IDA Advanced Technology Building Dundalk

IDA Advanced Technology Building Dundalk

IDA Advanced Technology Building

Dundalk

The Brief

Certification: LEED CS

System Used: TB50 Structurally Glazed Curtain Wall System, TB50 Concealed Frame Awnings  

Location:  Dundalk

Client: IDA Ireland

Architect: Fewer Harrington & Partners

APA Facade Systems are delighted to see another development for IDA Ireland completed. The IDA Advanced Technology Building in Dundalk is a 33,906 sq ft (3,150 sq m), high profile technology/manufacturing space. It is situated in the IDA Dundalk Science & Technology Park, Mullagharlin.

The two-story open plan office accommodation is laid out over large rectangular floor plates. It features an impressive self-contained production/technology building with accommodation to include technology area, offices, core, plant area, toilets, welfare facilities and a spectacular reception area with a full-height glazed entrance.

IDA Advanced Technology Building Dundalk

Streamlined, Structurally Glazed Finish

Our structurally glazed TB50 curtain wall system with integrated concealed frame vents was installed on this project by Season Master Double Glazing Ltd, adding much needed natural ventilation to the internal office environment.

LEED Certified, Sustainable Office

The new Advanced Technology Building is conveniently located just 45 minutes from Dublin airport and 55 minutes from Belfast airport. It has been designed by Fewer Harrington & Partners to achieve LEED CS accreditation.

IDA Advanced Technology Building Dundalk
IDA Advanced Technology Building Dundalk
IDA Advanced Technology Building Dundalk
IDA Advanced Technology Building Dundalk

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Vita Student accommodation
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Vita Student Accommodation

Vita Student Accommodation Newcastle The Brief System Used:  TB50 Curtain Wall System, ST60 Windows & Doors  Location:   Newcastle  Client:  Wates

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28th May 2021
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New Mill Student Accommodation

New Mill Student Accommodation Dublin The Brief System Used:  TB50 Curtain Wall, ST80 Window & Door Systems Certifications: BREEAM “Excellent” Location: Dublin 

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Vita Student Accommodation

Vita Student accommodation

Vita Student Accommodation

Newcastle

The Brief

System Used: 

TB50 Curtain Wall System, ST60 Windows & Doors 

Location:  

Newcastle 

Client: 

Wates Group   

Architect: 

Ryder Architecture

Vita Student in Strawberry Place, Newcastle is a 10-storey student accommodation development consisting of 331 beds, incorporating a number of 5-bedroom cluster apartments and 271 studios, plus a large social hub with movie rooms, seating areas, study spaces and a gym.

This 115,400 sq. ft. development is located beside Newcastle United’s football ground, St. James Park. It is one of many Vita student accommodations by Select Property Group, a specialist in delivering all-inclusive student accommodation with a focus on building student communities.

Vita Student was the first of three phases in a new development scheme for Strawberry Place with a huge mixed-use development with offices and a hotel also being built.

Vita Student Accommodation - Internal communal areas - APA Facade Systems

Systems Used

Speedclad Ltd installed our TB50 curtain wall system and ST60 window systems at every elevation of this $32.6 million development. Our ST60 rebated door systems were also installed. 

Design Criteria

The scheme was carefully designed by Ryder Architecture in relation to Leazes Park Conservation Area to the north and alongside existing and proposed buildings to the south, west and east.

The development is focused around a central landscaped courtyard that spills out from a double-height, light filled student hub space.

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Richard McVey

New Mill Student Accommodation

New Mill Student Accommodation Dublin The Brief System Used:  TB50 Curtain Wall, ST80 Window & Door Systems Certifications: BREEAM “Excellent” Location: Dublin 

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Four Ferns Care Centre

Four Ferns Care Centre

Four Ferns Care Centre

Dublin

The Brief

System Used: TB50 Curtain Wall System, ST70 HI Windows & Doors 

Location:  Dublin 

Client: Purcell Construction  

Architect: Reddy Architecture & Urbanism

The Four Ferns is a €36 million luxurious community nursing home, located in Foxrock in Dublin South. This 7,800 m² award winning development by Purcell Construction is Dublin’s premier elderly living space and the most expensive nursing home development in Ireland. 

This innovative nursing home was designed by award-winning architect Michael Freaney of Reddy Architecture & Urbanism.

 

Four Ferns Care Centre - Internal View

Systems Used

Working alongside Window & Roof Lights, our TB50 curtain wall system and ST70 Hi windows and doors were chosen for their thermal and acoustic performances.

As with all care facilities, it is imperative to provide a peaceful, quiet environment, that keeps heat in during the cold winter months and provides natural ventilation during the warmer climate in summer.

Design Criteria

“The building blends into its sylvan setting through the careful use of earthen tones in its materiality with buff bricks, pigmented renders and fibre cement wall claddings echoing the local slate roofs.  

The quality of the architecture plays an important role in improving the health and well-being of residents by providing a multitude of different spaces for residents to enjoy.” – Reddy Architecture

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Building & Architect of the Year Award

Four Ferns Care Centre was a winner at the Building and Architecture of the Year Awards in the Medical and Health category. It offers unrivalled, luxurious, elegant, non-clinical accommodation that is accompanied by 5-star services like spa treatments, turn-down service, daily paper delivery and a la carte dining.

