A colourful residential and commercial development in Glasgow, which features Technal aluminium systems, has won another major award.

Designed by Davis Duncan Architects, The Matrix has been voted Urban Housing Development of the Year in the Building Communities Awards 2005. It has already won award commendations in the Scottish Design Awards and the National HomeBuilder Design Awards.

Technal's visible grid curtain walling, which is framed by black rainscreen cladding, carries large 2.4m high glazed units, and spans the full height of each storey on the south elevation to flood the living spaces with natural light.

The glazed units incorporate 8mm toughened and 8mm clear laminated and some reflective glass. Solutia's Vanceva interlayers in a palette of rich colours were applied to both clear and reflective glass. Technal's FXi52 balcony doors and casement windows in a dark grey polyester powder coating were inserted into the curtain walling. All the glazing systems were finished for a contemporary appearance and were fabricated and installed by Saint-Gobain Solaglas.

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Glass Age