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| Project: | CCIB, King’s College, London |
| Date: | 06th September 2005 |
| Source: | Building Talk |
EAG reveals King's College Hospital new exterior
As the wraps
come off the eagerly awaited new King's College University Hospital the
full impact of English Architectural Glazing's bespoke cladding work can
finally be seen.
As the wraps come off the eagerly awaited new King's College University Hospital the full impact of English Architectural Glazing's bespoke cladding work can finally be seen. The Suffolk based company was employed by main contractor Walter Lilly to provide complete envelope cladding to the new building on Denmark Hill in London which will be home to 180 scientists working in fields such as neuroscience, cardiology, haematology and gene therapy research. The new lab will also house extensive research facilities including Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) equipment.
English Architectural Glazing's role was to deliver the complete envelope of this strikingly designed new building by creating a complete curtain walled exterior comprising varying glass types including ceramic coated product and cast glass planks for the non-vision areas.
The technique has given the building a modern look which enhances its role as a centre for ground breaking medical research.
Edward Whipp, EAG's Pre Construction Director, said: 'To satisfy the architectural base design, we had to construct various different planes of cladding articulated with a variety of glass finishes for this job with the non-vision elements 'punched' out from the main line of the facade, which made maintaining the weather line a complicated technical challenge.
This is a very modern approach that suits the overall style of this GBP25m building and its intended use.
The building will house the new Centre for Cell and Integrative Biology (CCIB) with all the latest, state-of-the-art laboratory equipment allowing research work to begin shortly.
This is a joint project by the Institute of Psychiatry and Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine also incorporating the new Centre for Cellular Basis of Behaviour (CCBB).
The completed curtain walling contract has netted more than GBP2m for Mildenhall's EAG.
The architect for the project was NBBJ and the contractor was Walter Lilly Construction.
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