New Zealand House CCF PMU
FMDC Ltd recently attended a successful Performance Mock-Up test for the Closed Cavity Façade currently being manufactured by Josef Gartner GmbH for the revamp of New Zealand House in Haymarket, London. Originally designed by RMJM and completed in 1963, the building was the first continuously glazed and air conditioned office tower in London and was given a grade […]
L’Etape Greece Cycling Race
On Saturday 6th April, our colleague Nathanael Tzoutzides took part in the L’Etape Greece cycling race. The race started in the central square of the historic area of Ancient Olympia, going through the traditional villages of Nea Persa, Agia Anna, and Mouzaki, the olive groves of Northwestern Peloponnese and back to Ancient Olympia for the finish line. […]
Natural Stone Journal Article
FMDC Ltd‘s Senior Geologist, Lisa Nunn was asked to write an article for the first edition of the Stone Federation Great Britain magazine – Natural Stone Journal. Lisa’s article highlights the importance of selecting the right natural stone for interior projects and key technical aspects to consider for your design. FMDC Ltd | Lisa Nunn | Stone Federation Great Britain#facadeengineering #facadedesign #interiordesign #naturalstone https://lnkd.in/ei9ZEUw4 Link to […]
11 Belgrave Road
The installation of the facade of 11 Belgrave Road, an office building by Eric Parry Architects for property developers Quadrum Global, is nearing completion. The timber stick curtain walling by PACEGRADE LIMITED is located behind self-supporting precast concrete pier and spandrel panels on the main Belgrave Road elevation and faced with terracotta tiles by NBK Architectural Terracotta on the remaining facades. FMDC Ltd worked […]
334 Oxford Street PMU
Major milestones have recently been achieved on 334 Oxford Street, a mixed-use building in London by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris architects for developers Ramsbury Group. FMDC Ltd recently attended a Performance Mock-Up test at Scheldebouw B.V.’s factory for the unitised curtain wall of the project. The unitised curtain wall comprises a combination of large flat glazed panels and smaller projecting panels […]
Stonecutter Court
Large triangular glass units by AGC Glass Europe forming the faceted glazing of the ground floor stick curtain walling bays of Stonecutter Court were recently inspected by Irene Mantovani during a visit of the Focchi Group factory, ahead of the installation of these elements into the stick curtain wall aluminium frame due to commence on site shortly. The building is the […]
One Leadenhall Topping Out
FMDC Ltd’s Irene Mantovani and Robert Edmondson recently attend the topping out Ceremony of One Leadenhall, a new 35-storey tower in the City of London by Make Architects, delivered by Multiplex for developer Brookfield Properties. FMDC Ltd have been involved in this major project as façade consultants since early design stages and retained to project completion by Brookfield Properties. The installation of the unitised curtain wall by Permasteelisa […]
ACAN Futurebuild 2024
FMDC Ltd’s Sustainability Lead Gianluca Rapone will be giving a presentation entitled ‘Facade Design: a tight spot between embodied and operational carbon’ as part of the Architects Climate Action Network’s stage presence at Stand D40, Futurebuild 2024, on Tuesday 5th March at 1:15pm. Gianluca will be discussing the huge pressure put on facades by ever tighter regulations, impactful ways of meeting […]
81 Newgate Street
FMDC Ltd’s Irene Mantovani and Lefteris Siamopoulos recently visited the site of 81 Newgate Street, together with Anila Hadafmand, Mark Lydon and Patrick Lam. The stone-faced precast panels by Grants Group and the unitised curtain walling panels by Focchi Group are being installed, and the cladding works are fast progressing. The project embraces circular economy, through its innovative re-use of the Portland limestone panels from the […]
36-38 Berkeley Square
The installation of the precast concrete panels by Sub-Contractor Loveld is nearing completion on 36-38 Berkeley Square, an office building by architects Piercy&Company for developers Berkeley Estate Asset Management. The precast panels come in a variety of finishes, stone faced and fair faced, including four shades of red, white and grey and are pre-glazed with Secco Sistemi stainless steel windows.Other cladding types […]
