L-shaped window feature
May 2018

Aluminium windows and curtain walling by KAWNEER were used in the patterned façade of a Holiday Inn Express in Birmingham city centre, including sets of three AA540 windows as fixed lights designed in L-shapes within checks of multi-coloured rainscreen cladding by KKA Architecture.

The façade also uses Kawneer’s AA110 zone-drained curtain walling with 65mm sightlines and series 190 heavy-duty commercial entrance doors.

The Kawneer systems were installed over 20 months by APiC UK for main contractor John Sisk and Son in a contract awarded following the successful completion of the Holiday Inn Express Manchester Hotel for the same client (DRPT Birmingham).

The £16.3 million, 17 storey hotel forms part of the new 1.2 million ft2 Arena Central mixed-use development currently under construction on nine acres of adjoining land.

APiC director Andrew Stapleton said: “An unusual aspect of this project is the pattern on the L-shaped windows which provide an interesting feature in this impressive precast structure. This visually striking hotel is a great new addition to APiC UK’s growing portfolio of hotel installations and the ever-evolving Birmingham city skyline.”

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