoke glazing package with steel framed curtain walling to connect seamlessly to the overlapping five storey multi-purpose Victorian building in London’s prestigious Covent Gardens.
Bespoke automated entrance doors, fire rated glass doors and windows were amongst some of the products installed throughout. The challenge for the steel framed curtain walling and windows to the ground floor were the custom made interfaces to fuse the traditional uneven elements with the modern. Practically, each of the modern elements was treated as a project in its own right with frequent digital scanning surveys to ensure accuracy. No detail was left to chance.
In the modern world of construction, aluminum framed curtain walling is more appealing as it offers practical benefits such as being lightweight. Grainhouse is located on Drury Lane with very limited access for craning in enormous weights of building materials however, in order to achieve a finish in keeping with the traditional Victorian period of the property, steel was chosen over aluminium for its inherent stressed and weathered appearance. The decision was clearly the right one, as the finished result is a cohesive prestigious building finished to a highest spec. The vision was realised, and Grainhouse has subsequently been recognised as London’s Best Workplace 2024 by BCO Regional Awards.
