Best in Berlin
November 2017

Victoria Gate in Leeds, including glazing systems from BENNETT ARCHITECTURAL has scooped the Retail Project of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin.

The win follows two awards for the building at the Brick Awards 2017.

Bennett worked on three parts of the project including a diagrid pattern for the rooftop restaurant of John Lewis which was formed using laser cut aluminium sheets in gold ionized finish with structured silicone glazed curtain walling. For the Victoria Gate arcade frameless glazing systems including curved glazing, were installed using bonded angles to the back of the glass inside concrete panels.

Installations on the arcade’s rooftop restaurant included Kawneer AA100 roof glazing, AA720 windows within Cor-Ten Steel rain screen cladding and curved glazing to corners.

Managing director Lionel Grant said: “This was an architecturally stunning scheme to work on, the John Lewis rooftop restaurant presented significant challenges for the curtain wall system from an engineering point of view but we worked with a specialist glass engineering company to achieve this innovative solution.”

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