3 Arena Central provides 240,000ft2 of Grade A commercial space over ground and 13 upper floors.
3 Arena Central secured Birmingham’s largest pre-let in over a decade with the Government Property Unit committing to take the full building on a 25 year lease to house some 3,600 civil servants and a number of functions, including the HMRC’s Midlands regional hub.
The project, ‘Bicameral’, was to be a public sculpture at Chelsea Barracks – a major real estate development in Central London. The former army barracks, have been transformed into a collection of luxury residences and townhouses, complete with restaurants and traditional garden squares.
Novelis J57S® for the façade which were batch anodised in five different colours. Some 3,000 square meters in 3.0mm thickness were used in total.
The concept for the projecting aluminium panels on the east/west elevation was to create a sharp patterned elevation which has clearly defined recesses.
Titanic Belfast is an iconic six-floor building featuring nine interpretive galleries.
2000 out of the 3000 aluminium façade panels are completely unique in form and dimension. The 38,5 metres high Titanic building looks like a cut diamond.
The Optic Cloak frame is made up of diagonal and vertical pillars, while the secondary frame is a series of perforated panels, made up of punched Novelis J57S aluminium.
