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» ARCHITECTURAL GLAZING systems developed and supplied by leading UK manufacturer Kawneer successfully met a trio of criteria for the £ 50 million awardwinning redevelopment of two existing commercial office blocks into premium student accommodation .
A large part of the façade at Crown Place , formerly St Stephens Towers , in Norwich , features Kawneer ’ s AA ® 100 curtain wall system with 50mm sightlines and AA ® 720 top-hung glazed-in and AA ® 720 standalone windows .
Two types of Kawneer commercial entrance doors also feature – the thermally superior AA ® 720 and the heavy-duty 190 series - to meet the required thermal , acoustic and aesthetic performance .
The two eight-storey towers now feature an additional floor and a new link building between them , providing 705 premium student accommodation units including “ twodios ” ( for two people sharing a kitchenette ) above live retail units .
Main contractor RG Carter Ltd initially built the office blocks in the early 1970s and they returned to refurbish them to ease the high demand for purpose-built student accommodation in Norwich city centre . Crown Place also features high-specification communal spaces including games rooms , cinema , gym , roof terrace and café .
The entire building was re-clad in Kawneer ’ s AA ® 100 curtain wall system , fabricated and installed by a team of six from approved specialist sub-contractor and Kawneer dealer
Drayton Windows on a logistically challenging site next to a high-traffic city centre location and above busy occupied retail units .
Architects ECE Westworks were appointed by client Crown Student Living to transform the prominent and unoccupied towers and ancillary buildings into a justified gateway building that provides part of a major investment and regeneration to the local area . As well as the addition of a new storey to each tower , their design incorporated additional storeys to the existing wings of the steel-frame building and two new atria opened up , down to the level of the double basement which comprises a large part of the 0.476 hectare site .
Crown Place , Norwich won ECE Westworks a RICS Social Impact Award 2020 and a shortlisting in the Student Accommodation Conference and Awards 2019 as well as RG Carter Ltd a gold award in the 2020 Considerate Constructors Scheme .
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