Editor’s Choice
Community centre heralds a New Beginning,
thanks to Armstrong Ceilings
A year after it won Armstrong
Ceiling Solutions’ competition
for an admirable cause to win a
new ceiling, a community centre
in West Yorkshire is heralding a
New Beginning for local residents.
The Space Field Lane is a
£480,000 renovation project using
Armstrong’s ultra-green Dune eVo
ceiling tiles. The community centre
had lain empty for almost seven
years, on the Field Lane estate in
Rastrick near Halifax.
Dune eVo is the next evolution in
ceiling tiles. Fully recyclable, it
provides class-leading aesthetics
and improved acoustic performance
through a new surface which is both
brighter and smoother. It is also the
first ceiling system in the industry to
gain Cradle To Cradle accreditation.
The project was entered for
Armstrong’s eVoNewBeginnings
competition by the project’s
coordinator Neil Hardaker of Pickles
Architecture in Brighouse.
The competition for up to 250m2
of Dune eVo tiles and grid plus up
to three days of free installation by
a member of Armstrong’s national
network of approved Omega
installers was promoted through
Armstrong’s social media sites
(LinkedIn, Twitter and Pinterest).
Open to any non-commercial project
in the UK and Ireland that serves a
community, it was judged by two
internal and one external judge,
with the winner being the project
they thought most deserved a
charitable helping hand. The Space
Field Lane was selected as the
winner by judges Sara Rees, head of
fundraising at the Rays of Sunshine
Children’s Charity (Armstrong’s
chosen charity for 2018), Armstrong
sales director Graham Taylor and
Armstrong HR director Sara Carter.
More information is accessible via
the Armstrong Ceilings website
www.armstrongceilings.com/
commercial/en-gb/.
Radianz - quartz Surfaces
Inspired by delicate, wispy bright
white clouds, the Cirrus collection
from premium quartz surface brand,
Radianz offers the most natural and
elegant marble-effect worktops on
the market. The opulent surfaces
are cleverly designed to deliver on
both appearance and capability in
the bathroom and kitchen space.
Packed with beautifully sporadic
veining and subtle grains, the Cirrus
collection is an excellent example
of how a neutral surface can
enhance the elegance and details
in a bathroom interior and act as a
stylish focal point. The collection
is combined with inflections of
warm beige and grey tones for a
wonderfully detailed surface.
The high-density, non-porous
composite surfaces from Radianz
provide the refined feel and
appearance of natural stone with
added practical benefits. Providing
a seamless look, Radianz offers a
stylish finish to a bathroom interior
along with many hygienic and
aesthetic benefits, including the
reduction of mould and grease,
which develops between traditional
bathroom tiles. Boasting scratch
and heat resistance qualities, the
exceptional material is extremely
durable and easy to clean, providing
the perfect surface for a table,
bathroom or kitchen surface.
www.radianzquartzeurope.com
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DML Expanded Metal Lathing
Hits 100,000 Sheets a year!
Introducing Aria: The New Iconic
Surface Formica Group releases a bold
new range for sophisticated kitchens
Aria™ is the latest innovative surface
from iconic manufacturer Formica
Group. Developed to be the ideal
alternative to natural and engineered
stone, it is aesthetically faithful to its
real life counterparts.
It combines the beauty of natural
materials with a highly engineered
development process; an elegant,
hard-wearing solid core enabling
aspirational homeowners to create
the kitchen they’ve always dreamed
of, providing a generous lifespan of
luxury.
There are three colour ranges to
transform any kitchen space –
natural whites, cool greys and
modern blacks – while classic
designs incorporate marble veining,
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This summer, construction connector
manufacturer Simpson Strong-Tie is
celebrating the production of its one
hundred thousandth ‘DML’ Expanded
Metal Lathing sheet.
The UK’s most versatile
reinforcement mesh option, available
in a sheet size of 2400 x 700 x 0.40.
granite textures and engineered
stone patterns. Versatile and striking,
Aria presents a premium look for
kitchens that both delights and
fascinates.
www.formica.com
The bead and mesh range from
Simpson Strong-Tie is going from
strength to strength, increasing
in popularity as builders opt for a
solution to suit a wider variety of
applications. The DML is easy to
install and comfortably capable for
many internal and external purposes.
UK Marketing Manager, Kyle Perry
explains: “Our DML is something of
a fan favourite; used as a general
purpose reinforcement mesh,
helping prevent cracking occur,
when different materials meet. We
can also provide this galvanised
for internal use or stainless steel
to fight those unforgiving weather
conditions externally. Made in the UK
at our head office and manufacturing
facility in Tamworth, it’s a marvel
and a joy to watch the efficiency
these are being made with by our
very skilled team – making the DML
an easy fit for most situations. The
rate we’re making them, we will be
producing enough DML next year to
go from our head office to Edinburgh,
Scotland!’’
In stock and on the shelf now, helping
you build safer, stronger structures.
Visit strongtie.co.uk for more
information.