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Malvern Hills Science Park
Worcestershire

Malvern Hills Science Park, Worcestershire

Malvern Hills Science Park, located in picturesque rural Worcestershire, is the unlikely home to Qinetiq, a leading international defence and security technology company and supplier of defence research to the UK Government. The Park is also home to cutting-edge building technologies that are winning awards for their efficiency, including an ingenious, sun-flower inspired shading system, which tracks the sun, without the need for electro-mechanical controls.

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Addison Wesley Longman
UK

Addison Wesley Longman, UK

Addison Wesley Longman Limited is an international publishing company located in Harlow. In the late 1980s it decided that its existing accommodation was inadequate and was hindering its potential development. It embarked on a feasibility study in 1988 to review possible solutions and C D Partnership was appointed to help carry out the study. The initial design brief was minimal and staff were consulted about the specification for new offices.

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The Civil Aviation Authority
Swanwick

The Civil Aviation Authority, Swanwick

The Civil Aviation Authority chose Swanwick in Hampshire as the location for its £350 million air traffic control centre. The complex was designed by the Manchester office of the architects Building Design Partnership, and completed by Bovis Construction.

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Cambourne Business Park
Cambridge

Cambourne Business Park, Cambridge

Designed by architect Aukett Europe, Colt worked closely with Contractor Alfred McAlpine on Building 2020 of this business park, which is part of a new complex which is situated outside Cambridge.

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Campeon/Infineon
Munich

Campeon/Infineon, Munich

In modern architecture the facade is both a focus of attention and a company's sign-board. Infineon, the famous manufacturer of electronic semi-conductors and communication solutions joined forces with Colt International to design the envelope for its new corporate head-quarters in Munich-Neubiberg. The buildings, which face all the directions of the compass, incorporate a slatted and shuttered facade which ensures their appearance is unmistakable.

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Canary Wharf
London

Canary Wharf, London

Born out of a vision in the boom years of the late eighties, Canary Wharf was London's most ambitious commercial development. It opened in recession-hit 1991 when the first tenants moved into the 50-storey tower, designed by US architect Cesar Pelli and completed by Olympia and York.

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Canon Headquarters
Reigate

Canon Headquarters, Reigate

The headquarters of Canon UK incorporate the extensive use of glazing, daylighting, louvre and solar shading equipment manufactured and installed by Colt.

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Daimler Benz
Germany

Daimler Benz, Germany

In the 1920s the Potsdamer Platz was one of the busiest squares in Europe with up to 100,000 people and 20,000 cars using the Square every day. Four fifths of the square was destroyed during the Second World War, and then the division of Germany and the building of the Berlin Wall turned the Potsdamer Platz into a no-man's land. But now the district is thriving again.

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Digital Equipment Corporation
Switzerland

Digital Equipment Corporation, Switzerland

Colt first introduced the Shadovoltaic Wing concept at the 11th European Photovoltaic Conference in Montreux. Within twelve months Colt had turned this exciting concept into an installed system. Contact was made with Geneva-based architects Lecouturier-Caduff who had been handling the renovation of an office building belonging to the Digital Equipment Corporation in Geneva. The open inner court, with a plan area of 300m², was to be covered with a self-supporting steel and glass pyramid.

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Dun & Bradstreet
High Wycombe

Dun & Bradstreet, High Wycombe

Colt provided Universal Louvre at Dun & Bradstreet's European Headquarters open two-storey car park.

The two levels of the car park had different requirements. The top level was more exposed to view from the motorway and was required to blend in with the windows above whereas the lower level had critical ventilation levels which had to be maintained.

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EWV
Germany

EWV, Eschweiler, Germany

Colt installed a Shadovoltaic solar shading system here that also generates photovoltaic electric power. The system consists of an array of 351 translucent photovoltaic cells attached to movable louvres.

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Feat
Switzerland

Feat, Lugano, Switzerland

Colt provided 40 m² of movable monocrystalline photovoltaic louvres at this hotel training centre. Each louvre tracks the position of the sun and is controlled autonomously by a Girasol thermohydraulic sun tracking device. The installation of PV cells produces a power output of 3.8 kWp.