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Four Ferns Care Centre - Internal View
Four Ferns Nursing Home - APA Facade Systems
Four Ferns Care Centre - Internal View
Four Ferns Side Elevation
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Richard McVey

Allergan Pharmaceuticals

Allergan Pharmacueticals Westport, Mayo The Brief System Used:  TB50 Curtain Wall & ST70 Doors Location:   Westport, Mayo Client:   Sisk Group Architect:   Taylor

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The Roy - 1650 Granville Street - Halifax
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The Roy

The Roy Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada The Brief System Used: TB50 Curtain Wall, ST80 Windows, ST80 Door Systems, Sliding Doors

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Charlemont Exchange - LEED Gold
Richard McVey

Charlemont Exchange

Charlemont Exchange Dublin The Brief System Used:  TB50 SG Curtain Wall, TB50 SG CFA, Glass Fins Location: Dublin City  Client:  Walls Construction Architect: 

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4th June 2021

St. Vincent’s Public & Private Hospitals

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St. Vincent's Public & Private Hospitals

Dublin

The Brief

System Used: TB35 HI Curtain Wall System, ST70 Windows & Doors, Louvers   

Certification: BREEAM “Excellent”

Location:  Dublin 

Client: John Paul Construction 

Architect: Scott Tallon Walker

St Vincent’s Hospital is one of the world’s leading academic teaching hospitals providing front line, acute, chronic and emergency care across over 40 different medical specialities – in the country’s only integrated multi-hospital campus.

APA Facade Systems sustainable aluminum products have been ever-present across multiple buildings on the St. Vincent’s Hospital campus in Dublin.

Our curtain wall systems, high-performance window and door systems and louvers were installed across the public and private hospitals, the psychiatric building and the cystic fibrosis building.

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St. Vincent's Private Hospital

St. Vincent’s Private Hospital is over 470,000 sq. ft. and Ireland’s largest private hospital. Achieving a “Excellent” BREEAM design rating, this 288-bed state-of-the-art facility was designed by Scott Tallon Walker. It received an honourable mention in 2012 in the category of Best Sustainable Building by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.

St. Vincent's Public Hospital

St. Vincent’s Public Hospital is a 269,000 sq. ft. clinical block providing eight new operating theatres, an intensive care unit, pathology laboratories, radiology and diagnostic imaging services, ambulatory day-care centre with two theatres, new consulting rooms, and a new accident and emergency department treating over 40,000 cases per annum.

The new five-storey accommodation, displays our curtain wall system on every elevation of the central glazed atrium, creating a light-filled building.

The multi-award winning public hospital development at St. Vincent’s won the Regional Award at Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland awards and the highly commended OPUS award.

St Vincents Hospital Cystic Fibrosis

The Cystic Fibrosis & Pysciatric Buildings

The psychiatric facility also won an OPUS award. The 52-bed facility delivered a superior therapeutic environment without detriment to patient safety. It includes a two-storey layout around an internal landscaped atrium and the provision of secure garden spaces.

The 114,000 sq. ft. Nutley Ward or cystic fibrosis building is a seven-storey block providing 100 inpatient bedrooms, designed to BREEAM ‘Very Good’ standards.

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St Vincents Hospital Cystic Fibrosis
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402 Dunsmuir – Amazon Vancouver

402 Dunsmuir – Amazon Vancouver The Brief Certifications:LEED® Gold certificationLocation:Vancouver, CanadaSize:14,148 m² (152,290 ft²)Client:Oxford Properties Group   Located in the

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Vita Student accommodation
Richard McVey

Vita Student Accommodation

Vita Student Accommodation Newcastle The Brief System Used:  TB50 Curtain Wall System, ST60 Windows & Doors  Location:   Newcastle  Client:  Wates

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28th May 2021

The Bergeron Centre For Engineering Excellence

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The Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence

York University Toronto

The Brief

Certification: LEED Silver

System Used: TB50 Structurally Glazed Curtain Wall System  

Location:  York University, Toronto 

Client: Laing O Rourke

Architect: ZAS Architects

The Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence officially opened on April 8th, 2016. Designed by ZAS Architects + Interiors and built by construction firm Laing O’Rourke, it is the new home of the Lassonde School of Engineering.

The building is designed with a student-centric philosophy in mind that challenges the look of a traditional engineering school. The structure’s unique architectural design reflects its main purpose – a hub for entrepreneurship, collaboration and creativity.

The Bergeron Centre - LEED Silver

Complex Design

The Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence has a cloud-like triangular glass facade, it’s comprised of a series of triangles positioned according to a precise and complex algorithm. Evoking the properties of a cloud, it reflects light and pattern across campus and into the interior.

The Challenge

As the intricate triangular-shaped facade design on the Bergeron Centre was arranged in a mathematically derived Penrose Pattern that never repeats. This meant that every one of the buildings 8,000 triangular metal panels and windows were unique.  

Our structurally glazed TB50 curtain wall system was installed on this project. The glass is secured by means of specially designed toggles providing the external facade with a flush, uninterrupted surface.

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Sustainability

The Bergeron Centre received Silver LEED Certification, proving it to be a highly efficient, cost-saving, green building.

Our team is committed to excellent environmental practice towards a more sustainable environment. Our aluminum glazing profiles are designed and manufactured to conform with industry environmental standards, helping to achieve silver, gold or platinum LEED certification.

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Facade system view from inside the Bergeron Centre
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The Dean Galway
Richard McVey

The Dean Hotel

The Dean Hotel Galway The Brief   System Used:  TB50 Curtain Wall, ST70 Hi Windows & Doors Location: Galway Client:  JJ Rhatigans

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11th January 2023
window systems - student accommodation - complex design projects
Richard McVey

New Mill Student Accommodation

New Mill Student Accommodation Dublin The Brief System Used:  TB50 Curtain Wall, ST80 Window & Door Systems Certifications: BREEAM “Excellent” Location: Dublin 

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27th May 2021