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Shinfield Studios, Decorative and Functional Expanded Metal

Shinfield Studios, Reading

About the Project

Shinfield Studios is a state of the art, studio facility located close to Reading in Berkshire.

For this project, a bold entrance gantry was envisioned, that provides a high visual impact, and brand identity. To achieve this, expanded metal mesh was chosen as the ideal cladding material for the internal walls and soffit of the gantry.

Locker's Broadway expanded metal mesh pattern was used for it's bold, open texture. Fabricating the mesh into 3m long frames allowed strong visual lines to be achieved with minimal installation costs.

The mesh is finished in a vibrant "Traffic Yellow" (RAL 1023) polyester powder coating, which appears to glow in natural daylight, and provides the strong focal point in accordance with the design intent.

Multi-Storey Car Park, Slough

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Rothschild Bank, New Court, London

Ona Bookshop

The Ona bookshop is a cultural facility with a contemporary and unique design. In addition to comparing books in the Catalan language, you can attend workshops and lectures to better understand their cultural significance. The 800m² space was designed by Mediapro Exhibitions and with the technical direction of Clar Gestión de Obras. To define the different areas of the space, different colours and dividing elements were utilised, including Locker Architectural Coburg 22-16-38-14 metal mesh curtain.

Some surfaces are highlighted through colour while others remain neutral. The visitor can position themselves and enjoy the complex morphology accordingly. In addition, each tonality has been defined according to the character and the target of the room. For example, in the youth children’s area, warm tones have been chosen that awaken creativity, while those for adult audiences have been dyed with cooler tones that invite reflection and serenity.

In addition to this colour proposal, there is the need to privatise some small areas, which are used for exhibitions, presentations, or events. To achieve this, Locker Architectural Coburg 22-16-38-14 metal mesh curtain was utilised to great effect.

Lakeside Developments

With over 40 years successful use in the offshore industry to protect people and equipment from radiant heat, Locker were approached by Galliford Try (now Vistry Partnerships) to provide a bespoke solution that would provide protection for personnel and infrastructure from the effects of a fire scenario at the adjacent processing plant, whilst also providing something that would also be aesthetically pleasing to look at.

The desired protection could easily have been provided with Lockers standard Heatshield range of panels but would have been unsightly, being a purely industrial product.

With a vast amount of experience in Architectural facades Locker were able to incorporate our standard offshore product the Mini ES Heatshield with a layer of RMIG ImagePerf to provide a decorative architectural image perforated façade with a practical application.

Standing at 4m in height the Heatshield fence which replaced the existing 2m high acoustic fence provides an excellent practical solution allowing for safe occupation of the new housing estate whilst also providing an attractive feature for the occupants.

Working with their Architectural counterparts Locker Heatshielding were able to offer a full turnkey solution, supplying not only the vast amount of 3m long Heatshield panels, but also providing the design of a bespoke support structure and installation of the panels.

The Heatshield wall is constructed in 3m wide sections, supported by 200mm SHS sections with a mounting flange plate which is bolted back to the cast in anchors. The support structure has been designed and verified by our engineers to accommodate both the weight of the panels and the associated wind loads. The structural integrity of the proposed Heatshield fence was independently verified by a structural engineer.

Locker Heatshields have undergone extensive testing at independent N.A.M.A.S. approved laboratories and, with a front face radiant heat up to 60kW/m², the resultant radiant heat reduction recorded at a distance of 150mm behind the Heatshield was in excess of 83%.

Further details are available on request.

The combination of the Locker Heatshield and Architectural façade has huge potential for use in both industrial and commercial applications such as service stations and fuel storage / power generator enclosures to name but a few.      

First Street, Manchester

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About the Project

Number 8 First Street is the landmark multi-use building on the edge of Manchester’s busy University Quarter. Its light-responsive building façade is achieved with a custom-designed expanded metal mesh, carefully set out to form a cladding with a continuous geometric pattern and refined by a hard wearing bronze anodised surface treatment.

The mesh’s spatial texture continues to the building’s interior decorative metalwork forming the walls and ceilings to the Winter gardens and reception, where its surface is enhanced with bright gold anodised finish.

View PDF Project Sheet: First Street, Manchester

BBC Home Front in the Garden

About the Project

BBC Home Front in the Garden commissioned architectural wire mesh to be installed as part of a garden design for their popular TV series featuring Dairmuid Gavin.

A variety of wire mesh patterns were used to create structures within the garden:

Distinctive tunnel linking different areas of the garden - Brocklebank 20/5
Decorative and protective cages for fruit trees - Gladstone PC 100/10 (floor) and Brocklebank 50/50 (walls)
Screening for a Japanese bath house - Serenity 36

University of Glasgow Library

About the Project

Brocklebank Twin architectural pre-crimped decorative mesh installed at Glasgow University library. The pre-crimped mesh is radiused to form a decorative, cylindrical sleeve which conceals columns in the library atrium area.

The design by Nimmo and Partners LLP effectively utilises the flexibility of Brocklebank Twin mesh to create an appealing, open and uncluttered learning environment.

“The new space has been warmly embraced by students and staff.” – Nimmo and Partners LLP

Vertical Pier, Redcar

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One Aldwych Hotel, Covent Garden, London

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Shinfield Studios, Reading

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Multi-Storey Car Park (MSCP), Slough

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Rothschild Bank, New Court, London

Jacobson 612 decorative mesh at the reception to Rothschild Bank, New Court, London

A combination of flat and round wires form a solid, completely opaque decorative mesh, more visually similar to embossed sheet metal than a woven mesh. Perfect for high-end projects such as this.

Jacobson 612 Traditional Pre-Crimped Wire Mesh is a Codina Architectural product, supplied and distributed in the UK by Locker Architectural.

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Ona Bookshop

In addition to this colour proposal, there is the need to privatise some small areas, which are used for exhibitions, presentations, or events. To achieve this, Locker Architectural Coburg 22-16-38-14 metal mesh curtain was utilised to great effect.

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Lakeside Developments

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First Street, Manchester

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BBC Home Front in the Garden

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