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Project
  Abbott's Wharf
Location   London E14
Building Use   Residential
Client / Contractor   Telford Homes
Architect   Jestico & Whites
Fabricator/Installer   Marsland Windows of Edenbridge
Products Used   Casement windows, Reversible windows, Residential doors, Sliding Patio Doors
 
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An ambitious redevelopment of the Abbott’s Wharf site on Limehouse Cut has seen the emergence of a contemporary urban development.

The project features four buildings arranged around a new mooring basin on the Limehouse Cut. There are 201 apartments in total offering a mix of tenures including affordable rent, shared ownership and private homes, with all of the apartments enjoying a high standard of specification.

Floor to ceiling glazed screens and sliding patio doors flood the building with light. Reversible windows ensure that maintenance is made as easy as possible for the occupants whilst the opening action ensures that the windows don’t interfere with internal furnishings.

Careful attention was given to the assessment of the wind loading at all levels of the building and a bespoke reinforced patio door was specified and installed where the need arose.
     
Specialist Approach
Sapa’s systems offer specifiers the design flexibility of beautiful slim, clean lines and a wide choice of colours. A dual colour option throughout the Dualframe system allows specifiers’ designs to come to life as never before without compromising performance or appearance.

Combined with the strength and longevity of aluminium, our systems have become the firstchoice for specifiers in the commercial and residential sectors.

Whether you are looking for a range that offers the flexibility to maintain consistent sightlines or hardware that is designed with security to the fore, we can provide you with choice and top quality solutions.

Built to take the worst of the weather and climatic changes, our systems are equally at home in traditional or contemporary buildings. These system benefits are combined with European styling and the unrivalled expertise and experience of the Worldwide Sapa Group of companies, to ensure you have the winning combinaton to rely on at every stage of your project.
     
Technical Considerations
The exposed nature of some of the highest apartments at Abbott's Wharf led to the design of a special reinforcement profile for the two and four-pane sliding patio doors leading to the apartments' balconies.

Several design options were presented that would achieve the levels of reinforcement required and the client opted for a solid rod with the external reinforcements mirrored about their centre to minimise the visual impact on the internal sight lines.
 
 
     
 
   
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