Swiss Centre, London

Execution period: 2009 - 2010

Scope of Works

Complete building skin of the 9 storey building, incorporating

• Ground floor facades to hotel restaurant and retail areas of varying height up to 9 m, following the external landscape, partly curved in plan, constructed as a bespoke thermally broken aluminium-glass-system
• Hotel entrance with automatic controlled sliding doors
• Entrance and escape doors
• Roller shutters
• Double skin facades from 1st to 7th floor, partly curved in plan, comprising:
  
  - Internal screen constructed as a thermally broken modularised
    aluminium system with glazed window elements and break out
    areas and solid wall areas with rough textured external aluminium
    cladding
  
  - Natural ventilated cavity which is accessible for cleaning and
    maintenance access via mobile boards in special construction
  
  - External screen constructed as a suspended system from steel
    and stainless steel with point supported storey height laminated
    glass panels with ceramic frit artwork
  
  - LED lighting
   
• Penthouse facades to the residential areas at 8th and 9th floor constructed as a thermally broken double glazed aluminium post transom system including various opening vents and doors
• Plant screen with horizontal aluminium louvres at roof level

Architect

Jestico + Whiles
1 Cobourg Street

GB – London  NW1 2HP

Client

Mc Aleer Rushe Group
17-19 Dungannon Road

Northern Ireland - Cookstown BT80 8TL