Raines Court in London is one of the largest schemes to incorporate Technal’s new GXi aluminium sliding balcony door. Developed by the Peabody Trust, it is also the UK’s largest affordable housing project to be built in a factory, and the first to be offered for sale.

Designed by Allford Monaghan Morris and manufactured off-site in York by Yorkon, this mixed-use urban development provides a total of 61 apartments, including eight live/work units. The main contractors were Wates Construction and the glazing fabricators Securefront Systems.

Built to Housing Corporation Standards, the apartments occupy the site of a former dairy in Stoke Newington. The scheme has pushed back the boundaries of modular technology and innovation in construction, in line with the Government’s Egan agenda.

The design ethos for the project was to use high quality, low maintenance materials and products, which are strong and highly durable to maximise longevity. Each apartment module incorporates an integral entrance ‘court’ for access and a balcony to the front elevation, which is glazed using Technal’s new GXi sliding door. GXi is a robust and high specification sliding window and balcony door, which has been developed by Technal for apartments and prestige office schemes. It features clean, narrow 41mm sight lines, a 9mm flush polyamide thermal break and the option of flat-faced or curved profiles.

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Glass Age