Using an advanced thermal breaking system and pairing it with a high performance glass option, we were able to achieve u-values of 1.4W/m 2K, adjusting glass specifications to either maximise or minimise solar gain depending on the aspect of the elevation, increasing the energy efficiency of the building through-life. Working with our supply partner, Technal, we were able to develop a highly innovative solution which supported the main contractor in minimizing the carbon footprint of the project by using the Technal MX Curtain Walling System. We were appointed to supply more than 3,000m2 curtain walling to a flagship office building development, led by Leicestershire County Council, on the Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park (LUSEP) Our approach The building was designed by architects Stephen George and Partners and delivered by main contractor Wates Construction.ĭesigned as a focal point for LUSEP, the glazing system, plus project defining bright green feature panel cladding, represented a key element of the design, used by the architects to embed and connect the building within its surroundings.Īcorn Aluminium was appointed by Wates Construction in March 2019 on a design, manufacture and install agreement, to supply more than 3,000m 2 curtain walling to the project, plus feature panel cladding and doors. Led and funded by Leicestershire County Council, the development promotes economic growth, generating 500 jobs. To learn more about Emma Skurnick’s artwork, visit includes a 10,000m 2 four storey office building, constructed as the flagship office for The Access Group, one of the country’s fastest growing technology companies. And by granting these creatures a bit of personality and humor, maybe I can convince a viewer to slow down and consider the beings with whom we share our space. By isolating the fox or the lily against a simple white background, perhaps I can allow us to see some of what we miss as we speed along. By making modest animals large – by painting a toad or songbird three feet tall – perhaps I can startle people into appreciating the world we tend to pass by. My hope is to have viewers of my paintings share a bit of the joy and pleasure I take in discovering new things about the natural world. That is a goal I continue to pursue to this day. In that classroom, we melded our strengths to achieve the best balance – one that stood on a line between the miracle of scientific understanding, and the beauty of fine artwork. What a joy to arrive at my first day of class in the Science Illustration program and discover ten other students just like myself – half were people who loved science but had ended up in the art studio, the other half were scientists who had always wished they could draw. I got my undergraduate Degree in Sculpture and Drawing at the State University of New York at Binghamton, and found a graduate program in Science Illustration at U.C Santa Cruz. I turned my attention to the art studio, and I have never really left. I was fascinated by my science classes, but the teachers gently told me not to plan on a career in the field – between the disorganization of my lab notes and the doodles in the margins of my homework, they thought that a less rigidly organized field of study might better suit my strengths. I was always that kid in the back of the classroom drawing horses and dragons on the covers of her notebooks, and not scoring too high on the quizzes. The finished artwork feels like an artifact: testament to the time I have spent, and of the awe I feel, for each subject of each painting. The pleasure I derive from spending the hours, days, and weeks it takes to study my portrait subjects however – noting the delicate fuzz on the underside of a leaf, or the way color shifts along the length of a bird’s feather – is reward in itself. I spend a lot of time observing the beauty and strangeness of the natural world here in central North Carolina, and I know that my paintings – mere snapshots in time – can never do justice to the intricacy I see around me.
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