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Heraeus
Germany

Heraeus, Germany

The architect, Mr Jochen Tenter, approached Colt Germany for advice when starting to design and build a new canteen building for Heraeus, one of the largest environmental companies in Frankfurt.

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Health and Safety Executive
Liverpool

Health and Safety Executive, Liverpool

The building consists of a "street" consisting of a 144m- long glazed atrium, which connects two "finger buildings" as well as a circular "Drum Building".

The client wanted not only a comfortable internal environment, but also to demonstrate green credentials. Working closely with Kajima, and the client's architect, Colt undertook to provide a large part of the metal and glass roof level works, to fulfil a contract worth over £3m.

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Ionica Headquarters
Cambridge

Ionica Headquarters, Cambridge

The new 4,000 square metre headquarters of the telecommunications company Ionica was designed by Cambridge based architects R H Partnership, and completed by Wates Construction. The building is located in the City's St Johns Innovation Park which is owned by the college of the same name. Colt Louvre was chosen to provide plant protection and solar shading.

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Kew Public Records
UK

Kew Public Records, UK

Government records dating back to the eleventh century are now housed in a £34m extension to the Public Record Office in Kew. Designed by Croydon based TBV Consult, the project was completed by Kyle Stewart of London.

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District Savings Bank Harburg
Buchholz

District Savings Bank Harburg, Buchholz

After examining previous work completed by Colt on the MMC project in Hamburg which used the same design principles, the architect awarded the contract to Colt to supply glass louvre to the atrium in the District Savings Bank Harburg - Buchholz branch.

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Leicester County Court
UK

Leicester County Court, UK

Leicester County Court's new purpose-built building required vast amounts of natural daylight to lighten the dark galleries. Colt installed Braat glass rooflights and Colt Cosmotron polycarbonate barrelled vault rooflights between two buildings.

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Mercedes Benz
Germany

Mercedes Benz, Germany

Colt installed a fixed Solarfin solar shading system on to this building in order to improve its appearance and to reduce the effects of high heat gains, which would otherwise be caused by the large areas of glazing.

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Microsoft Headquarters
Reading

Microsoft Headquarters, Reading

The new headquarters for Microsoft includes both Colt glazing systems and natural ventilation. Colt provided a large glass canopy at the main entrance to the building.

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Railtrack
Saltley

Railtrack, Saltley

Architect Bennetts Associates, working with design engineer Parsons Brinckerhoff, have designed the new West Coast Rail Traffic Control Centre in Birmingham, which controls all train signalling and operations between London Euston and Crewe.

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SBL Offices
Austria

SBL Offices, Linz, Austria

Colt has met the requirements of a low energy design for an office building in Austria which minimises solar heat gain, maximises the use of natural daylight and allows the generation of electricity through the application of photovoltaic technology.

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Schwenninger BKK
Germany

Schwenninger BKK, Germany

Courageous clients are a godsend not just for architects but also for building environment engineers. The managers of the Schwenninger Betriebskrankenkasse (Schwenningen Commercial Health Insurance) were prepared to explore new and unconventional architectural paths. The result was a remarkably exciting building which consciously flaunts its unconventional solutions to the outside world.

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UTZ Offices
Germany

UTZ Offices, Germany

The desire to create low energy buildings is an increasingly important aspect in many of today's construction projects. Helping to meet this objective, Colt designed, manufactured and installed a comprehensive solar shading system, which includes the use of photovoltaic technology, at UTZ Berlin, an Innovation Centre for Environmental Technology.

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VW AutoCity
Germany

VW AutoCity, Germany

When the Volkswagen Audi Group (VAG) embarked on an ambitious project to build a new multi-media Auto City (Autostadt) at their Wolfsburg facility, the company was keen to portray an image that was open and customer-oriented. This led to the specification of a predominately glazed façade. VAG turned to Colt to provide an innovative solar shading system, smoke ventilation and daylighting.

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