Steel Window Association (SWA) member, Crittall
Windows, was chosen to undertake both internal and external work at the Ace
Hotel in London's Shoreditch.
The 258-room hotel, an existing structure which has
been refashioned into a distinctly boutique building, is just a few minutes'
walk from Brick Lane, near a conservation area which, over the centuries, has
featured grain warehouses and industrial buildings.
It was the local metalwork tradition that led to the
appointment of Essex-based manufacturer, Crittall Windows. With more than 160
years' experience in crafting metal windows, Crittall Windows was asked to
furnish a number of the building components.
This included W20 fixed lights, cold formed entrance
doors to the ground floor entrance and lobby area and also internal
partitioning screens that divide the lobby space from the hotel bar and
restaurant. There is also a florist on site.
Crittall installed the lobby screens from its W20
range, glazed with half height insulated panels and textured Georgian wired
glass. The company also supplied screens that were used to clad the existing
structural columns to maintain the theme of the internal glazing.
The florist is indicative of the hotel's design ethos;
the choice of fenestration also means a traditional steel framed system that
references the articulation of traditional shopfronts in the surrounding area.
The full height screens in the lobby create a number of room-like, furnished
zones where people can meet, chat or do business.
Members of the Steel
Window Association offer a UK wide service for the repair and replacement of
various types of old metal windows, doors and screens, as well as being able to
manufacture new fenestration which fully meets the requirements of the building
regulations. Choosing an SWA member to manufacture and install your steel
windows and doors ensures that you are receiving the highest standard of
fabrication, installation and customer service.
