Project Focus

Facade Projects

4th April 2012

The University of Reading's new halls of residence have been completed as part of a planned development programme. Designed by Stride Treglown, the architects specified StoTherm Classic for three of the Mackinder Hall accommodation blocks.

2nd April 2012

Westfield Avenue

Long term sustainability was a key objective for Westfield Avenue, a mixed use development in Edinburgh. Seeking a quality facade insulation system with proven sustainable credentials, 7N Architects specified 5000m² of StoTherm Classic.

7th March 2012

Park Brow Community Primary School

Park Brow Community Primary School has recently been completed for Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council. 2020 Liverpool were appointed as a multidisciplinary team to deliver this replacement school within challenging time and budget constraints.

9th September 2011

Glencullen House

A new certified passive house in the Wicklow Mountains sets a striking example for passive buildings in Ireland. Shunning conventional passive design in favour of a modernism-inspired approach, the house fits neatly into its mountain landscape.

27th May 2011

Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury

The realisation of the dramatic new Waterside Theatre building in Aylesbury posed certain challenges for RHWL Architects, requiring effective thermal insulation and clean, bold aesthetics.

12th April 2011

The Bridge

Architects HazleMcCormackYoung specified a Sto external wall insulation system to encase The Bridge, a purpose built community hub, completed in March 2010. The Bridge is a new lifelong learning and community campus in Dartford. The architect's apparently simple design posed lots of challenges to overcome.

25th March 2011

Pen Afan Primary School, Blaengwynfi

StoTherm Mineral, the durable external wall insulation system, provides the thermally insulated facade for the extraordinarily designed Pen Afan Primary School in Blaengwynfi, South Wales.

28th February 2011

Cranfield Mill, Ipswich

StoTherm Classic is creatively showcased on the waterfront regeneration project at Cranfield Mill in Ipswich. The redevelopment features an impressive 23 storey tower, now classed as the tallest building in Suffolk.

6th December 2010

Building 'MP09'

Building 'MP09', nicknamed 'Black Panther', is the striking new headquarters for the Uniopt Pachleitner Group, based in Graz, Austria. GSarchitects were briefed to construct a landmark building to reflect the company's products, culture and philosophy.

15th November 2010

Pinderfields Hospital

The highly durable external wall insulation system StoTherm Mineral has been specified for Pinderfields Hospital, a new state of the art hospital development in Wakefield.

14th September 2010

Underhill House

The UK's first PassivHaus by Helen Seymour-Smith. Featured on Channel 4's Grand Designs.

9th September 2010

Stobhill Hospital

RIBA Award winning hospital in Glasgow used the StoTherm Mineral EWI system for outstanding thermal and fire performance.

9th June 2010

Tigh-Na-Cladach

Designed by Professor Gokay Deveci of Robert Gordon University, Tigh-Na-Cladach is the UK's first low-energy social housing scheme, remarkably designed and built to PassivHaus standards. Built using Sto facade systems, each home only consumes one tenth of an average home's energy requirement.

28th April 2010

Queensbridge Quarter

The first UK residential project to use StoVerotec Facade with StoVerotec Glass Panel.

11th March 2010

Beechwood Business Park

The first office development to meet the Passivhaus standard in the UK uses the StoTherm Classic external wall insulation system.

2nd February 2010

Roundshaw Estate, Croydon

The Roundshaw estate, Croydon, has undergone a major £260,000 renovation using StoTherm Classic supplemented with Sto Brick Slips in a terracotta tile design.

17th December 2009

Porsche Museum, Stuttgart

Delugan Meissl Architects 'flies high' with the new Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.

25th November 2009

Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre

The Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre at Charing Cross Hospital, London, was awarded the Stirling Prize for the 2009 RIBA Building of the Year.

28th September 2009

Oasis Academy

StoTherm Classic has been used to spectacular effect on the facade of the new state of the art Oasis Academy in Enfield.

20th August 2009

Fort Dunlop

Urban Splash and award-winning architects, shedkm, applied the best of modern design and materials to bring the Birmingham-based Fort Dunlop building back to life.

29th June 2009

St Pauls and Piper Hill Schools

An external wall insulation system from Sto has been used in the dramatic black and white facade of the St Pauls and Piper Hill Schools in Manchester.

18th May 2009

The Petchey Academy

StoRend Flex Cote, the specialist crack resistant render system, was specified for The Petchey Academy to complement the building's contemporary design while also making a significant contribution to the performance of the building envelope.