CPD Specifier May 2015 issue May 2015 | Page 37

Roofing Kemperol protects Liverpool’s Royal Liver Building Part of Liverpool’s UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City, the Grade I listed Royal Liver Building is one of the city’s ‘Three Graces’ and an iconic waterfront landmark. The building’s imposing facades are crowned by a cupola in each corner, each forming the roof of a feature boardroom office below. The huge clock towers either side of the building mirror this pattern, with a ‘mini’ cupola on each of their four corners. All 12 cupolas direct the eye upwards to the summit of the building where a verdigris Liver Bird perches eternally on each of the final, central cupolas. With Cunard, one of Liverpool’s greatest companies, celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, it was time to re