A health centre in Belfast, using aluminium glazing systems from Technal, has won a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) award.

The Arches, a £15m community health and social services centre, uses about 100 windows in different colours, frames and span sizes and was designed by Penoyre and Prasad LLP, with executive architects Todd Architects.

The RIBA Awards were presented during Architecture Week and the winning projects will compete for the RIBA Stirling Prize which will be announced in October.

A stained glass façade spanning three storeys above the main entrance is constructed from curtain walling. The double glazed units are structurally bonded to the curtain walling to look like one large pane of glass and an image of a flower, signifying growth and health, was printed onto vinyl film and applied to the inner face of the double glazed units.

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Glass Age