#glass roof
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Project • By IQ Glass UK • City Halls
Maesteg Town Hall
Structural Roof Glazing for a Grade II Listed Civic Building in Wales
Maesteg Town Hall is a Grade II listed civic building that has served the community of Maesteg since 1881. The redevelopment restored the historic building while introducing a public library and heritage centre, studio theatre, cinema, café, mezzanine bar and a fully restored 550 seat auditorium.
IQ Projects worked alongside Initiate Architecture and Knox & Wells to deliver a substantial clerestory structural glass roof above the new foyer. Installed between the original town hall and its contemporary extension, the glazing introduces natural light while preserving views of the historic facades from within the building.
Design Drivers: Heritage, Daylight and... More
Project • By Bánáti + Hartvig Architects • Hotels
Reconciling periods – Dreschsler Palace
Reconstruction of the Drechsler Palace, creation of the W Budapest Hotel
The reconstruction of one of Budapest's emblematic buildings, the Drechsler Palace, designed by Ödön Lechner, has been completed. The former luxury tenement building with a checkered past has opened its doors after almost twenty years as part of the W hotel chain. The general design was carried out by Bánáti + Hartvig Architects.
The renewal of the luxury apartment block at 25 Andrássy Avenue was a major challenge for the designers, as the building had to be converted into a luxury hotel, where interior design was of key importance, formal and engineering requirements had to be met, while the historical heritage of the listed buil... More